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- To Messrs Bradbury & Evans, 2 January 1840
- To John Forster, [3 January 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?January 1840]
- To Charles Molloy, January [1840]
- To Charles Molloy, [9 January 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?9 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [?10 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [10 January 1840]
- To Thomas Humphreys, [January 1840]
- To Messrs Longman & Co., [January 1840]
- To Messrs Longman & Co., 11 January 1840
- To William Upcott, [?January 1840]
- To George Cattermole, 13 January 1840
- To John Forster, [?15 January 1840]
- To Frederick Yates, [?15 January 1840]
- To H. G. Adams, 18 January 1840
- To George Cattermole, [?21 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [January 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [29 January 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [29 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [ ?30 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [?January 1840]
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, [1 February 1840]
- To T. N. Talfourd, 4 February [1840]
- To Unknown Correspondent, 4 February 1840
- To Richard Monckton Milnes,[?7 February 1840]
- To John Overs, [?7 February 1840]
- To R. H. Horne, [?February 1840]
- To T. J. Thompson, [?9 February 1840]
- To W. S. Landor, [11 February 1840]
- To John Forster, [12 February 1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?12 February 1840]
- To T. J. Thompson, [13 February 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [13 February 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?13 February 1840]
- To John Overs, 16 February 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [21] February 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [?23 February 1840]
- To John Brownlow, 26 February 1840
- To John Forster, [?27 February 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?27 February 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 28 February [1840]
- To Mrs Charles Dickens, 1 March 1840
- To William Upcott, 6 March 1840
- To H. K. Browne, [?6 Or 7 March 1840]
- To John Overs, 7 March 1840
- To Mrs A. T. Thomson, 8 March [1840]
- To John Forster, [?8 March 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [9 March 1840]
- To George Cattermole, 9 March 1840
- To John Forster, [?9 March 1840]
- To J. A. Diezmann, 10 March 1840
- To W. H. Harrison, 14 March 1840
- To John Miller, 15 March [1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 16 March [1840]
- To Ebenezer Landells, [?20 March 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 22 March [1840]
- To Edward Chapman, 25 March [1840]
- To T. P. Grinsted, 25 March 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?27 March 1840]
- To James Hoggins, 27 March 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?March 1840]
- To Samuel Williams, [31 March 1840]
- To John Forster, [March 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?3 April 1840]
- To [William Hall, ?7 April 1840]
- To Augustus De Morgan and Mrs De Morgan, 12 April 1840
- To William H. Sotham, 12 April 1840
- To John Overs, 12 April [1840]
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, [?12 April 1840]
- To [Lewis Gaylord Clark], 14 April 1840
- To Miss Ayrton, 14 April 1840
- To Mrs C. B. Wilson, 14 April 1840
- To Thomas Hill, 14 April 1840
- To Angus Fletcher, 14 April 1840
- To the Countess of Blessington, [16] April 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, [?16 April 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?18 April 1840]
- To John Forster, [?20 April 1840]
- To John Forster, 21 April [1840]
- To Thomas Beard, [24 April 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 25 April [1840]
- To John Forster, [?28 April 1840]
- To Lady Holland, 28 April [1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?30 April 1840]
- To Edward Moxon, 5 May 1840
- To John Overs, 5 May 1840
- To John Forster, [?Early May 1840]
- To Edwin Landseer, 11 May 1840
- To Leigh Hunt, 12 May 1840
- To Clarkson Stanfield, [15 May 1840]
- To W. Hering, 16 May [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 16 May 1840
- To Unknown Correspondent, [?16 May 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?16 May 1840]
- To T. N. Talfourd, 17 May [1840]
- To John Forster, [?May 1840]
- To T. N. Talfourd, [22 May 1840]
- To William Bryden, 23 May [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 24 May [1840]
- To Mrs Charles Smithson, 27 May 1840
- To George Brightwen, 28 May 1840
- To John Forster, [?Late May 1840]
- To John Forster, [Late May 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?May 1840]
- To Henry Gilpin, 30 May 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?31 May 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 1 June 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 2 June 1840
- To John Forster, [2 June 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, 2 June 1840
- To Lady Denman, 4 June 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 5 June 1840
- To John Forster, [?Early June 1840]
- To H. G. Adams, 9 June 1840
- To Robert Knox, 9 June 1840
- To John Forster, [?12 June 1840]
- To John Dickens, [14 June 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 14 June [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 16 June 1840
- To John Forster, [17 June 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 June 1840
- To John Black, 21 June 1840
- To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, [?21 June 1840]
- To W. Scrope, 22 June 1840
- To George Chapman, 25 June 1840
- To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, 26 June 1840
- To Mrs Marjoribanks, 26 June [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?Late June 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?30 June 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 1 July [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?Early July 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 2 July 1840
- To T. N. Talfourd, [?2 July 1840]
- To Edward Chapman, [?2 July 1840]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 4 July 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 4 July [1840]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 6 July 1840
- To W. C. Macready, 7 July 1840
- To J. S. Dalton, 8 July 1840
- To Messrs Bradbury & Evans, 8 July 1840
- To John Forster, [8 July 1840]
- To Edward Goulburn, 8 July 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?8 July 1840]
- To John Forster, [?9 Or 10 July 1840]
- To the Committee of the Western Literary Institution, 10 July 1840
- To Leigh Hunt, 10 July 1840
- To John Overs, 13 July 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 15 July [1840]
- To Miss Rogers, 16 July [1840]
- To Charles Edwards Lester, 19 July 1840
- To Thomas Campbell, 19 July 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 22 July [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?23 July 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?23 July 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 24 July 1840
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 25 July 1840
- To Walter Savage Landor, 26 July 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [26 July 1840]
- To John Forster, 31 July [1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [31 July 1840]
- To Dr John Elliotson, [5 August 1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?7 August 1840]
- To Thomas Hill, 8 August 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?10 August 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [10 August 1840]
- To Alfred Dickens, 12 August 1840
- To Samuel Rogers, 13 August 1840
- To George Cattermole, 13 August [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 17 August [1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 17 August 1840
- To Samuel Rogers, 17 August [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?17 August 1840]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [?17 August 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 August [1840]
- To John Forster, [?19 August 1840]
- To Henry Colburn, 19 August [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?20] August [1840]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [?24 August 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [27 August 1840]
- To William Hall, [?28 August 1840]
- To John Forster, [2 September 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, 2 September 1840
- To John Forster, 6 September 1840
- To Samuel Rogers, [?8 Or 9 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [?9 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [September 1840]
- To John Forster, 13 September 1840
- To John Forster, [15 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [20 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [21 September 1840]
- To [John] Edmonds, [?27 September] 1840
- To Henry Colburn, 28 September 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 2 October 1840
- To John Forster, [4 October 1840]
- To Samuel Rogers, 4 October 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 6 October [1840]
- To Samuel Rogers, 7 October [1840]
- To John Forster, 12 October [1840]
- To Thomas Sibson, [12 October 1840]
- To William Smith Williams, 12 October 1840
- To George Cattermole, 13 October 1840
- To Charles Gray, 13 October 1840
- To [R. S. Horrell], 14 October 1840
- To Thomas Hill, 14 October [1840]
- To W. G. Taunton, 14 October 1840
- To Walter Savage Landor, [?Mid-10 1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 16 October [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 20 October 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 25 October 1840
- To Edward Moxon, 27 October 1840
- To John Overs, 27 October [1840]
- To John Forster, 28 October [1840]
- To T. W. White, 29 October 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 31 October [1840]
- To Miss Marion Ely, 1 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 3 November 1840
- To John Forster, [3 November 1840]
- To John Major, 3 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, [6 November 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?6 November 1840]
- To [Patric Park], 6 November 1840
- To Dr John Elliotson, [6 November 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [6 November 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 9 November [1840]
- To John Forster, [12 November 1840]
- To Mrs Macready, [13 November 1840]
- To [Patric Park], 14 November 1840
- To George Cruikshank, 17 November [1840]
- To T. J. Serle, 17 November 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 20 November 1840
- To John Close, 23 November 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 24 November 1840
- To John Forster, [?November 1840]
- To [R. S. Horrell], 25 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 25 November 1840
- To John Overs, 26 November 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [26 November 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, 27 November [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 28 November [1840]
- To Charles Molloy, 28 November [1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 30 November 1840
- To John Forster, [?Late November 1840]
- To John Forster, 3 December [1840]
- To T. P. Grinsted, 7 December 1840
- To George Cruikshank, 7 December 1840
- To "James Fleming", 8 December 1840
- To Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, 12 December 1840
- To George Cattermole, 13 December 1840
- To Lord Ashley, [13 Or 14 December 1840]
- To Dr Southwood Smith, 15 December 1840
- To T. J. Thompson, 15 December 1840
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 15 December 1840
- To John Forster, [?16 Or 18 December 1840]
- To Sir Robert Inglis, [?16 Or 18] December 1840
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [?17 December 1840]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 18 December [1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 18 December [1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?18 December 1840]
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 18 December 1840
- To Unknown Correspondent, 19 December 1840
- To George Cattermole, 21 December [1840]
- To John Forster, [?21 December 1840]
- To John Forster, [?22 December 1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?22 December 1840]
- To Mrs Charles Smithson, 23 December 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 24 December 1840
- To Henry Austin, 26 December 1840
- To Basil Hall, 28 December 1840
- To John Forster, 28 December [1840]
- To John Forster, 30 December [1840]
- To John Overs, 30 December 1840
- To Mrs F[?illonneau], [Winter 1840–1]
- To John Forster, [Winter 1840–1]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [1840]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?1840]
- To the Rev. William Harness, 2 January 1841
- To T.N. Talfourd, 2 January 1841
- To John Forster, 5 January [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 6 January [1841]
- To W. C. Macready, [?6 January 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?7 January 1841]
- To Miss Hannah Meredith, 7 January [1841]
- To John Forster, [?8 January 1841]
- To the Rev. William Harness,10 January [1841]
- To John Forster, 11 January [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 11 January [1841]
- To George Cattermole, 14 January [1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 14 January [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 14 January 1841
- To Basil Hall, 15 January 1841
- To [R. S. Horrell], 15 January 1841
- To John Forster, [?17] January 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [18 January 1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 19 January 1841
- To John Overs, 21 January 1841
- To Thomas Beard, 21 January 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 21 January 1841
- To John Forster, [22 January 1841]
- To Clarkson Stanfield, 22 January 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 22 January [1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 22 [January 1841]
- To Thomas Beard, 23 January 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 25 January 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 25 January 1841
- To John Forster, [26 January 1841]
- To Basil Hall, [27 January 1841]3
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [28 January 1841]
- To Basil Hall, 28 January 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, [?28 January 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 28 January 1841
- To John Forster, [29 January 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 30 January 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [31 January 1841]
- To Mrs Gore, 31 January 1841
- To Nathaniel Ellison, 3 February 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, [4 February 1841]
- To John Forster, [4 February 1841]
- To John Forster, [4 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, [4 February 1841]
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 5 February 1841
- To John Forster, [?6 February 1841]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, ?7 February 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, [8 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 9 February [1841]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 9 February 1841
- To Hablot K. Browne, [9 February 1841]
- To John Forster, [9 February 1841]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 9 February 1841
- To C. L. Eastlake, 10 February 1841
- To E. Henderson, [Early February 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 10 February [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 11 February 1841
- To Walter Savage Landor, [?11 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 13 February 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 15 February 1841
- To Nathaniel Ellison, 15 February 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, [?15 February 1841]
- To T. N. Talfourd, 16 February 1841
- To Mr Lloyd, [16] February [1841]
- To Miss Lloyd, 17 February 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 17 February 1841
- To John Forster, 18 February [1841]
- To Thomas Latimer, 18 February 1841
- To Basil Hall, 19 February 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 19 February 1841
- To John Fowler, [?19 February 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?20 February 1841]1
- To T. N. Talfourd, [?22 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 22 February 1841
- To John Tomlin, 23 February 1841
- To John Forster, [25 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 26 February 1841
- To Thomas Hood, [?Late February 1841]
- To Henry Austin, ?28 February 1841
- To the Directors of the New Zealand Company, 4 March 1841
- To [?Alexander] Blackwood, [Early March 1841]
- To John Forster, [?4 Or 5 March 1841]
- To John Overs, 5 March 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 6 March 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 7 March 1841
- To John Forster, 8 March [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 8 March 1841
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, [?8 March 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 9 March 1841
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, 10 March 1841
- To [?Edward Chapman], 10 March 1841
- To John Forster, [?10 March 1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 11 March 1841
- To Mrs Bennett, 11 March 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 12 March 1841
- To Thomas Latimer, 13 March 1841
- To Basil Hall, 16 March 1841
- To John Forster, [18 March 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 19 March 1841
- To T. N. Talfourd, 22 March 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [22 March 1841]
- To John Scott, 22 March 1841
- To John Forster, [?23 March 1841]
- To John Forster, [25 March 1841]
- To John Forster, [26 March 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 27 March 1841
- To Charles Gray, 27 March 1841
- To William Shoberl, 29 March 1841
- To Basil Hall, [?31 March 1841]
- To J. C. Prince, 31 March 1841
- To George Cattermole, 1 April 1841
- * To Francis Smedley, 1 April 1841
- To R. S. Horrell, 1 April 1841
- To Henry Colburn, 1 April 1841
- To John Forster, 1 April 1841
- To Edward Dubois, 2 April 1841
- To J. P. Harley, 3 April 1841
- To Walter Savage Landor, [4] April 1841
- To H. P. Smith, 5 April 1841
- To Francis Smedley, 5 April 1841
- To John Forster, [5 April 1841]
- To John Forster, [7 April 1841]
- To Andrew Bell, 7 April [1841]
- To Angus Fletcher, 8 April 1841
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 8 April 1841
- To Henry Austin, 8 April 1841
- To the Rev. Thomas Robinson, 8 April 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 8 April 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 9 April 1841
- To John Forster, [12 April 1841]
- To Messrs Cox & Sons, 13 April 1841
- To Miss Catherine Hutton, 13 April 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, [?14 Or 15 April 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?15 April 1841]
- To [?Sir Francis and Lady Burdett], [?15] April [1841]
- To Albany Fonblanque, 16 April 1841
- To Henry Austin, 17 April 1841
- To Mrs [?Hurnall], 17 April 1841
- To Mrs Smithson, 18 April 1841
- To Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, 19 April 1841
- To Francis Smedley, 19 April 1841
- To Octavian Blewitt, 19 April 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 20 April 1841
- To Washington Irving, 21 April 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 26 April [1841]
- To Basil Hall, 27 April 1841
- To T. N. Talfourd, 27 April [1841]
- To Leitch Ritchie, 27 April [1841]
- To William Shoberl, 27 April 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 28 April 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 29 April 1841
- To John Forster, [29 April 1841]
- To George Cruikshank, 2 May 1841
- To J. Blackburn, 3 May 1841
- To John Forster, 3 May [1841]
- To Mrs Booth, 4 May 1841
- To John Hudson, 5 May 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [?6 May 1841]
- To Lord Jeffrey, 11 May 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 11 May 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 12 May 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 13 May 1841
- To T. J. Thompson, 13 May 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 18 May 1841
- To John Overs, [?22] May [1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 23 May 1841
- To Mrs E. J. Stanley, 23 May [1841]
- To Patric Park, 26 May [1841]
- To Basil Hall, 26 May [1841]
- To Sir G[eorge] Cayley, 26 May [1841]
- To George Cruikshank, [26 May 1841]
- To [Henry Colburn], 27 May 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 27 May 1841
- To George Lovejoy, 31 May 1841
- To John Forster, [May 1841]
- To H. G. Adams, [?May 1841].
- To Thomas Beard, 2 June 1841
- To Dr Southwood Smith, 2 June 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 2 June 1841
- To the Countess of Blessington, 2 June 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [?3] June 1841
- To Sir Martin Archer Shee, 3 June 1841
- To Dr Southwood Smith, 3 June 1841
- To John Forster, [3 June 1841]
- To Charles Ollier, 3 June 1841
- To Henry Cook, 4 June 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 7 June 1841
- To David Barnes, 7 June 1841
- To the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend, [?Early June 1841]
- To Sir Martin Archer Shee, [9 June 1841]
- To Angus Fletcher, [9 June 1841]
- To Angus Fletcher, 9 June 1841
- To John Forster, [?9 June 1841]
- To Charles Smithson, [?9 June] 1841
- To George Lovejoy, 10 June 1841
- To Lady Holland, 10 June 1841
- To Charles Smithson, 13 June 1841
- To Miss Rogers, 14 June 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 15 June 1841
- To Charles Smithson, 15 June 1841
- To Angus Fletcher, 15 June 1841
- To John Forster, [15 June 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 15 June 1841
- To Henry Jackson, 16 June 1841
- To Charles Babbage, 17 June 1841
- To John Forster, [23 June 1841]
- To Sir Charles Bell, 24 June 1841
- To John Forster, [26 June 1841]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 26 June 1841
- To George Cattermole, 26 June 1841
- To William Jerdan, 28 June 1841
- To the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, [30 June 1841]
- To John Forster, [30 June 1841]
- To A. S. Logan, 1 July 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, 1 July 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, 3 July 1841
- To Miss Allan, 3 July 1841
- To W. H. Murray, 3 July 1841
- To John Forster, [5 July 1841]
- To John Forster, 9 July 1841
- To the Postmaster, Oban, [10 July 1841]
- To John Forster, 11 July 1841
- To [James Bogle1 and Others, 12 July 1841]
- To John Forster, [12 July 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 12 July 1841
- To Charles Selby, 20 July 1841
- To William Shoberl, 20 July 1841
- To William Shoberl, 21 July 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 21 July 1841
- To John Forster, 21 July 1841
- To Lord Murray, 21 July 1841
- To Mrs Mary Hurnall, 21 July 1841
- To John Cay, 21 July 1841
- To R. S. Horrell, 21 July 1841
- To George Cattermole, 21 July 1841
- To Unknown Correspondent, 21 July 1841
- To Mrs Perry, 21 July 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 21 July 1841
- To John Overs, 21 July 1841
- To John Overs, 23 July 1841
- To John Forster, 23 July 1841
- To the Rev, Chauncy Hare Townshend, 23 July [1841]
- To Thomas Beard, 25 July 1841
- To John Forster, 26 July 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 28 July [1841]
- To George Cattermole, 28 July 1841
- To Edward Chapman, 28 July [1841]
- To John Forster, [29 July 1841]
- To John Hudson, 29 July 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 31 July 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [31 July 1841]
- To John Forster, [31 July 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?31 July 1841]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [?July] 1841
- To Thomas Beard, 2 August 1841
- To John Fowler, 2 August 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?3 August 1841]
- To John Forster, [5 August 1841]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?6 August 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 6 August 1841
- To Dr Southwood Smith, [?Early August 1841]
- To Macvey Napier, 8 August 1841
- To John Overs, 8 August 1841
- To Messrs Bradbury & Evans, 10 August 1841
- To the Editor of the Gateshead Observer, 10 August 1841
- To John Forster, [11 August 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 11 August 1841
- To [William] Shoberl, 12 August 1841
- To John Forster, [13 August 1841]
- To John Forster, [?Mid-08 1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 16 August 1841
- To John Forster, [16 August 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?16 August 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 16 August 1841
- To George Cattermole, 19 August 1841
- To Dr John Elliotson, 20 August 1841
- To John Overs, 20 August 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 21 August 1841
- To John Overs, [22 August 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 23 August 1841
- To John Forster, [23 August 1841]
- * To R. Shelton Mackenzie, 23 August 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 24 August 1841
- To John Overs, 24 August 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 26 August [1841]
- To Lord Nugent, 26 August 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, [28 August 1841]
- To William Shoberl, 29 August 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 30 August [1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 1 September 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 2 September 1841
- To Alfred Dickens, [3 September 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 3 September 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 3 September 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 5 September 1841
- To John Forster, [9 September 1841]
- To the Swedenborg Society, 9 September 1841
- To John Paul, 9 September 1841
- To John Forster, [11 September 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 12 September 1841
- To Frederick Dickens, 12 September 1841
- To John Forster, [13 September 1841]
- To J. H. Kuenzel, 13 September 1841
- To John Scott, 13 September 1841
- To William Hall, 14 September 1841
- To [Edward Chapman], 16 September 1841
- To Henry Robertson, 17 September 1841
- To John Forster, [18 September 1841]
- To Frederick Dickens, 19 September 1841
- To John Forster, [19 September 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 21 September 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 21 September 1841
- To John Forster, [?22 September 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 22 September 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [23 September 1841]
- To John Forster, [24 September 1841]
- To Frederick Dickens, 26 September 1841
- To John Forster, [26 September 1841]
- To John Overs, 26 September 1841
- To Lewis Gaylord Clark, 28 September 1841
- To Washington Irving, 28 September 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 29 September 1841
- To Charles Lever, [?Early October 1841]
- To Hugh Tilsley, 1 October 1841
- To Thomas Beard, [12 October 1841]
- To Andrew Bell, 12 October 1841
- To John Overs, 12 October 1841
- To R. S. Horrell, 12 October 1841
- To George Reynolds, 13 October 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 17 October 1841
- To Macvey Napier, 21 October 1841
- To John Forster, [22 October 1841]
- To John Overs, 22 October 1841
- To John Overs, 22 October 1841
- To Mrs George Hogarth, 24 October 1841
- To Frederick Salmon, 25 October 1841
- To John Overs, [?25 October 1841]
- To William [Brydone], [?25 October 1841]
- To Mrs Macready [?25 October 1841]
- To John Forster, [25 October 1841]
- To John Forster, [26 October 1841]
- To John Forster, [?October 1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 27 October 1841
- To John Overs, 27 October 1841
- To C. Hunton, 27 October 1841
- To Mrs Hurnall, 27 October 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 28 October 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 29 October [1841]
- To John Hudson, 30 October 1841
- To John Forster, [2 November 1841]
- To Joseph Lunn, 2 November 1841
- To George Fletcher, 2 November 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 3 November 1841
- To John Landseer, 5 November 1841
- To Mr Loft, 6 November 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, [?Early November 1841]
- To Frederick Salmon, 7 November 1841
- To John Forster, [?13 November 1841]
- To Joseph Lunn, 15 November 1841
- To [Angus Fletcher], 16 November 1841
- To John Murray, 17 November 1841
- To George Shury, 17 November 1841
- To [?John] De Gex, 18 November 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 November 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, [18] November 1841
- To Joseph Lunn, 22 November 1841
- To Messrs Lea & Blanchard, 23 November 1841
- To the Countess of Blessington, 23 November 1841
- To John Bradford, 23 November 1841
- To John Overs, 23 November 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 23 November [1841]
- To Henry Vincent, 23 November 1841
- To Joseph Lunn, 24 November 1841
- To to [Edward] Jesse, 24 November 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 24 November 1841
- To Walter Savage Landor, [Late November 1841]
- To George Thomson, 26 November 1841
- To John Payne Collier, 27 November 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 29 November [1841]
- To Miss Hannah Meredith, [30 November 1841]
- To John Overs, 30 November 1841
- To Miss Myers, 30 November 1841
- To John Forster, [Late November 1841]
- To Francis Ross, 1 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 2 December 1841
- To James Anderson, 2 December 1841
- To Mrs S. C. Hall, 2 December 1841
- To Francis Alexander, [?3] December 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, [5] December 1841
- To D. M. Moir, 6 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 7 December 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, [?8 December 1841]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 11 December [1841]
- To John Forster, [?13 December 1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 14 December 1841
- To [Murdo] Young, 14 December 1841
- To Lewis Gaylord Clark, [Mid-12 1841]
- To John Forster, 15 December 1841
- To Samuel Joseph, 15 December 1841
- To Mary Talfourd, 16 December 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 17 December [1841]
- To Lady Holland, [?17 December 1841]
- To John Ross, 20 December 1841
- To John Ross, 20 December 1841
- To Charles Smithson, 20 December 1841
- To the Countess of Blessington, [22] December 1841
- To Samuel Rogers, 23 December 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 23 December 1841
- To George Hogarth, 23 December 1841
- To Miss Catherine Hutton, 23 December 1841
- To Robert Owen, 27 December 1841
- To Samuel Joseph, 27 December 1841
- To Francis Ross, 27 December 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 27 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 27 December [1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 28 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [28 December 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 28 December 1841
- To Robert Keeley, [?29 December 1841]
- To Frederick Salmon, 30 December 1841
- To Unknown Correspondent, [? December 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 1841
- To Joseph [Haydn], [?1841]
Madeline House and Graham Storey (eds), The British Academy/The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens, Vol. 2: 1840–1841
Contents
- Close section Front Matter
- Close sectionThe Letters 1840–1841
- To Messrs Bradbury & Evans, 2 January 1840
- To John Forster, [3 January 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?January 1840]
- To Charles Molloy, January [1840]
- To Charles Molloy, [9 January 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?9 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [?10 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [10 January 1840]
- To Thomas Humphreys, [January 1840]
- To Messrs Longman & Co., [January 1840]
- To Messrs Longman & Co., 11 January 1840
- To William Upcott, [?January 1840]
- To George Cattermole, 13 January 1840
- To John Forster, [?15 January 1840]
- To Frederick Yates, [?15 January 1840]
- To H. G. Adams, 18 January 1840
- To George Cattermole, [?21 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [January 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [29 January 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [29 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [ ?30 January 1840]
- To John Forster, [?January 1840]
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, [1 February 1840]
- To T. N. Talfourd, 4 February [1840]
- To Unknown Correspondent, 4 February 1840
- To Richard Monckton Milnes,[?7 February 1840]
- To John Overs, [?7 February 1840]
- To R. H. Horne, [?February 1840]
- To T. J. Thompson, [?9 February 1840]
- To W. S. Landor, [11 February 1840]
- To John Forster, [12 February 1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?12 February 1840]
- To T. J. Thompson, [13 February 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [13 February 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?13 February 1840]
- To John Overs, 16 February 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [21] February 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [?23 February 1840]
- To John Brownlow, 26 February 1840
- To John Forster, [?27 February 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?27 February 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 28 February [1840]
- To Mrs Charles Dickens, 1 March 1840
- To William Upcott, 6 March 1840
- To H. K. Browne, [?6 Or 7 March 1840]
- To John Overs, 7 March 1840
- To Mrs A. T. Thomson, 8 March [1840]
- To John Forster, [?8 March 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [9 March 1840]
- To George Cattermole, 9 March 1840
- To John Forster, [?9 March 1840]
- To J. A. Diezmann, 10 March 1840
- To W. H. Harrison, 14 March 1840
- To John Miller, 15 March [1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 16 March [1840]
- To Ebenezer Landells, [?20 March 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 22 March [1840]
- To Edward Chapman, 25 March [1840]
- To T. P. Grinsted, 25 March 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?27 March 1840]
- To James Hoggins, 27 March 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?March 1840]
- To Samuel Williams, [31 March 1840]
- To John Forster, [March 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?3 April 1840]
- To [William Hall, ?7 April 1840]
- To Augustus De Morgan and Mrs De Morgan, 12 April 1840
- To William H. Sotham, 12 April 1840
- To John Overs, 12 April [1840]
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, [?12 April 1840]
- To [Lewis Gaylord Clark], 14 April 1840
- To Miss Ayrton, 14 April 1840
- To Mrs C. B. Wilson, 14 April 1840
- To Thomas Hill, 14 April 1840
- To Angus Fletcher, 14 April 1840
- To the Countess of Blessington, [16] April 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, [?16 April 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?18 April 1840]
- To John Forster, [?20 April 1840]
- To John Forster, 21 April [1840]
- To Thomas Beard, [24 April 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 25 April [1840]
- To John Forster, [?28 April 1840]
- To Lady Holland, 28 April [1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?30 April 1840]
- To Edward Moxon, 5 May 1840
- To John Overs, 5 May 1840
- To John Forster, [?Early May 1840]
- To Edwin Landseer, 11 May 1840
- To Leigh Hunt, 12 May 1840
- To Clarkson Stanfield, [15 May 1840]
- To W. Hering, 16 May [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 16 May 1840
- To Unknown Correspondent, [?16 May 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?16 May 1840]
- To T. N. Talfourd, 17 May [1840]
- To John Forster, [?May 1840]
- To T. N. Talfourd, [22 May 1840]
- To William Bryden, 23 May [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 24 May [1840]
- To Mrs Charles Smithson, 27 May 1840
- To George Brightwen, 28 May 1840
- To John Forster, [?Late May 1840]
- To John Forster, [Late May 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?May 1840]
- To Henry Gilpin, 30 May 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?31 May 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 1 June 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 2 June 1840
- To John Forster, [2 June 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, 2 June 1840
- To Lady Denman, 4 June 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 5 June 1840
- To John Forster, [?Early June 1840]
- To H. G. Adams, 9 June 1840
- To Robert Knox, 9 June 1840
- To John Forster, [?12 June 1840]
- To John Dickens, [14 June 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 14 June [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 16 June 1840
- To John Forster, [17 June 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 June 1840
- To John Black, 21 June 1840
- To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, [?21 June 1840]
- To W. Scrope, 22 June 1840
- To George Chapman, 25 June 1840
- To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, 26 June 1840
- To Mrs Marjoribanks, 26 June [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?Late June 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?30 June 1840]
- To Thomas Beard, 1 July [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?Early July 1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 2 July 1840
- To T. N. Talfourd, [?2 July 1840]
- To Edward Chapman, [?2 July 1840]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 4 July 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 4 July [1840]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 6 July 1840
- To W. C. Macready, 7 July 1840
- To J. S. Dalton, 8 July 1840
- To Messrs Bradbury & Evans, 8 July 1840
- To John Forster, [8 July 1840]
- To Edward Goulburn, 8 July 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?8 July 1840]
- To John Forster, [?9 Or 10 July 1840]
- To the Committee of the Western Literary Institution, 10 July 1840
- To Leigh Hunt, 10 July 1840
- To John Overs, 13 July 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 15 July [1840]
- To Miss Rogers, 16 July [1840]
- To Charles Edwards Lester, 19 July 1840
- To Thomas Campbell, 19 July 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 22 July [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?23 July 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [?23 July 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 24 July 1840
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 25 July 1840
- To Walter Savage Landor, 26 July 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [26 July 1840]
- To John Forster, 31 July [1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [31 July 1840]
- To Dr John Elliotson, [5 August 1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?7 August 1840]
- To Thomas Hill, 8 August 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, [?10 August 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [10 August 1840]
- To Alfred Dickens, 12 August 1840
- To Samuel Rogers, 13 August 1840
- To George Cattermole, 13 August [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 17 August [1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 17 August 1840
- To Samuel Rogers, 17 August [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?17 August 1840]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [?17 August 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 August [1840]
- To John Forster, [?19 August 1840]
- To Henry Colburn, 19 August [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?20] August [1840]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [?24 August 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [27 August 1840]
- To William Hall, [?28 August 1840]
- To John Forster, [2 September 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, 2 September 1840
- To John Forster, 6 September 1840
- To Samuel Rogers, [?8 Or 9 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [?9 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [September 1840]
- To John Forster, 13 September 1840
- To John Forster, [15 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [20 September 1840]
- To John Forster, [21 September 1840]
- To [John] Edmonds, [?27 September] 1840
- To Henry Colburn, 28 September 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 2 October 1840
- To John Forster, [4 October 1840]
- To Samuel Rogers, 4 October 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 6 October [1840]
- To Samuel Rogers, 7 October [1840]
- To John Forster, 12 October [1840]
- To Thomas Sibson, [12 October 1840]
- To William Smith Williams, 12 October 1840
- To George Cattermole, 13 October 1840
- To Charles Gray, 13 October 1840
- To [R. S. Horrell], 14 October 1840
- To Thomas Hill, 14 October [1840]
- To W. G. Taunton, 14 October 1840
- To Walter Savage Landor, [?Mid-10 1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 16 October [1840]
- To W. C. Macready, 20 October 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 25 October 1840
- To Edward Moxon, 27 October 1840
- To John Overs, 27 October [1840]
- To John Forster, 28 October [1840]
- To T. W. White, 29 October 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 31 October [1840]
- To Miss Marion Ely, 1 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 3 November 1840
- To John Forster, [3 November 1840]
- To John Major, 3 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, [6 November 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?6 November 1840]
- To [Patric Park], 6 November 1840
- To Dr John Elliotson, [6 November 1840]
- To W. C. Macready, [6 November 1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 9 November [1840]
- To John Forster, [12 November 1840]
- To Mrs Macready, [13 November 1840]
- To [Patric Park], 14 November 1840
- To George Cruikshank, 17 November [1840]
- To T. J. Serle, 17 November 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 20 November 1840
- To John Close, 23 November 1840
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 24 November 1840
- To John Forster, [?November 1840]
- To [R. S. Horrell], 25 November 1840
- To Daniel Maclise, 25 November 1840
- To John Overs, 26 November 1840
- To W. C. Macready, [26 November 1840]
- To Daniel Maclise, 27 November [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, 28 November [1840]
- To Charles Molloy, 28 November [1840]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 30 November 1840
- To John Forster, [?Late November 1840]
- To John Forster, 3 December [1840]
- To T. P. Grinsted, 7 December 1840
- To George Cruikshank, 7 December 1840
- To "James Fleming", 8 December 1840
- To Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, 12 December 1840
- To George Cattermole, 13 December 1840
- To Lord Ashley, [13 Or 14 December 1840]
- To Dr Southwood Smith, 15 December 1840
- To T. J. Thompson, 15 December 1840
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 15 December 1840
- To John Forster, [?16 Or 18 December 1840]
- To Sir Robert Inglis, [?16 Or 18] December 1840
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [?17 December 1840]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 18 December [1840]
- To J. P. Harley, 18 December [1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?18 December 1840]
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 18 December 1840
- To Unknown Correspondent, 19 December 1840
- To George Cattermole, 21 December [1840]
- To John Forster, [?21 December 1840]
- To John Forster, [?22 December 1840]
- To George Cattermole, [?22 December 1840]
- To Mrs Charles Smithson, 23 December 1840
- To Thomas Mitton, 24 December 1840
- To Henry Austin, 26 December 1840
- To Basil Hall, 28 December 1840
- To John Forster, 28 December [1840]
- To John Forster, 30 December [1840]
- To John Overs, 30 December 1840
- To Mrs F[?illonneau], [Winter 1840–1]
- To John Forster, [Winter 1840–1]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [1840]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [1840]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?1840]
- To the Rev. William Harness, 2 January 1841
- To T.N. Talfourd, 2 January 1841
- To John Forster, 5 January [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 6 January [1841]
- To W. C. Macready, [?6 January 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?7 January 1841]
- To Miss Hannah Meredith, 7 January [1841]
- To John Forster, [?8 January 1841]
- To the Rev. William Harness,10 January [1841]
- To John Forster, 11 January [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 11 January [1841]
- To George Cattermole, 14 January [1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 14 January [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 14 January 1841
- To Basil Hall, 15 January 1841
- To [R. S. Horrell], 15 January 1841
- To John Forster, [?17] January 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [18 January 1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 19 January 1841
- To John Overs, 21 January 1841
- To Thomas Beard, 21 January 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 21 January 1841
- To John Forster, [22 January 1841]
- To Clarkson Stanfield, 22 January 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 22 January [1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 22 [January 1841]
- To Thomas Beard, 23 January 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 25 January 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 25 January 1841
- To John Forster, [26 January 1841]
- To Basil Hall, [27 January 1841]3
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, [28 January 1841]
- To Basil Hall, 28 January 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, [?28 January 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 28 January 1841
- To John Forster, [29 January 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 30 January 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [31 January 1841]
- To Mrs Gore, 31 January 1841
- To Nathaniel Ellison, 3 February 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, [4 February 1841]
- To John Forster, [4 February 1841]
- To John Forster, [4 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, [4 February 1841]
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 5 February 1841
- To John Forster, [?6 February 1841]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, ?7 February 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, [8 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 9 February [1841]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 9 February 1841
- To Hablot K. Browne, [9 February 1841]
- To John Forster, [9 February 1841]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 9 February 1841
- To C. L. Eastlake, 10 February 1841
- To E. Henderson, [Early February 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 10 February [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 11 February 1841
- To Walter Savage Landor, [?11 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 13 February 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 15 February 1841
- To Nathaniel Ellison, 15 February 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, [?15 February 1841]
- To T. N. Talfourd, 16 February 1841
- To Mr Lloyd, [16] February [1841]
- To Miss Lloyd, 17 February 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 17 February 1841
- To John Forster, 18 February [1841]
- To Thomas Latimer, 18 February 1841
- To Basil Hall, 19 February 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 19 February 1841
- To John Fowler, [?19 February 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, [?20 February 1841]1
- To T. N. Talfourd, [?22 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 22 February 1841
- To John Tomlin, 23 February 1841
- To John Forster, [25 February 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 26 February 1841
- To Thomas Hood, [?Late February 1841]
- To Henry Austin, ?28 February 1841
- To the Directors of the New Zealand Company, 4 March 1841
- To [?Alexander] Blackwood, [Early March 1841]
- To John Forster, [?4 Or 5 March 1841]
- To John Overs, 5 March 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 6 March 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 7 March 1841
- To John Forster, 8 March [1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 8 March 1841
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, [?8 March 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 9 March 1841
- To Richard Monckton Milnes, 10 March 1841
- To [?Edward Chapman], 10 March 1841
- To John Forster, [?10 March 1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 11 March 1841
- To Mrs Bennett, 11 March 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 12 March 1841
- To Thomas Latimer, 13 March 1841
- To Basil Hall, 16 March 1841
- To John Forster, [18 March 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 19 March 1841
- To T. N. Talfourd, 22 March 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [22 March 1841]
- To John Scott, 22 March 1841
- To John Forster, [?23 March 1841]
- To John Forster, [25 March 1841]
- To John Forster, [26 March 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 27 March 1841
- To Charles Gray, 27 March 1841
- To William Shoberl, 29 March 1841
- To Basil Hall, [?31 March 1841]
- To J. C. Prince, 31 March 1841
- To George Cattermole, 1 April 1841
- * To Francis Smedley, 1 April 1841
- To R. S. Horrell, 1 April 1841
- To Henry Colburn, 1 April 1841
- To John Forster, 1 April 1841
- To Edward Dubois, 2 April 1841
- To J. P. Harley, 3 April 1841
- To Walter Savage Landor, [4] April 1841
- To H. P. Smith, 5 April 1841
- To Francis Smedley, 5 April 1841
- To John Forster, [5 April 1841]
- To John Forster, [7 April 1841]
- To Andrew Bell, 7 April [1841]
- To Angus Fletcher, 8 April 1841
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 8 April 1841
- To Henry Austin, 8 April 1841
- To the Rev. Thomas Robinson, 8 April 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 8 April 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 9 April 1841
- To John Forster, [12 April 1841]
- To Messrs Cox & Sons, 13 April 1841
- To Miss Catherine Hutton, 13 April 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, [?14 Or 15 April 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?15 April 1841]
- To [?Sir Francis and Lady Burdett], [?15] April [1841]
- To Albany Fonblanque, 16 April 1841
- To Henry Austin, 17 April 1841
- To Mrs [?Hurnall], 17 April 1841
- To Mrs Smithson, 18 April 1841
- To Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, 19 April 1841
- To Francis Smedley, 19 April 1841
- To Octavian Blewitt, 19 April 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 20 April 1841
- To Washington Irving, 21 April 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 26 April [1841]
- To Basil Hall, 27 April 1841
- To T. N. Talfourd, 27 April [1841]
- To Leitch Ritchie, 27 April [1841]
- To William Shoberl, 27 April 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 28 April 1841
- To W. Harrison Ainsworth, 29 April 1841
- To John Forster, [29 April 1841]
- To George Cruikshank, 2 May 1841
- To J. Blackburn, 3 May 1841
- To John Forster, 3 May [1841]
- To Mrs Booth, 4 May 1841
- To John Hudson, 5 May 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [?6 May 1841]
- To Lord Jeffrey, 11 May 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 11 May 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 12 May 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 13 May 1841
- To T. J. Thompson, 13 May 1841
- To Augustus Tracey, 18 May 1841
- To John Overs, [?22] May [1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 23 May 1841
- To Mrs E. J. Stanley, 23 May [1841]
- To Patric Park, 26 May [1841]
- To Basil Hall, 26 May [1841]
- To Sir G[eorge] Cayley, 26 May [1841]
- To George Cruikshank, [26 May 1841]
- To [Henry Colburn], 27 May 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 27 May 1841
- To George Lovejoy, 31 May 1841
- To John Forster, [May 1841]
- To H. G. Adams, [?May 1841].
- To Thomas Beard, 2 June 1841
- To Dr Southwood Smith, 2 June 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 2 June 1841
- To the Countess of Blessington, 2 June 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [?3] June 1841
- To Sir Martin Archer Shee, 3 June 1841
- To Dr Southwood Smith, 3 June 1841
- To John Forster, [3 June 1841]
- To Charles Ollier, 3 June 1841
- To Henry Cook, 4 June 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 7 June 1841
- To David Barnes, 7 June 1841
- To the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend, [?Early June 1841]
- To Sir Martin Archer Shee, [9 June 1841]
- To Angus Fletcher, [9 June 1841]
- To Angus Fletcher, 9 June 1841
- To John Forster, [?9 June 1841]
- To Charles Smithson, [?9 June] 1841
- To George Lovejoy, 10 June 1841
- To Lady Holland, 10 June 1841
- To Charles Smithson, 13 June 1841
- To Miss Rogers, 14 June 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 15 June 1841
- To Charles Smithson, 15 June 1841
- To Angus Fletcher, 15 June 1841
- To John Forster, [15 June 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 15 June 1841
- To Henry Jackson, 16 June 1841
- To Charles Babbage, 17 June 1841
- To John Forster, [23 June 1841]
- To Sir Charles Bell, 24 June 1841
- To John Forster, [26 June 1841]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 26 June 1841
- To George Cattermole, 26 June 1841
- To William Jerdan, 28 June 1841
- To the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, [30 June 1841]
- To John Forster, [30 June 1841]
- To A. S. Logan, 1 July 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, 1 July 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, 3 July 1841
- To Miss Allan, 3 July 1841
- To W. H. Murray, 3 July 1841
- To John Forster, [5 July 1841]
- To John Forster, 9 July 1841
- To the Postmaster, Oban, [10 July 1841]
- To John Forster, 11 July 1841
- To [James Bogle1 and Others, 12 July 1841]
- To John Forster, [12 July 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 12 July 1841
- To Charles Selby, 20 July 1841
- To William Shoberl, 20 July 1841
- To William Shoberl, 21 July 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 21 July 1841
- To John Forster, 21 July 1841
- To Lord Murray, 21 July 1841
- To Mrs Mary Hurnall, 21 July 1841
- To John Cay, 21 July 1841
- To R. S. Horrell, 21 July 1841
- To George Cattermole, 21 July 1841
- To Unknown Correspondent, 21 July 1841
- To Mrs Perry, 21 July 1841
- To George Cruikshank, 21 July 1841
- To John Overs, 21 July 1841
- To John Overs, 23 July 1841
- To John Forster, 23 July 1841
- To the Rev, Chauncy Hare Townshend, 23 July [1841]
- To Thomas Beard, 25 July 1841
- To John Forster, 26 July 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 28 July [1841]
- To George Cattermole, 28 July 1841
- To Edward Chapman, 28 July [1841]
- To John Forster, [29 July 1841]
- To John Hudson, 29 July 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, 31 July 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [31 July 1841]
- To John Forster, [31 July 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?31 July 1841]
- To Unknown Correspondent, [?July] 1841
- To Thomas Beard, 2 August 1841
- To John Fowler, 2 August 1841
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?3 August 1841]
- To John Forster, [5 August 1841]
- To Messrs Chapman & Hall, [?6 August 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 6 August 1841
- To Dr Southwood Smith, [?Early August 1841]
- To Macvey Napier, 8 August 1841
- To John Overs, 8 August 1841
- To Messrs Bradbury & Evans, 10 August 1841
- To the Editor of the Gateshead Observer, 10 August 1841
- To John Forster, [11 August 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 11 August 1841
- To [William] Shoberl, 12 August 1841
- To John Forster, [13 August 1841]
- To John Forster, [?Mid-08 1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 16 August 1841
- To John Forster, [16 August 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, [?16 August 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 16 August 1841
- To George Cattermole, 19 August 1841
- To Dr John Elliotson, 20 August 1841
- To John Overs, 20 August 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 21 August 1841
- To John Overs, [22 August 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 23 August 1841
- To John Forster, [23 August 1841]
- * To R. Shelton Mackenzie, 23 August 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 24 August 1841
- To John Overs, 24 August 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 26 August [1841]
- To Lord Nugent, 26 August 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, [28 August 1841]
- To William Shoberl, 29 August 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 30 August [1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 1 September 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 2 September 1841
- To Alfred Dickens, [3 September 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 3 September 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 3 September 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 5 September 1841
- To John Forster, [9 September 1841]
- To the Swedenborg Society, 9 September 1841
- To John Paul, 9 September 1841
- To John Forster, [11 September 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 12 September 1841
- To Frederick Dickens, 12 September 1841
- To John Forster, [13 September 1841]
- To J. H. Kuenzel, 13 September 1841
- To John Scott, 13 September 1841
- To William Hall, 14 September 1841
- To [Edward Chapman], 16 September 1841
- To Henry Robertson, 17 September 1841
- To John Forster, [18 September 1841]
- To Frederick Dickens, 19 September 1841
- To John Forster, [19 September 1841]
- To George Cattermole, 21 September 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 21 September 1841
- To John Forster, [?22 September 1841]
- To Thomas Mitton, 22 September 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [23 September 1841]
- To John Forster, [24 September 1841]
- To Frederick Dickens, 26 September 1841
- To John Forster, [26 September 1841]
- To John Overs, 26 September 1841
- To Lewis Gaylord Clark, 28 September 1841
- To Washington Irving, 28 September 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 29 September 1841
- To Charles Lever, [?Early October 1841]
- To Hugh Tilsley, 1 October 1841
- To Thomas Beard, [12 October 1841]
- To Andrew Bell, 12 October 1841
- To John Overs, 12 October 1841
- To R. S. Horrell, 12 October 1841
- To George Reynolds, 13 October 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 17 October 1841
- To Macvey Napier, 21 October 1841
- To John Forster, [22 October 1841]
- To John Overs, 22 October 1841
- To John Overs, 22 October 1841
- To Mrs George Hogarth, 24 October 1841
- To Frederick Salmon, 25 October 1841
- To John Overs, [?25 October 1841]
- To William [Brydone], [?25 October 1841]
- To Mrs Macready [?25 October 1841]
- To John Forster, [25 October 1841]
- To John Forster, [26 October 1841]
- To John Forster, [?October 1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 27 October 1841
- To John Overs, 27 October 1841
- To C. Hunton, 27 October 1841
- To Mrs Hurnall, 27 October 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 28 October 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 29 October [1841]
- To John Hudson, 30 October 1841
- To John Forster, [2 November 1841]
- To Joseph Lunn, 2 November 1841
- To George Fletcher, 2 November 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 3 November 1841
- To John Landseer, 5 November 1841
- To Mr Loft, 6 November 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, [?Early November 1841]
- To Frederick Salmon, 7 November 1841
- To John Forster, [?13 November 1841]
- To Joseph Lunn, 15 November 1841
- To [Angus Fletcher], 16 November 1841
- To John Murray, 17 November 1841
- To George Shury, 17 November 1841
- To [?John] De Gex, 18 November 1841
- To Thomas Mitton, 18 November 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, [18] November 1841
- To Joseph Lunn, 22 November 1841
- To Messrs Lea & Blanchard, 23 November 1841
- To the Countess of Blessington, 23 November 1841
- To John Bradford, 23 November 1841
- To John Overs, 23 November 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 23 November [1841]
- To Henry Vincent, 23 November 1841
- To Joseph Lunn, 24 November 1841
- To to [Edward] Jesse, 24 November 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 24 November 1841
- To Walter Savage Landor, [Late November 1841]
- To George Thomson, 26 November 1841
- To John Payne Collier, 27 November 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, 29 November [1841]
- To Miss Hannah Meredith, [30 November 1841]
- To John Overs, 30 November 1841
- To Miss Myers, 30 November 1841
- To John Forster, [Late November 1841]
- To Francis Ross, 1 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 2 December 1841
- To James Anderson, 2 December 1841
- To Mrs S. C. Hall, 2 December 1841
- To Francis Alexander, [?3] December 1841
- To Daniel Maclise, [5] December 1841
- To D. M. Moir, 6 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 7 December 1841
- To Lord Jeffrey, [?8 December 1841]
- To Edward Marjoribanks, 11 December [1841]
- To John Forster, [?13 December 1841]
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 14 December 1841
- To [Murdo] Young, 14 December 1841
- To Lewis Gaylord Clark, [Mid-12 1841]
- To John Forster, 15 December 1841
- To Samuel Joseph, 15 December 1841
- To Mary Talfourd, 16 December 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 17 December [1841]
- To Lady Holland, [?17 December 1841]
- To John Ross, 20 December 1841
- To John Ross, 20 December 1841
- To Charles Smithson, 20 December 1841
- To the Countess of Blessington, [22] December 1841
- To Samuel Rogers, 23 December 1841
- To Miss Burdett Coutts, 23 December 1841
- To George Hogarth, 23 December 1841
- To Miss Catherine Hutton, 23 December 1841
- To Robert Owen, 27 December 1841
- To Samuel Joseph, 27 December 1841
- To Francis Ross, 27 December 1841
- To Lord Brougham, 27 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, 27 December [1841]
- To W. C. Macready, 28 December 1841
- To W. C. Macready, [28 December 1841]
- To Daniel Maclise, 28 December 1841
- To Robert Keeley, [?29 December 1841]
- To Frederick Salmon, 30 December 1841
- To Unknown Correspondent, [? December 1841]
- To Henry Austin, 1841
- To Joseph [Haydn], [?1841]
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Main Text
To DANIEL MACLISE, [13 FEBRUARY 1840]⋆
MS Berg Collection. Date: obviously same day as last.
V. R.3
Devonshire Terrace | Thursday Afternoon
I send you a copy of Pickwick and the two little books.5 Let the authorship of the last-named trifles remain in the bosom of your family.
pg 28The last aggravating word has touched that tender chord in my heart which you understand so well. Have you heard from Forster this morning? I have, but oh what a mockery it is. He does not love her.1
I have seen my wife—spoken to her—been in her society. I burst into tears on hearing the voices of my infant children. I loathe my parents. I hate my house. I love nobody here but the Raven,2 and I only love him because he seems to have no feeling in common with anybody. What is to be done. Heavens my friend, what is to be done!
What if I murder Chapman and Hall. This thought has occurred to me several times. If I did this she would hear of me; perhaps sign the warrant for my execution with her own dear hand. What if I murder myself. Mr. Wakley is a beast—a coarse unsympathizing coroner—and would not understand such feelings as mine. I feel that, and lay down my razor as the thought occurs to me. Is there no sentimental coroner? I have heard of Mr. Baker3 but I don't know how his mind is constituted. I have also heard of Mr. Higgs4, but the name is not promising. I think there is one named Grubb.5 Perhaps he has high feeling and could comprehend me. The Serpentine is in his district, but then the Humane Society6 steps in. They might disfigure me with drags—perhaps save me and expect me at the next Anniversary Dinner to walk round Free-Mason's Hall with a bible under my arm. She would never love me after that. —All is difficulty and darkness.
What is to be done? Would any alliance with the Chartists serve us? They have no doubt in contemplation attacks upon the palace, and being plain men would very likely resign her to us with great cheerfulness. Let us then toss—the best out of three—and the loser to poison himself. Is this feasible?
I dreamt of Lady Fanny Cowper7 all night, but I didn't love her, sleeping, nor do I now that I am awake although I did but a few days back. I feel tenderly towards your sister8 because she knows our secret. With the great exception that I need not name, she is now the only woman on Earth that I do not shrink from in horror. Here is a state of mind!
How are you to-day. It will be some consolation to me to receive a detail of your sufferings. On Saturday Morning I shall call upon you. Conceive pg 29my misery until then! Tonight—tomorrow—all tories1—nothing but slight and insult upon her generous head2—Gracious Powers where will this end!
I am utterly miserable and unfitted for my calling. What the upshot will be, I don't know, but something tremendous I am sure.—I feel that I am wandering.
- Your distracted friend
- Daniel Maclise Esquire Charles Dickens
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3 Written large and bold.
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4 This letter was at one time in the hands of Walter T. Spencer of New Oxford Street, who apparently took it seriously and in 1909 sent a copy to CD's son Henry. Henry replied, on 7 Dec: "You have strangely misread the letter … I cannot understand how anyone could imagine the letter to be other than a joke.… At the date of this letter, (which was years before his separation from my mother) the deepest affection existed between them. Read the letter again and you will see how completely you were 'taken in'" (MS Berg).
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5 No doubt the recently published Sketches of Young Couples and its earlier, also anonymous, companion Sketches of Young Gentlemen.
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1 Underlined twice.
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2 Grip.
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3 Coroner for Middlesex.
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4 Thomas Higgs, coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster.
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5 Perhaps CD meant J. H. Gell—Coroner for the City of Westminster.
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6 Its principal depot (erected 1794 by Decimus Burton on ground given by George III) was on the Serpentine (north side)—a favourite spot for suicides.
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7 Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper (1820–80), the Queen's favourite Maid of Honour; married Lord Jocelyn 1841 and became a Lady of the Bedchamber. Daughter of Lord Melbourne's sister, who, after Lord Cowper's death 1837, had married Palmerston 1839. She looks indeed lovely in the portrait by Chalon engraved in Heath's Book of Beauty. 1839, facing p. 129.
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8 Isabella, Maclise's unmarried elder sister, who lived with him devotedly until her death in 1865.
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1 I.e., presumably, nothing but Tory company that night and next day. On 13 Feb CD and Catherine dined with a Mrs Rolls (Macready, Diaries, ii 45), his fellow guests including Abel Rous Dottin, Conservative MP for Southampton, and a Walpole—probably Spencer Horatio Walpole (1806–98; DNB), Conservative MP from 1846 and later Home Secretary.
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2 Two incidents in 1839 had made Tory hostility to the Queen acute. In March the Court scandal concerning the Tory Lady Flora Hastings had become public; accusations that she was with child—the Queen being "one of the first, if not the first, to entertain false suspicions" (Elizabeth Longford, Victoria R.I., p. 123)—were discovered to be unfounded; and when she died, 5 July, from a diseased liver, there was great public indignation and the Spectator, Age and Morning Post attacked the Queen unceasingly. With Melbourne's return to power after the "Bedchamber" crisis of May, Tory feeling was further embittered. Public insult was for a time so common that one entry in the Queen's Journal recorded that she and Melbourne had ridden in Rotten Row "without one hiss" (op. cit., p. 122). The Tory leaders had their revenge when, on the Queen's marriage, they forced the reduction of Prince Albert's allowance from the customary £50,000 a year to £30,000, and refused to give him the precedence she demanded for him. "Poor dear Albert, how cruelly are they ill-using that dearest Angel!", she wrote in her Journal, 2 Feb 40; "Monsters! you Tories shall be punished. Revenge, revenge!" (op. cit., p. 137).
