The Charles Dickens Letters Project

Period: 
1841-1850
Theme(s): 
clothing

To MESSRS BEALE & CO.,1 [1841] 

Envelope only; text from facsimile in Bonhams online catalogue, May 2020.

Date: signature on envelope suggests 1841.

Address: Messrs Beale and Compy | Hosiers | Bond Street2

  • 1. James Beale, hosier and glover at 131 New Bond Street. CD had been buying from him since Jan 1841 (see Pilgrim Letters 3, p. 410n); his accounts show roughly annual payments from 1841 onward.
  • 2. "Wait" written on envelope in CD's hand.