![DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed (‘Charles Dickens’) to [Georgiana] Morson, Devonshire Terrace, 12 April 1849, stating simply: ‘The lady to whom the field belongs, is quite right. I enclose you another cheque for four pounds’, one page, 8vo, integral blank; two envelopes.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0009_000(dickens_charles_autograph_letter_signed_to_georgiana_morson_devonshire021237).jpg?w=1)
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed (‘Charles Dickens’) to [Georgiana] Morson, Devonshire Terrace, 12 April 1849, stating simply: ‘The lady to whom the field belongs, is quite right. I enclose you another cheque for four pounds’, one page, 8vo, integral blank; two envelopes.
In this letter to the matron of Urania Cottage, a home for ‘fallen women’ in Shepherd’s Bush that Dickens set up in conjunction with the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, the financial commitments required by the venture in its early years are clear. The lady in question was most likely the owner of a field adjoining Urania Cottage, to be rented by Urania’s governing committee. The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens, XII, p. 616.
In this letter to the matron of Urania Cottage, a home for ‘fallen women’ in Shepherd’s Bush that Dickens set up in conjunction with the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, the financial commitments required by the venture in its early years are clear. The lady in question was most likely the owner of a field adjoining Urania Cottage, to be rented by Urania’s governing committee. The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens, XII, p. 616.