Letter to son Alfred, 1870 [manuscript]
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Call Number
MS 6420
Created/Published
1870
Extent
Two pages.
Items
7
Scope and Content
This letter was written by Dickens shortly before his death in 1870 to his son Alfred in Victoria. The letter refers to the visit of a Mr Bear (a Melbourne trader) to Dickens' house, and also to his other son Edward, who had recently migrated to New South Wales. Dickens states that, despite what Edward seems to think, he realises that the brothers aspire to the first position in the colony.
Background
Author. Dickens' son, Alfred Dickens, migrated to Australia in 1865 and another son, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, came to Australia in 1869.
View Catalogue
Related Documentation
Already got a Trove account
Sign up for a free Trove account
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can:
edit and delete tags and comments,
create lists,
create private tags and comments, readable only by you, and
keep track of your text corrections
Confirm you're a human
Since you've made it this far, we want to assume you're a real, live human. But we need to be super sure you aren't a robot.
You have corrected this article
This article has been corrected by You and other Voluntroves
This article has been corrected by Voluntroves
Cite
Citation options:
Work identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3208627461
APA citation
Dickens, Charles. (1870). Letter to son Alfred, Retrieved April 16, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3208627461
MLA citation
Dickens, Charles. Letter to son Alfred, : , 1870. Web. 16 April 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3208627461 >
Harvard/Australian citation
Dickens, Charles. 1870, Letter to son Alfred, , viewed 16 April 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3208627461
Wikipedia citation
{{Citation
| author1=Dickens, Charles.
| title=Letter to son Alfred,
| year=1870
| section=Two pages.
| publisher=
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3208627461
| id=nla.obj-3208627461
| access-date=16 April 2026
| via=Trove
}}
Citations are automatically generated and may require some modification to conform to exact standards.
×
We're generating your download. It should start shortly...
Share
Share on Twitter
Share on Facebook
Share
What can I do with this?
Out of Copyright
Reason for copyright status
Since 1940 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
You may order a copy through Copies Direct or use the online copy for research or study; for other uses Contact us .
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
Creator Status
Creator(s) Considered Dead
Creator date of death
1870
Material type
Literary, dramatic or musical work
Published status
Unpublished
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply.
For more information please see: Copyright in library collections .