The Charles Dickens Letters Project

Period: 
1841-1850
Theme(s): 
charity
celebrity

To UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENT, 12 JANUARY 1849

Text from facsimile in Forsythes’ Auctions, LLC. online catalogue, 2006.

Devonshire Terrace | Twelfth January 1849.

Dear Sir.

I have received your letter and will not forget it. I should be really happy to assist you to any suitable employment if it were in my power; but I know of none, and I fear I am not likely to know of any.

Faithfully Yours | CHARLES DICKENS1

  • 1. A piece of paper appears to be stuck over the recipient's name below CD’s signature, unless the name has been cut away and replaced with a piece of paper.