Autograph letter signed : Boulogne, to his mother, Harriet Collins, [1856 Sept. 1].

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Autograph letter signed : Boulogne, to his mother, Harriet Collins, [1856 Sept. 1].

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Reporting that Dickens' children were sent back to London after an epidemic of "malignant sore throat" in Boulogne; informing her that Gilbert à Beckett died of brain fever; explaining that Dickens is giving up his house in Boulogne a month ahead of time; giving her possible dates for his return to London.

1 item (2 p.) ; 21.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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