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1841-1850

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The Daily News

To HARRIETT SCOTT RUSSELL,1 16 NOVEMBER 1849

MS Mrs Chicky Di Martino

DEVONSHIRE TERRACE,

Sixteenth November 1849.

Dear Madam

I beg to thank you for your letter. I do not believe there are many intelligent people disposed to uphold Public Executions,2 but I hope to find out before long.

Faithfully Yours

CHARLES DICKENS

Mrs Scott Russell

1. Harriett, née Osborne (1808-88), wife of John Scott Russell (1808-82), civil engineer and shipbuilder, who was hired by CD as railway editor on the Daily News.
2. CD had outspoken views on capital punishment, and contributed five letters to the Daily News on the subject in 1846 (23, 28 February; 9, 13 and 16 March).