¶Not in Pilgrim Letters or either addenda. Primarily about the sales and remaining stock of Master Humphrey's Clock. 'I am very sorry I had made an engagement last Monday evening, and could not very well break it ... I have the clock account, and you shall see it. It is mortal long and complicated ...' Dickens records the total receipts of c.£10,600 and the total expenditure 'including the cost of the stock' ... of c.£10,300 leaving 'Balance in money now in hand in favor of the partners, £340.6.0.!!!!!!!!!' '... all the profit is spent in stock, and this half year I'm half master of God knows how many thousand reams of printed paper ...' WITH: An envelope addressed to Mitton at Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane postmarked 'JA 9 1841'(?). Thomas Mitton, 1812-1878, was a close early friend of Dickens; they worked together for a short time as clerks in Lincoln's Inn. Dickens provided surety for Mitton to buy into a practice in 1838 and he remained Dickens's solicitor for the next twenty years. Dickens had expected Master Humphrey (April 1840-December 1841) to make between £10,000 and £11,000 and entered into a partnership with Chapman and Hall. The high cost of the numerous woodcuts meant much smaller profits - some £1,068 for Dickens - on top of his stipend of £50 per part. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT.