Branch History

“All interested in Charles Dickens are invited to attend a meeting to be held in St. James Hotel, 13th and Walnut Streets, object being to form in Philadelphia a Dickens Fellowship.”

As a result of this invitation, together with announcement letters and newspaper notices, a meeting was held on January 23, 1907 at the stated place, and the Dickens Fellowship’s Philadelphia branch was brought into being two weeks later, on February 7, 1907.

“All interested in Charles Dickens are invited to attend a meeting to be held in St. James Hotel, 13th and Walnut Streets, object being to form in Philadelphia a Dickens Fellowship.”

As a result of this invitation, together with announcement letters and newspaper notices, a meeting was held on January 23, 1907 at the stated place, and the Dickens Fellowship’s Philadelphia branch was brought into being two weeks later, on February 7, 1907.

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