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Dickens, Charles. To [addressee], [date of letter]. Charles Dickens Letters Project, ed. Leon Litvack, Emily Bell, Lydia Craig and Jeremy Parrott (London: Dickens Fellowship). [URL of individual letter], [date of access].

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Charles Dickens Letters Project, ed. Leon Litvack, Emily Bell, Lydia Craig and Jeremy Parrott (London: Dickens Fellowship), DickensLetters.com.

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Period:

1851-1860

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domestic issues

To THE REV. JOSEPH HINDLE,1 [?24 APRIL 1857]

Text (envelope only) from digitised facsimile on undated eBay website. Address: The Reverend Joseph Hindle | Higham | by Rochester | Kent. Date: postmark illegible; but date written on side reads: C. Dickens | 24 Ap. 1857.

1. The Rev. Joseph Hindle (?1795-1874), Vicar of Higham 1829-74: see Pilgrim Letters 8, p. 53n. Hindle was the tenant of Gad’s Hill when CD bought it, remaining by agreement until Lady Day (25 March) 1857. The letter was possibly connected with Hindle’s departure from the house.