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Dickens, Charles. To [addressee], [date of letter]. Charles Dickens Letters Project, ed. Leon Litvack, Emily Bell, Lydia Craig and Jeremy Parrott (London: Dickens Fellowship). [URL of individual letter], [date of access].

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1861-1870

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To CHARLES KEMBLE,1 16 JANUARY 1867

Envelope only.
Text from facsimile on eBay, Feb 2022.

Address: The Rev. Charles Kemble | Vellore2 | Bath
Date: PM duplex circular datestamp (London W.C.) with vertical oval, 16 Jan 1867

1. Charles Kemble (1819-74), Rector of Bath Abbey 1859-74. Compiled A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Arranged for the Public Services of the Church of England (1853). In 1869 he commissioned Sir George Gilbert Scott to restore the Abbey, and contributed significant personal funds to the project. CD presumably contacted Kemble in advance of his public readings in Bath on 8 and 9 February 1867.
2. The name of Kemble's residence; now the Bath Spa Hotel.