Re: Great Expectations Questions
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:18:53 -0100
Mr dear Mr Clinton,
Alas, my good sir, I never travel out of Doughty Street now.
Coincidentally, my assistant here at number 48, Dr David Parker - a good
fellow albeit a plodder - was in Rockford in April, where he addressed an
audience at Rockford College on the subject of "Nicholas Nickleby." He
tells me the Illinois countryside was charming, and the people delightfully
hospitable.
You ask me about the value of the dollar against the pound around 1860.
When I came to America for the second time, in 1867, there were about eight
dollars to the pound. However, the sad events of your Civil War had
occurred between then and 1860. It seems to me more than likely they had
some effect on the dollar, though what it was I cannot say.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>Dear Mr.Dickens,
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> The eight grade at Keith Country Day School would like to know if you
>would maybe concider coming to Rockford. Also, I was wondering if you know
>how much a pound was worth in American money during the time of Great
>Expectations.
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> Sincerely,
> Dustin Clinton (a student at Keith School)
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Charles Dickens
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