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>Mr Charles Dickens has asked me to reply to this query.
>
>The last news Dickensians heard of this watch was in 1951.  Dickens
>bequeathed it to his friend and biographer John Forster, who in turn
>bequeathed it to Thomas Carlyle.  In 1951 it was in the possession of his
>descendant, Mrs Elizabeth Carlyle of Dumfries, who that year lent it to the
>city of Coventry for exhibition there.
>
>I should think descendants of Carlyle today would know of its whereabouts.
>I suggest you search the web, using the name "Thomas Carlyle."  That would
>probably yield news of a project likely to involve contact with Carlyle
>descendants.
>
>
>Dr David Parker, Curator, The Dickens House Museum, London
>_______________________________________________________________________________

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write and say an huge thank you for
this information - trouble with this new fangled electronic contraption
don't y'know.

Gratitude to Mr. Dickens for his help too and thank YOU once again.

Dennis A. Clarke

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