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To J.E. MCINTYRE,1 11 JUNE 1858

Replaces mention in Pilgrim Letters 8, p. 583.
Facsimile in Stargardt Autographenhandlung online catalogue, Mar 2024.

TAVISTOCK HOUSE,
TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON W.C.

Friday Eleventh June 1858.

Dear Sir

I thank you heartily for the letter you have had the kindness to address to me. It is one of many that have deeply moved me, and the receipt of which is almost compensation enough for any distress of mind under which I may have lately suffered.2

Faithfully Yours

CHARLES DICKENS

J.E. McIntyre Esquire

1. Possibly James McIntyre (1812–80), bookseller and publisher, resident at 19 College Square, Belfast. Until 1853 he was partner in Simms & McIntyre, booksellers, publishers, and wholesale stationers of Belfast, and also 13 Paternoster Row.
2. CD’s “Personal” statement, concerning his separation from his wife Catherine, had appeared in The Times on 7 June; it was reprinted in Household Words on 12 June.