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Letters from Dickens

Listed here you will find autographed, catalogued or copied letters written by Charles Dickens as held in the Fitzgerald Collection at Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre.  These are arranged in alphabetical order by the recipient's surname.

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  • item 331 (w) Ainsworth, W. 14 July 1837
  • item 331 (w) Ainsworth, W. 26 March 1839
  • item 387 (g) Ainsworth, W. 1847
  • item 387 (g) Ainsworth, W. 1857
  • item 17 Black, Charles. 12 April 1845
  • item 390 (qq) Chapman, Edward. September 1841
  • item 17. Clarke. 24 March, 1869. Re readings in London for theatrical friends. (matinees preferred)
  • item 17 Clement, W.J. 10 July 1857
  • item 9 Collins, W. Wilkie. 17 January 1858
  • item 17 Collins, W. Wilkie. 16 September 1859. (Re the 'Great Eastern')
  • item 9 Collins, W. Wilkie. 8 December 1868
  • item 17 Dallas, E.S. 7 December 1862
  • item 17 Dallas, E.S. 12 December 1862
  • item 334 (l) Dickens, F. (Charles Dickens' brother). 5 February 1857
  • item 17 Dolby, C. 17 February. 1869
  • item 17 Dolby, C. 19 February 1869
  • item 17 Dolby, C. 11 September 1869
  • item 34 Duke of Devonshire. 1 June, 10 October 1851. (Re private theatricals at Devonshire House)
  • item 17 Evans (Bradbury and) 16 March 1858
  • item 153 Evans, F.M. 22 July 1858
  • items 31-34? Fitzgerald, P. from Doughty Street. 183..
  • item 17 Hall (Chapman and) 15 September 1857
  • item 17 Headland, Thomas. 12 June 1865
  • item 389 (x) Jerrold, Blanchard
  • item 390 (jj) Kent, Charles. 8 June 1870
  • item 17 Knight, J.P. (R.A.) 18 January 1859
  • item 331(w) L. A.
  • item 168, 324 (f)  Makeham, L.A. 8 June 1870
  • item 17 Mitton, Thomas. 17 February 1845. Ascent of Vesuvius
  • item 17 Mitton, Thomas. 23 September 1854
  • item 17 Overs, John 5 September 1843
  • item 286 Ouvry, Frederic. 7 February 1859. (Re discontinuation of editorship of Household Words)
  • item 289 Ouvry, Frederic. 24 March 1859. (Re deed as to Household words and Chancery proceedings)
  • item 285 Procter, Brian W. 8 March 1858
  • item 285 Procter, Brian W. 11 March 1868
  • item 285 Procter, Mrs. 31 March 1870 (Quatrain to her)
  • item 285 Procter, Mrs. 6 July 1865
  • item 285 Procter, Mrs. 29 October 1865
  • item 285 Procter, Mrs. 29 January 1866
  • item 324 (f) Pulvermacher and Co. Morning Post. (Re a voltaic band)
  • item 266 Re Royal Literary Fund, form Dickens, C.W. Dilke and John Forster. 15 June, 1870. The answer to the committee's summary of facts.
  • item 9 Sandys, William. 5 May 1844
  • item 331 (ee) Starey, S.R. 24 September 1843. (Re Ragged Schools)
  • item 331 (w) Talfourd, Sir T. A.
  • item 9 Tebin, William. 10 November 1856
  • item 331 (ee) Thompson, (Sir H.?) Re Queen Victoria
  • item 17 Thomson, James. 23 April 1844
  • item 17 Tucker, Robert. 8 November 1851
  • item 9 Wagner, Rev H.M.  Undated, Brighton
  • item 17 Wilson, D. 11 March 1851
  • item 324 (zi) ? 25 January 1854 (Re function of opening parliament and royal processions)

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