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Dickens : a Chronology of His Whereabouts Tracking Charles Dickens : A Chronology of his Whereabouts Previous Dickens chronologies have focused on his life and works : this one does not attempt to repeat their work, but to supplement them by recording where he was at any given date. Dickens did not leave a set of appointment diaries, but fortunately he did leave a lifetime of letters, pinpointing at the head both the date and place of composition. This chronology is based on that information as published in the awesome Pilgrim Edition of his letters published by the Oxford University Press. The source of each entry in the chronology is identified. There are more than 14,000 letters in Pilgrim, giving a wealth of detail for the chronology. Many of the letters, of course, were written from his home or office, but he was an indefatigable traveller, and in the evening he still somehow found the energy to write one from his hotel room. Even so, there are inevitably many dates with no letter, and some of those gaps have been (and will be) filled from information in the letters themselves, and from other reliable sources. Philip Currah. DICKENSDAYS E.B. Elias Bredsdorff, Hans Andersen and Charles Dickens : A Friendship and Its Dissolution.Cambridge, Eng. : Heffer, 1956. 140 p. ill. E.P. Edward F. Payne, Dickens Days in Boston : A Record of Daily Events. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1927. 274 p. ill. E.J. Edgar Johnson, Charles Dickens : His Tragedy and Triumph. London : Victor Gollancz, 1953. 2 v. (xxii, 1159, cxcvii p.) ill. J.F. John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens. Collected, arranged and annotated by B.W. Matz. Memorial Edition. London : Chapman and Hall, 1911. 2 v. ill. P.L. Charles Dickens, The Letters of Charles Dickens. Pilgrim Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1965-2002. 12 v. R.B. Wilkie Collins, Under the Management of Mr. Charles Dickens : His Production of “The Frozen Deep.” Edited by Robert Louis Brannan. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1966. xi, 1973 p. ill. R.L. Robert Langton, The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens : With Retrospective Notes and Elucidations From His Books and Letters. London : Hutchinson, 1891. xx, 260 p. S.C.D. Charles Dickens, The Speeches of Charles Dickens. Edited by K.J. Fielding. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1960. xxiv, 456 p. W.G.W. Charles Dickens in America. Compiled and edited by William Glyde Wilkins. London : Chapman and Hall, 1911. xii, 318 p. ill. Check Michael Slater, Catalogue of Treasures From the Dickens Collection Formed by the Late Comte Alain de Suzannet, on Exhibition at the Dickens House, 1 June – 12 September 1970. Catalogue compiled by Michael Slater. [London] : The Dickens Fellowship, 1970. 42 p. ill. DICKENSDAYS Key to sources: E.B. Elias Bredesdorff's "Hans Andersen and Charles Dickens". Heffer. 1956. E.P. Edward F. Payne's "Dickens Days in Boston". Houghton Mifflin 1927. E.J. Edgar Johnson's "Charles Dickens - His Tragedy and Triumph". Gollancz 1953. J.F. John Forster's "The Life of Charles Dickens". Memorial Edition, Chapman and Hall Limited 1911. P.L. volume/page. Pilgrim Letters, Oxford University Press. R.B. Robert Louis Brannan's "under the management of Mr Charles Dickens. His production of "The Frozen Deep." Cornell University Press. 1966. R.L. Robert Langton's "The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens". Hutchinson & Co. 1891. S.C.D. K.J. Fielding's "The Speeches of Charles Dickens". Oxford University Press 1960. W.G.W. Charles Dickens in America. Chapman & Hall 1911. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES. For Dickens on himself as a letter-writer, see P.L. 9/246. & P.L. 10/443 to Cerjat. For Dickens on his way of composing, see P.L. 11/113 to Bulwer Lytton. For hurricanes at Gad's Hill, see P.L. 11/132-133 to Mary Boyle. "The East wind on the top of this hill to day would open an Oyster." (C.D. writing from Gad's Hill Place, Kent - see P.L. 10/465-466). For wind and frost at Gad's Hill, see P.L. 11/211 to Macready. For gales and rain at Gad's Hill, see P.L. 11/245 to Marguerite Power. The Office of All The Year Round was at 26 Wellington Street, Strand. The Hotel du Helder, where C.D. stayed in Paris was in the Rue du Helder, north of the Boulevard des Italiens. P.L. 12/125 Note 1. For a quote on his writing ambition, see P.L. 12/578-579. CHECK "Treasures from the Suzannet Collection" for Dickens dates. 1812 Friday February 7, 1812. Born at 387 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsea. J.F. p.3. The family moved to 18 Hawke Street Portsmouth "in June quarter 1812" R.L.17. and stayed until 1814. J.F. p. 6. 1812-02 Saturday 1 February 1812 2 3 4 5 6 Friday 7 Dickens born at 387 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsea. J.F. 1/3. 1812-03 Sunday 1 March 1812 2 3 4 C.D. baptised at St. Mary's, Kingston, the parish church of Portsea R.L. 14. 1813 1814 1814-. Moved to lodgings in 10 Norfolk Street, Middlesex Hospital until 1816. J.F. 5. the move to Norfolk Street was "towards the end of 1814" E.J. 10 Untitled 1815 1816 1817 1817. Lived at 2 Ordnance Terrace, Chatham, until 1821. J.F. 6. 1818 1819 1820 1821 1821. Charles was sent to a regular school for the first time about Lady-day R.L. 54. On March 25 the family moved to 18 St Mary's Place ( called "The Brook"), Chatham. Attended the wedding of his aunt Mary at Chatham on 11 December R.L. 52. 1822 1823 1823. Charles moved to London in the spring of 1823, and lived for a few months in Camden Town, at 16 Bayham Street then moved to Gower Street R.L. 67. 1824 1824. Charles went to the Wellington House Academy, Granby Street, Mornington Place, Hampstead Road in the spring, having left the blacking factory R.L. 82 & 85. 1825 1826 1826. Left Wellington House Academy R.L. 92. For a short time after leaving th school Charles was employed as a clerk to Mr. Molloy, a solicitor in New Square, Lincoln's Inn Fields R.L. 93. 1827 1827. In May he entered the office of Mr. Edward Blackmore, attorney, of Gray's Inn (until November 1828) R.L. 94. Ellis and Blackmore moved to i Raymond Buildings soon after C. D. joined (the clerks' office overlooked Holborn) E.J. 52. 1828 1828. Had a brief holiday, and visited Luton, near Chatham R.L. 97. Left Edward Blackmore's employ in November R.L. 94. Became a freelance shorthand reporter in November at the Consistory Court of Doctors' Commons E.J. 57. 1829 First met Maria Beadnell E.J. 67. 1830 1830-01 1830-02 Friday 1 February 1830 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C.D.'s name first appears in the British Museum register of admissions (the day after his 18th birthday) P.L. 1/9 Note 4. The B.M. records show him as living at 10 Norfolk Street, Fitzroy Square R.L. 102. 1830-03 1830-04 Friday 1 April 1830 27 1830-05 1830-06 1831 1832 1832 The exact date of the Dickens family's move to Fitzroy Street is not known P.L. 1/7 Note 2. 1832-02 Wednesday 1 February 1832 2 3 4 At 70 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square P.L. 1/3. 1832-03 Thursday 1 March 1832 2 3 4 5 Evening newspaper the True Sun began publication, with C.D. as a staff reporter about the same time he became a Parliamentary reporter for the Mirror of Parliament E.J. 61. 1832-07 Sunday 1 July 1832 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 At Fitzroy Street P.L. 1/7. Towards the end of the month C.D. had resigned from the True Sun E.J. 65. 1832-10 Saturday 1 September 1832 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 At the British Museum P.L. 1/9. 1832-12 Saturday 1 December 1832 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 At 15 Fitzroy Street P.L. 1/10-11. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 At Fitzroy Street P.L. 1/11-12. 1833 1833. The British Museum records for February 2 show C.D. as living at 18 Bentinck Street, Cavendish Square R.L. 102. C.D.'s 21st birthday party was held at Bentinck Street four days late, on February 11. E.J. 73. On April 27 C.D. directed amateur theatricals at Bentinck Street E.J. 76-77. 1831 1831-03 Tuesday 1 March 1831 2 3 4 5 6 7 At 21 George Street [London] P.L. 1/2. 1833-01 Tuesday 1 January 1833 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Family moved to 18 Bentinck Street on the 8th or 9th P.L. 1/13 refers. 1833-02 Friday 1 February 1833 2 At 18 Bentinck Street P.L.1/15-16. 1833-03 Friday 1 March 1833 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 At 18 Bentinck Street P.L. 1/16-17. 1833-04 Monday 1 April 1833 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 At Bentinck Street P.L.
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