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Dickens, Charles
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- Dickens, Charles
- Autograph letter signed, to his brother Frederick Dickens ("Fred")
- ink on paper
writing in reassuring terms that the dissolution of Lord Melbourne’s administration is unlikely to have a detrimental effect on his promotion prospects, with a postscript asking him to ask after Doctor Kuenzel, 3 pages, 8vo, Broadstairs, 9 September 1841, loose in a collector's folder, dust staining
Literature
The Letters of Charles Dickens, Supplement X (http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/files/740995/Letters%20X.pdf)
Catalogue Note
Dickens had secured a post in the Treasury for his younger brother Frederick (1820-68) in 1839 and maintained a keen interest in his welfare, as in this letter when he attempts to allay his brother's concern about Lord Melbourne's replacement by Robert Peel as Prime Minister. Sadly, Frederick's later life was marred by debt and alcoholism and he died at the age of 48. LETTERS BY DICKENS TO HIS SIBLINGS ARE UNCOMMON AT AUCTION.