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John Forster may well be referring to work on his biography of Dickens, Life of Dickens, which was published 1871-1874.
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ANGELA GEORGINA, BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS (1814-1906); JOHN FORSTER (1812-1876); HABLOT KNIGHT BROWNE 'PHIZ' (1815-1882); GEORGE FRIPP (1813-1896)
Autograph letter, signed 'Burdett-Coutts', 2 February [1880?], 4pp, 8°, to Mr Allan, regarding the Anti-Slavery question.
Two autograph letters, signed 'John Forster', from Palace-Gate House, Kensington, W., 6 January 1872 and 3 February 1872, 1pp and 4pp, to Mr J.A. Manson and Mrs Clarke respectively, thanking them for their contributions to a biography he is writing, the Manson letter with original envelope (creased on folds).
Promisory note, signed 'Hablot Knight Browne' and 'Walter Geoffrey Robert Browne', London, 20 August 1873, promising to pay Robert W. Dunnett £20 six weeks after that date, with impressed seal.
With an autograph letter from the watercolourist George Fripp regarding a volume of Thackeray's letters and a note from Stanfield to George Jones of the Royal Academy regarding adopting subscriptions.
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Autograph letter, signed 'Burdett-Coutts', 2 February [1880?], 4pp, 8°, to Mr Allan, regarding the Anti-Slavery question.
Two autograph letters, signed 'John Forster', from Palace-Gate House, Kensington, W., 6 January 1872 and 3 February 1872, 1pp and 4pp, to Mr J.A. Manson and Mrs Clarke respectively, thanking them for their contributions to a biography he is writing, the Manson letter with original envelope (creased on folds).
Promisory note, signed 'Hablot Knight Browne' and 'Walter Geoffrey Robert Browne', London, 20 August 1873, promising to pay Robert W. Dunnett £20 six weeks after that date, with impressed seal.
With an autograph letter from the watercolourist George Fripp regarding a volume of Thackeray's letters and a note from Stanfield to George Jones of the Royal Academy regarding adopting subscriptions.
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