The Charles Dickens Letters Project

Period: 
1851-1860
Theme(s): 
friends

To SIR JOSEPH OLLIFFE,1 [3] MAY 1855

Envelope only from facsimile in online George Houle Books & Autographs catalogue, May 2005. Address: Sir Joseph Olliffe | 2 Rue St Florentin | Paris. PM 3 May 1855 and Paris [?] Mai [?].2

  • 1. Joseph Francis Olliffe (1808-69; Dictionary of National Biography), physician to the British Embassy in Paris; see Pilgrim Letters 5, p. 606n.
  • 2. To Lady Olliffe, 3 May (Pilgrim Letters 7, p. 606), may have been enclosed with the letter to Sir Joseph, though no mention is made to Lady Olliffe of it being so sent.