The Charles Dickens Letters Project

Period: 
1851-1860
Theme(s): 
celebrity

To MRS WHITE,1 16 MAY 1859 

Text from facsimile in Christie's online catalogue, May 2020.

TAVISTOCK HOUSE

TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON. W.C.

Monday Sixteenth May, 1859 

Dear Madam.

            I regret to assure you that I have not the time to comply with your request, to any greater or more acceptable extent than by writing you this short note, and assuring you that I have read your letter with pleasure and interest.

                                    Dear Madam

                                                Faithfully Yours

                                    CHARLES DICKENS

Mrs White.

  • 1. Unidentified, but not Rose White, the wife of the Rev. James White, with whom CD was on more familiar terms.