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Add MS 88903
- Record Id:
- 032-000001282
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000001282
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00000c
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 88903
- Title:
- Charles Dickens Legal Papers
- Scope & Content:
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The collection comprises publishing papers detailing legal and financial dealings between Charles Dickens or his representatives and his publishers; domestic papers; executor's papers and accounts from the estate of Charles Dickens; papers from the estate of Mary Dickens and related family documents.
Many documents relate to Charles Dickens's children, Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, Mary Dickens, Kate Perugini, Walter Landor Dickens, Francis Jeffrey Dickens, Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens, Sydney Smith Haldiman Dickens, Henry Fielding Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens; his wife Catherine Dickens; and his executors, sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth and friend John Forster.
Many of the legal documents were written by Charles Dickens's legal represenatives Thomas Mitton of the solicitors Smithson, Dunn and Mitton and the solicitors Farrer, Ouvry and Farrer. Certain documents were also written by William Chapman, solicitor for the publishing firm Chapman and Hall.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- [{ "id" : "032-000001282", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 88903: Charles Dickens Legal Papers" },{ "id" : "036-000001283", "parent" : "032-000001282", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1: Publishing papers: legal documents and agreements" },{ "id" : "040-000001284", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/1: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001285", "parent" : "040-000001284", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/1/1: Instructions for James Bacon to draw up an agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001286", "parent" : "040-000001284", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/1/2: Draft document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001287", "parent" : "040-000001284", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/1/3: Draft document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001288", "parent" : "040-000001284", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/1/4: Instructions for James Bacon to draw up an agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001289", "parent" : "040-000001284", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/1/5: Accounts of March 1836-Nov. 1837 relating to the publication" },{ "id" : "040-000001290", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/2: Nicholas Nickleby" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000001291", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3: Bentley's Miscellany" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001292", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/1: Letter from Richard Bentley to Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001293", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/2: Note from Thomas Mitton" },{ "id" : "041-000001294", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/3: Note by Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001295", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/4: Three draft articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley" },{ "id" : "041-000001296", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/5: Pages of answers to objections" },{ "id" : "041-000001297", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/6: Sixteen letters between solicitors Smithson, Dunn and Mitton and solicitors Adlington Gregory Faulkner and Follett" },{ "id" : "041-000001298", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/7: Legal notes" },{ "id" : "041-000001299", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/8: Draft outline of the case between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley" },{ "id" : "041-000001300", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/9: Articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley" },{ "id" : "041-000001301", "parent" : "040-000001291", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/3/10: Copy of articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley" },{ "id" : "040-000001302", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/4: Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000001303", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/5: Pic Nic Papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000001304", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/6: Master Humphrey's Clock" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001305", "parent" : "040-000001304", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/6/1: Copy of a proposal for an agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001306", "parent" : "040-000001304", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/6/2: Two draft copies of instructions for James Bacon to draw up an agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001307", "parent" : "040-000001304", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/6/3: Two draft articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001308", "parent" : "040-000001304", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/6/4: Three letters from William Chapman to Smithson, Dunn and Mitton [later Smithson and Mitton]" },{ "id" : "040-000001309", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7: Barnaby Rudge" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001310", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/1: Draft document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley" },{ "id" : "041-000001311", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/2: Document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley" },{ "id" : "041-000001312", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/3: Document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Richard Bentley" },{ "id" : "041-000001313", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/4: Two copies of a letter from Charles Dickens to Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001314", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/5: Two drafts of articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001315", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/6: Draft memorandum of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001316", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/7: Five letters from William Chapman to Smithson and Mitton [previously Smithson, Dunn and Mitton] and one from J. Packey to Chapman…" },{ "id" : "041-000001317", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/8: Draft document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001318", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/9: Draft copy of bond between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001319", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/10: Draft document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001320", "parent" : "040-000001309", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/7/11: Printed sheet with autograph revisions showing Chapman and Hall's 'terms for publishing books on commission'" },{ "id" : "040-000001321", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/8: Sketches by Boz" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001322", "parent" : "040-000001321", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/8/1: Instructions for James Bacon to draw up a document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001323", "parent" : "040-000001321", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/8/2: Draft articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001324", "parent" : "040-000001321", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/8/3: Draft articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001325", "parent" : "040-000001321", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/8/4: Two letters from William Chapman to Smithson and Mitton [previously Smithson, Dunn and Mitton]" },{ "id" : "041-000001326", "parent" : "040-000001321", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/8/5: Accounts of legal fees for Chapman and Hall 1839-1840" },{ "id" : "041-000001327", "parent" : "040-000001321", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/8/6: Notes on the purchase of the copyright" },{ "id" : "040-000001328", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/9: Martin Chuzzlewit', 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', 'The Chimes" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001329", "parent" : "040-000001328", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/9/1: Two draft letters of attorney from Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001330", "parent" : "040-000001328", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/9/2: Draft legal document written by Thomas Robinson relating to the copyright of 'Martin Chuzzlewit'" },{ "id" : "041-000001331", "parent" : "040-000001328", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/9/3: Bill of legal costs from Smithson and Mitton [previously Smithson, Dunn and Mitton]" },{ "id" : "041-000001332", "parent" : "040-000001328", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/9/4: Copy of agreement between Charles Dickens and Bradbury and Evans relating to the copyright of 'Oliver Twist'" },{ "id" : "041-000001333", "parent" : "040-000001328", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/9/5: Copy of agreement between Charles Dickens and Bradbury and Evans relating to the copyright of 'A Christmas Carol'" },{ "id" : "041-000001334", "parent" : "040-000001328", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/9/6: Certified copy of the copyright entry for 'The Chimes' made on 16 December 1844 at Stationers’ Hall" },{ "id" : "040-000001335", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10: 'Household Words' 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001336", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/1: Copy of articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and Bradbury and Evans relating to the establishment of the periodical" },{ "id" : "041-000001337", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/2: Sixteen letters relating to the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001338", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/3: Opinion of Arthur Hobhouse, judge, on the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001339", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/4: Power of attorney for John Forster to represent Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001340", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/5: Draft summary of the case for the opinion of Arthur Hobhouse, judge" },{ "id" : "041-000001341", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/6: Summary of the case for the opinion of Arthur Hobhouse, judge" },{ "id" : "041-000001342", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/7: Formal notice from Charles Dickens to Bradbury and Evans regarding the dissolution of the partnership of 'Household Words'" },{ "id" : "041-000001343", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/8: Eleven copies of the printed 'Bill of Complaint' for the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001344", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/9: Four copies of the 'notice of motion'" },{ "id" : "041-000001345", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/10: Draft affidavit of Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001346", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/11: Stamped copy of the affidavit of Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001347", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/12: Formal copy of the Master of the Rolls' judgement on the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001348", "parent" : "040-000001335", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/10/13: Opinion of Arthur Hobhouse, judge, on the case" },{ "id" : "040-000001349", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11: 'Household Words' 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001350", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/1: Briefing document for the defendants in the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001351", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/2: Briefing document for the defendants in the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001352", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/3: One draft and two copies of 'observations' on the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001353", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/4: Notice relating to whether further evidence will be filed" },{ "id" : "041-000001354", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/5: 'Notice of motion', informing the parties that a further motion will be bought before court on 28 Apr 1859" },{ "id" : "041-000001355", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/6: Concluding observations on the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001356", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/7: Two copies of the judgement and concluding observations on the case" },{ "id" : "041-000001357", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/8: Copy of the decree of the Master of the Rolls" },{ "id" : "041-000001358", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/9: Two drafts of minutes of the decree of the Master of the Rolls" },{ "id" : "041-000001359", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/10: Two copies of minutes of the decree of the Master of the Rolls" },{ "id" : "041-000001360", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/11: Three court summons from the Master of the Rolls" },{ "id" : "041-000001361", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/12: Notice of a date to settle the draft decree from H. Wood, Registrar at the Court of Chancery" },{ "id" : "041-000001362", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/13: Four printed auction advertisements" },{ "id" : "041-000001363", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/14: Document relating to the sale of stock" },{ "id" : "041-000001364", "parent" : "040-000001349", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/11/15: Accounts for the partnership of Charles Dickens and Bradbury and Evans for 31 Mar 1859-28 May 1859" },{ "id" : "040-000001365", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12: 'Household Words' 3" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001366", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/1: Proposal relating to the lease of 16 Wellington Street North, Strand, London (the premises of the business partnership)" },{ "id" : "041-000001367", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/2: Draft copy certificate summarising the result of sale for the right to use the title 'Household Words' and remaining stock of the…" },{ "id" : "041-000001368", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/3: Two copies of payment order" },{ "id" : "041-000001369", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/4: Stamped copy of the affidavit of Felix Joyce of Bradbury and Evans" },{ "id" : "041-000001370", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/5: Receipt of stock transferred" },{ "id" : "041-000001371", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/6: One draft copy and one stamped copy of certificate summarising the results of the decree of the Master of the Rolls" },{ "id" : "041-000001372", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/7: Briefing document for the defendants in the case relating to a further hearing" },{ "id" : "041-000001373", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/8: Briefing document for the defendants in the case relating to a further hearing" },{ "id" : "041-000001374", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/9: Briefing document for the defendants in the case relating to a further hearing" },{ "id" : "041-000001375", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/10: Draft minutes of further hearing" },{ "id" : "041-000001376", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/11: 'Observations' on the further hearing relating to who pays the court costs" },{ "id" : "041-000001377", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/12: Bill of costs for Charles Dickens and William Henry Wills incurred during the case 1859-1860" },{ "id" : "041-000001378", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/13: Draft document of agreement between William Clowes and Sons (printers), Chapman and Hall, and Ward, Lock and Tyler (publishers)" },{ "id" : "041-000001379", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/14: Printed advertisement sheet showing Ward Lock and Tyler's (publishers) 'new books and new editions', including 'Household Words'" },{ "id" : "041-000001380", "parent" : "040-000001365", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/12/15: Four miscellaneous cover sheets for documents relating to the case" },{ "id" : "040-000001381", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13: All the Year Round" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001382", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/1: Draft articles of agreement" },{ "id" : "041-000001383", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/2: Legal note to Mr [Arthur] Hobhouse, judge, relating to the articles of agreement" },{ "id" : "041-000001384", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/3: Draft articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and William Henry Wills" },{ "id" : "041-000001385", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/4: Draft articles of agreement between Charles Dickens and William Henry Wills" },{ "id" : "041-000001386", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/5: Draft articles of new agreement between Charles Dickens, William Henry Wills and Charles Culliford Boz Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001387", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/6: Legal note to Mr Burrell relating to the new articles of agreement" },{ "id" : "041-000001388", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/7: Draft articles of new agreement between Charles Dickens, William Henry Wills and Charles Culliford Boz Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001389", "parent" : "040-000001381", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/13/8: Probate valuation certificate relating to Charles Dickens's share in the publication" },{ "id" : "040-000001390", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/14: 'A Strange Story' by Edward Bulwer Lytton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000001391", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/15: Our Mutual Friend" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001392", "parent" : "040-000001391", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/15/1: Draft document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001393", "parent" : "040-000001391", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/15/2: Draft affidavit of Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001394", "parent" : "040-000001391", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/15/3: Draft power of attorney to represent the interests of Charles Dickens and Chapman and Hall" },{ "id" : "041-000001395", "parent" : "040-000001391", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/15/4: Two copies of note from Vance Ouvry, solicitor, to John Camden Hotten, publisher, relating to the 'lost' manuscript of 'Our…" },{ "id" : "040-000001396", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/16: Miscellaneous publishing papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001397", "parent" : "040-000001396", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/16/1: Draft power of attorney for John Forster to represent the business interests of Charles Dickens whilst Dickens is on a reading…" },{ "id" : "041-000001398", "parent" : "040-000001396", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/16/2: Charles Dickens's account with Chapman and Hall for costs relating to publication of 'Religious Opinions' by Chauncy Hare…" },{ "id" : "041-000001399", "parent" : "040-000001396", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/16/3: The Mystery of Edwin Drood" },{ "id" : "040-000001400", "parent" : "036-000001283", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/17: The Letters of Charles Dickens" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001401", "parent" : "040-000001400", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/17/1: Estimate of the costs for printing two volumes of the letters" },{ "id" : "041-000001402", "parent" : "040-000001400", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/17/2: Seven letters relating to the publication" },{ "id" : "041-000001403", "parent" : "040-000001400", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/17/3: Two draft agreements between Mary Dickens, Georgina Hogarth and Frederic Chapman" },{ "id" : "041-000001404", "parent" : "040-000001400", "text" : "Add MS 88903/1/17/4: Partly printed contract between Mary Dickens, Georgina Hogarth and Bernhard Tauchnitz, publisher" },{ "id" : "036-000001405", "parent" : "032-000001282", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2: Domestic papers" },{ "id" : "040-000001406", "parent" : "036-000001405", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1: Domestic papers 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001407", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/1: Draft indenture between Charles Dickens and Thomas Mitton and members of Mitton's family" },{ "id" : "041-000001408", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/2: Dickens's life assurance policy certificate from Britannia Life Assurance Company" },{ "id" : "041-000001409", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/3: Indenture between George Clarke and William Henry Roberts, auctioneer" },{ "id" : "041-000001410", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/4: Draft document of agreement between William Henry Roberts, auctioneer, and Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001411", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/5: Document of agreement between William Henry Roberts, auctioneer, and Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001412", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/6: Inventory of furniture, fixtures and fittings in 1 Devonshire Terrace" },{ "id" : "041-000001413", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/7: Account of legal costs relating to 1 Devonshire Terrace for 13 Nov 1839-25 Nov 1839" },{ "id" : "041-000001414", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/8: Three receipts for payment received from Charles Dickens relating to 1 Devonshire Terrace" },{ "id" : "041-000001415", "parent" : "040-000001406", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/1/9: Three letters relating to payments received for 1 Devonshire Terrace" },{ "id" : "040-000001416", "parent" : "036-000001405", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2: Domestic papers 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001417", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/1: Copy of document of agreement between Charles Dickens and Sophia Onslow relating to the letting of 1 Devonshire Terrace" },{ "id" : "041-000001418", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/2: Memorandum of agreement between Charles Dickens and Bradbury and Evans" },{ "id" : "041-000001419", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/3: Printed leaflet from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" },{ "id" : "041-000001420", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/4: Draft copy of a notice of appeal from Thomas Mitton to the Commissioners for General Purposes, Marylebone" },{ "id" : "041-000001421", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/5: Certificate of Complete Registration of the Midland and Thirsk Junction Railway Company" },{ "id" : "041-000001422", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/6: Two draft indentures between Charles Dickens, Augustus Dickens, Harriet Lovell and her parents" },{ "id" : "041-000001423", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/7: Charles Dickens house insurance policy certificate from Law Fire Insurance Society" },{ "id" : "041-000001424", "parent" : "040-000001416", "text" : "Add MS 88903/2/2/8: Documents relating to finances of Charles Albert Fechter, actor and dramatist" },{ "id" : "036-000001425", "parent" : "032-000001282", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3: Estate of Charles Dickens: executors' papers, inventories and accounts" },{ "id" : "040-000001426", "parent" : "036-000001425", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1: Estate of Charles Dickens 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001427", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/1: Extract from the Will of Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001428", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/2: Instructions for Mr Burrell to draw up certain legal documents relating to the will of Charles Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001429", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/3: Two notes for Mr Burrell's opinion" },{ "id" : "041-000001430", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/4: Thirty receipts for money received from the estate" },{ "id" : "041-000001431", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/5: Four inventories of items at Gad's Hill Place, with valuations" },{ "id" : "041-000001432", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/6: Copy of affidavit of John Forster, a sworn testimony relating to Charles Dickens's Christian names" },{ "id" : "041-000001433", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/7: Draft indenture between John Forster and Georgina Hogarth and Francis Carr Beard" },{ "id" : "041-000001434", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/8: Notice to Eagle Insurance Company from Farrer, Ouvry and Farrer" },{ "id" : "041-000001435", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/9: Letter from Coutts and Company to Frederic Ouvry, lawyer" },{ "id" : "041-000001436", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/10: Eight 'notices of charges' regarding payments from the estate" },{ "id" : "041-000001437", "parent" : "040-000001426", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/1/11: Note from Georgina Hogarth to John Forster" },{ "id" : "040-000001438", "parent" : "036-000001425", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2: Estate of Charles Dickens 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001439", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/1: Draft document of release between the surviving family of Charles Dickens and his executors" },{ "id" : "041-000001440", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/2: Document of release between the surviving family of Charles Dickens and his executors" },{ "id" : "041-000001441", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/3: Account for Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens relating to the estate of Charles Dickens for Feb 1871-May 1873" },{ "id" : "041-000001442", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/4: Indenture between Catherine Dickens and her five surviving sons" },{ "id" : "041-000001443", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/5: Account relating to the estate of Sydney Smith Dickens for May 1872-Sep 1873" },{ "id" : "041-000001444", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/6: Executors' account 'number 2', for Jan 1870-Jan 1875" },{ "id" : "041-000001445", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/7: Executors' account 'number 3', for Nov 1871-Jan 1875" },{ "id" : "041-000001446", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/8: Notice to Georgina Hogarth from Frank Richardson and Sadler, solicitors" },{ "id" : "041-000001447", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/9: Mortgage indenture between Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens and Thomas Williams Lloyd" },{ "id" : "041-000001448", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/10: Note from Farrer, Ouvry and Farrer listing Charles Dickens's children" },{ "id" : "041-000001449", "parent" : "040-000001438", "text" : "Add MS 88903/3/2/11: Accounts of the trustees of Charles Dickens for 1896" },{ "id" : "036-000001450", "parent" : "032-000001282", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4: Estate of Mary Dickens and related family papers" },{ "id" : "040-000001451", "parent" : "036-000001450", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1: Estate of Mary Dickens and related family papers 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001452", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/1: Draft declaration of William Dickens [William Dickson?] and John Fleming Nobel relating to a mortgage bond" },{ "id" : "041-000001453", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/2: Two notes regarding Mary Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001454", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/3: Two letters from Gregory Rowcliffes and Company, solicitors, to Miss [Mary] Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001455", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/4: One letter from James Bassett to Farrer, Ouvry and Farrer" },{ "id" : "041-000001456", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/5: Documents of probate" },{ "id" : "041-000001457", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/6: Letter from Coutts and Company, bankers, to Georgina Hogarth" },{ "id" : "041-000001458", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/7: Three letters from Georgina Hogarth to W. J. Jarrett of Farrer, Ouvry and Farrer" },{ "id" : "041-000001459", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/8: Power of attorney for Bernard Arnold, Charles Chadwick and Edward John Fooks, solicitors, to represent Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson…" },{ "id" : "041-000001460", "parent" : "040-000001451", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/1/9: Partly printed affidavit for the Inland Revenue" },{ "id" : "040-000001461", "parent" : "036-000001450", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2: Estate of Mary Dickens and related family papers 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000001462", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/1: Two letters from Arthur Benson Rathbone, trustee for Henry Fothergill Chorley, to Farrer, Ouvry and Farrer" },{ "id" : "041-000001463", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/2: Extract from the will of Mary Dickens with probate act document attached" },{ "id" : "041-000001464", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/3: Two partly printed 'corrective' affidavits for the Inland Revenue" },{ "id" : "041-000001465", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/4: Two copies of accounts relating to payments received" },{ "id" : "041-000001466", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/5: Accounts relating to Sydney Smith Dickens, Francis Jeffrey Dickens, Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens" },{ "id" : "041-000001467", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/6: Draft bill for funeral expenses, etc" },{ "id" : "041-000001468", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/7: Typewritten copy of power of attorney for William Noel Tomkins, secretary of the London Bank of Australia, to represent Edward…" },{ "id" : "041-000001469", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/8: Bill of costs from the administrator of Francis Jeffrey Dickens to Frank Richardson and Sadler, solicitors" },{ "id" : "041-000001470", "parent" : "040-000001461", "text" : "Add MS 88903/4/2/9: Bill of costs from the administrator of Sydney Smith Dickens to Frank Richardson and Sadler, solicitors" }]
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- Contains:
- Add MS 88903/1 : Publishing papers: legal documents and agreements
Add MS 88903/2 : Domestic papers
Add MS 88903/3 : Estate of Charles Dickens: executors' papers, inventories and accounts
Add MS 88903/4 : Estate of Mary Dickens and related family papers
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 23 folders
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1897
- Date Range:
- 1837-1897
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
- Prior to 1999 these documents were in the custody of the Dickens family.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 9964
- Source of Acquisition:
- These documents were originally offered for sale at auction by Sotheby's on 15 July 1999 (see Sotheby's catalogue English Literature and History, including the Charles Dickens archive). The archive was divided into lots 160-187, of which lots 171, 174, 180 and 183 were sold. In 2000, the remaining archive was purchased by the British Library from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. In 2005, a second acquisition was made from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. These documents had been part of the original archive, but had been loaned to Professor Kathleen Tillotson (1906-2001) for use in the Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens. They were returned to the trustees of Charles Dickens after Tillotson's death. The specific items that formed part of this second acquisition are identified later in the catalogue.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Publishing papers: legal documents and agreements: Add MS 88903/1
- Domestic papers: Add MS 88903/2
- Estate of Charles Dickens: executor's papers, inventories and accounts: Add MS 88903/3
- Estate of Mary Dickens and related family papers: Add MS 88903/4
- Publications:
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Many of these documents have been transcribed and published in The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, volumes 1-4 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965-1977).
See also Robert Lowry Patten, Charles Dickens and his Publishers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978) and J. A. Sutherland, Victorian Novelists and Publishers (London: The Athlone Press, 1976).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chapman and Hall, publishers, early 19th century-1930s
Chapman, William, solicitor, 1802-1874
Dickens, Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson, son of Charles Dickens, novelist, 1845-1912
Dickens, Catherine Thomson, wife of Charles Dickens, novelist, 1816-1879
Dickens, Charles Culliford Boz, journalist, publisher and compiler, 1837-1896
Dickens, Charles John Huffam, novelist, 1812-1870,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000448885549,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/88666393
Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton, politician and son of Charles Dickens, 1852-1902
Dickens, Francis Jeffrey, policeman and son of Charles Dickens, 1844-1886
Dickens, Henry Fielding, Knight, barrister, judge and son of Charles Dickens, 1849-1933
Dickens, Mary, elder daughter of Charles Dickens, novelist, 1838-1896
Dickens, Sydney Smith Haldiman, naval officer and son of Charles Dickens, 1847-1872
Dickens, Walter Landor, army officer and son of Charles Dickens, 1841-1863
Farrer, Ouvry and Farrer, solicitors, 19th century
Forster, John, friend and executor of Charles Dickens, 1812-1876
Hogarth, Georgina, sister-in-law and executor of Charles Dickens, 1827-1917
Mitton, Thomas, solicitor, 1812-1878
Perugini, Katherine Elizabeth Macready, alias Kate, afterwards Collins, painter, daughter of Charles Dickens, 1839-1929
Smithson, Dunn and Mitton, solicitors, 19th century - Related Material:
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The Widener Library at Harvard University, USA, holds items that are connected with this collection, including some of Dickens's publishing agreements and related correspondence, see A. S. W. Rosenbach, A Catalogue of the Writings of Charles Dickens in the Library of Harry Elkins Widener (Philadelphia: privately printed, 1918).
The Berg Collection at the New York Public Library, USA, holds some related items (reference Berg Coll MSS Dickens), see Dictionary Catalog of the Henry W and Albert A Berg Collection of English and American Literature, volume 1 (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1969).
The Charles Dickens Museum, London also holds some related items.