Autograph letter signed from Charles Dickens, Higham, to Mark Lemon [manuscript], 1868 November 5.

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Autograph letter signed from Charles Dickens, Higham, to Mark Lemon [manuscript], 1868 November 5.

A brief note from Dickens indicating that he is home for a "very short holiday from Country Readings" but that he hopes to see Lemon's Falstaff sometime that week.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8160500

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870

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