Autograph letter signed : Higham, to Henry Austin, 1857 Sept. 2.

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Autograph letter signed : Higham, to Henry Austin, 1857 Sept. 2.

Discussing renovations to Gad's Hill, mentioning the new Water Closet. Mentioning that Dickens and Collins are traveling together "for ten days or a fortnight, on a 'Tour in Search of an Article' for Household Words," and that Dickens is "horribly used up after the Jerrold business" [the benefit performances of Collins' The Frozen Deep].

1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.

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