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The first letter 11 lines on 1p. 8vo, paper watermarked 'B&T Sweet Apple 1830', with integral blanks; the second 14 lines on 1p. 8vo with integral blanks. Both letters relate to articles Archer has written, almost certainly for Bentley's Miscellany. Dickens responds to one of them in detail (see Pilgrim Letters, vol. I, p.485). The first letter here from Twickenham Park, which is only briefly recorded in Pilgrim Letters, vol. VII addenda, p.792, 'begs to inform. that he has not yet refused any paper bearing the title he names' and directs further correspondence to 48 Doughty Street. The second letter is rather warmer in tone: 'Mr Charles Dickens presents his compliments to Mr Archer, and perfectly well remembers (now that it is recalled to his recollection) the paper. and which he no longer has an opportunity of publishing. It may be pleasant to Mr Archer to know that it returns quite fresh to Mr Dickens' memory, although at the time when the note was written he had some three or four score Mss every month.' The first ALS is with a later envelope (unsigned) with mourning border, addressed by Dickens to Archer at Churchill, Bristol; it is clearly postmarked '25 OC 1848', although Pilgrim Letters date it incorrectly as 1838 (p.793, vol. VII, addenda). The second is with its correct envelope (unsigned), addressed by Dickens to Archer at Mr. Spence's, Finchley Common, redirected in another hand to Bedford Street, Bedford Row, London, postmarked 'SP 3 1841'. William John Bellew Archer, Perpetual Curate of Churchill, Somerset, 1805-1872. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT. Seller Inventory # 69541
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