- Brief description
- Letter, from John Dickens to Thomas Beard, October 1836
- Label
- Dickens's father John is inviting family friend Thomas Beard to 'take his goose' with them (join them for a goose dinner). The Beard and Dickens families were very close - both John and Charles Dickens wrote to and dined with Thomas often. Here John has unusually spelled his daughter-in-law Catherine's name with a K rather than C.
- Collection
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Object number
- B22
- Object type
- letter
- Production person
- Dickens, John
- Production date
- 1/8 October 1836
- Inscription content
- My Dear Beard
Will you take your goose with us tomorrow (Sunday) at 5, Charles & Katharine are to be with us.
Faithfully yours
J Dickens
34 Edwards Street
Saturday
[reverse]
postmarked 4F.G.4, Oc ?, 183?
3 [large stamped]
Thomas Beard Esq
42 Portman Terrace
Edgware Road
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