Draft indenture between Charles Dickens and Thomas Mitton and members of Mitton's family
Scope & Content:
Relating to Thomas Mitton's purchase of a share in the legal firm of Smithson and Dunn [later Smithson, Dunn and Mitton]. Money for the purchase was borrowed from his family and Dickens stood as security for the debt.
Sixteen letters between solicitors Smithson, Dunn and Mitton and solicitors Adlington Gregory Faulkner and Follett
Scope & Content:
Relating to the proposed agreements between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley, mentioning 'Bentley's Miscellany', 'Oliver Twist' and 'Barnaby Rudge'.