Includes insurance policies and financial documents. Also includes property documents relating to 1 Devonshire Terrace, which the Dickens family moved into in November 1839 after living at 48 Doughty Street since March 1837.
Estate of Charles Dickens: executors' papers, inventories and accounts
Scope & Content:
Items relate to financial and probate matters. Some relate to financial matters of Dickens's children, connected to his estate. John Forster and Georgina Hogarth were the executors of his estate.
Mary Dickens died 23 Jul 1896. Items mainly relate to financial and probate matters, some relate to the estates of other members of the Dickens family.
Papers relating to Charles Dickens's dealings and negotiations with his publishers. Also includes papers relating to the posthumous publication of The Letters of Charles Dickens. In addition to the drafts of legal agreements, items include letters, financial documents, notices and memoranda assoc...