The Charles Dickens Letters Project

Period: 
1861-1870
Theme(s): 
clothing

To MESSRS SPARKS & SON,1 25 AUGUST 1868

MS T. Vennett-Smith catalogue, December 1992.

GAD’S HILL PLACE, | HIGHAM BY ROCHESTER, KENT.

Tuesday Twenty Fifth August 1868

Mr. Charles Dickens begs Messrs. Sparks and Son to be so good as make and send him 2 pairs of elastic stockings like the last.2

  • 1. Patent surgical bandage, trusses and instrument makers, 28 Conduit Street, New Bond Street.
  • 2. CD had worn elastic stockings at least since 1863 (Pilgrim Letters 10, p. 213).