The Charles Dickens Letters Project

Period: 
1861-1870
Theme(s): 
clothing

To HENRY BRISTOW MALTBY,1 9 JANUARY 1864

MS Alison Baxter. On mourning paper.2

GAD’S HILL PLACE,
HIGHAM BY ROCHESTER, KENT.
Saturday Ninth January 1864

Mr Maltby

    Please to make Master Harry3 and Master Edward,4 each two suits of clothes, ----

        CHARLES DICKENS

  • 1. Henry Bristow Maltby (1822-1913), tailor, with premises at 41 Great Marylebone St.
  • 2. CD’s son Walter had died in Calcutta on 31 Dec 1863.
  • 3. CD’s son Henry Fielding Dickens (1849-1933).
  • 4. CD’s son Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (“Plorn”,1852-1902).