Autograph letter signed : Higham, to William Macready, 1861 Oct. 13.

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Autograph letter signed : Higham, to William Macready, 1861 Oct. 13.

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Noting that he will be reading in Cheltenham on 3-4 January, and would like to dine with Macready on the second. Discussing the death of Arthur Smith, noting that it has caused Dickens "great distress and anxiety." With a postscript noting "Fourth Edition of Great Expectations, almost gone!"

1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7598978

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