Did Charles Dickens say “Marley was dead: to begin with”?

Did Charles Dickens say “Marley was dead: to begin with”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Charles Dickens. Source and location below.

MARLEY was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas — Charles Dickens, STAVE I: MARLEY'S GHOST · ¶10 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #46 · source

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