Dickens's shorthand copy of a letter sent to S. A. Chappell on 22 November 1867

A photostat of both sides of a letter, side-by-side. On the right, a letterhead in Gothic font reads 'Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent'. This is followed by a date (the month in shorthand) and 22 lines of shorthand arranged in six paragraphs. On the left is an inscription in longhand: 'Copy. Letter to S. A. Chappell. Boston. Friday 22nd November 1867.'

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Title

Dickens's shorthand copy of a letter sent to S. A. Chappell on 22 November 1867

Subject

letters (correspondence)
Charles Dickens
shorthand
public readings

Description

Shorthand copy of a letter sent by Dickens to his American promoter S. A. Chappell in 1867

Creator

Dickens, Charles

Source

Carlton Papers, Charles Dickens Museum, London [C233/D02/008/0007]

Date

1867

Rights

Courtesy of the Charles Dickens Museum, London. Please seek further permission from the Museum to reuse this image.

Format

image/tif

Language

Brachygraphy shorthand

Identifier

C233/D02/008/0007

Date Created

twentieth-century photostat

Citation

Dickens, Charles, “Dickens's shorthand copy of a letter sent to S. A. Chappell on 22 November 1867,” The Dickens Code, accessed July 14, 2025, https://dickenscode.omeka.net/items/show/74.

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