Desirable hand-addressed and signed address panel removed from a mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.5, addressed by Dickens to “Professor Felton, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U. S. of America,” and neatly signed in the lower left, “Charles Dickens.” Postmarked from London on November 10, 1859, and bearing several other cancellations. Nicely matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 8.5 x 10.5. Scattered soiling, a cancellation stamp affecting the center of his signature, and slightly trimmed edges, otherwise fine condition. The recipient, Cornelius Conway Felton, was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution and longtime professor of Greek literature at Harvard University; he would become president of Harvard in 1860, heading the esteemed institution until his death in 1862. Dickens had met Felton in Boston during his first trip to America in 1842, and they became close friends. A nice literary and academic association. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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