The Charles Dickens Letters Project

To HENRY WHITWORTH JONES,1 22 JUNE 1855

MS Private. Address: Henry Whitworth Esquire | 16 Adelaide Road North | St. John’s Wood.

Tavistock House | Friday evening

Twenty Second June 1855

My Dear Mr. Whitworth.

I have been really delighted by your earnest letter.2 Anything so manly and genuine is of inestimable value to me. Pray let me thank you most cordially.

Henry Whitworth Esquire

Believe me always | Faithfully Yours

CHARLES DICKENS

• 1. Henry Whitworth Jones (1817-91), operatic and concert bass-baritone, under the name Henry Whitworth. Sang in Italy and Brazil, as well as Italy, until his retirement as a professional, 1855; continued as an amateur, often for charitable purposes. Member of the Garrick Club, 1848. Sang at Macready’s benefit, July 48, in the arrangements of which CD had been involved: see Pilgrim Letters 5, pp. 353 & n, 363 & n.
• 2. Possibly in connection with CD’s forthcoming appearance at the Administrative Reform Association meeting, 27 June: advertised in The Times, 22 June (Pilgrim Letters 8, p. 652). Jones’s cousin, Sir Charles Russell, was fighting in the Crimea.