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Events on Tuesday 7 June 1842 1
1842Charles Dickens tours AmericaThe novelist's first visit to the United StatesCharles Dickens arrived in Boston to great acclaim and toured the eastern states and the Midwest for about five months. He campaigned for international copyright and criticised slavery. His travel book American Notes, published that autumn, offended many Americans.