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Hand-addressed and signed envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Charles M. Evans Esquire, Upper Temple Street, Birmingham,” and signed in the lower left corner, Charles Dickens.” Postmarked “Birmingham, JUL 8, 1848,” on the reverse. In 1848 Dickens was touring with the “Amateurs,” a group of friends and family members including his brother Augustus, performing plays in order to raise money to endow the office of Curatorship of the Shakespeare House. On May 18th, Dickens had written to Charles M. Evans, Secretary of the Birmingham Polytechnic, and Secretary of the Birmingham Theatricals Committee, asking if he thought he could fill the Theatre Royal in June for performances by the Amateurs of plays including “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Birmingham’s “Aris’s Gazette” reported on July 3rd that the June 27, 1848 performances of the Amateurs were “fully attended.” No doubt the contents of the letter Dickens wrote to Evans on July 7, 1848 from Devonshire Terrace concerned the Amateurs. In fine condition, with some mild wrinkles and soiling, and postmark over portion of address. RRAuction COA.
