- Brief description
- Invitation to a Twelfth Night party sent by Catherine Dickens on behalf of her three eldest children, 27 December
- Label
- Catherine, Dickens's wife, wrote this party invitation in the 1850s to Miss Margaret Lucy and Mr William Henry Tagart, children of Edward Tagart, a Unitarian minister whose church Dickens attended. She wrote it on behalf of her three eldest children - Charles Jr (Charley), Mary (Mamie) and Catherine (Katey) - who were in their teens at the time. The invitation was sent from Tavistock House for Charley's birthday and Twelfth Night party. Tavistock House was the last home the Dickenses had in London together before Dickens moved to Kent after their separation in 1858.
- Collection
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Object number
- B99
- Object type
- letter
- Production person
- Dickens, Catherine
- Production date
- 27 December 1851
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27 December 1857 - Inscription content
- Mr Charles Dickens Junr &; the Misses Dickens request the pleasure of Miss Lucy Tagart's and Mr William Tagart's company on the evening of the 6th January (Twelfth Night) at 1/2 past 6 o'clock.
Tavistock House
December 27th
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