DICKENS CHARLES Brief Autograph Note Signed twice in the thi

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DICKENS, CHARLES. Brief Autograph Note Signed, twice in the third person within the text ("Mr. Charles Dickens" or "Mr. Dickens"), to surgeon Andrew Melville McWhinnie, presenting his complements and thanking him for "his extremely interesting and clear discourse." 1 page, 8vo; faint uneven toning overall, horizontal folds. With the original envelope, addressed in holograph and signed, with cancelled Penny Red Queen Victoria postage stamp. "Tavistock House" [London], 16 January 1857

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On October 1, 1956, Assistant-Surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital Andrew Melville McWhinnie delivered an Introductory Address which was published later that year by John Churchill in London.