The Charles Dickens Letters Project
Period:
1851-1860
Theme(s):
public recognition
celebrity
To R. S. MANSON,1 7 SEPTEMBER 1859
Text from MS facsimile in Swann Galleries catalogue, May 2005.
GAD’S HILL PLACE,
HIGHAM BY ROCHESTER, KENT.
Wednesday Night Seventh September 1859.
Sir.
I shall be happy to accept the Dedication you are so obliging as to offer me. Your delicacy in not putting your name to the sensible and timely little work, I quite appreciate. And I fully concur in its expediency.2
R. S. Manson Esquire.
With thanks, I remain | Faithfully Yours
CHARLES DICKENS