BIB_ID
115975
Accession number
MA 470.83
Creator
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Display Date
1870 Apr. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / 6 Sydney Place / Onslow Square / London S.W."
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Farringford / Freshwater / Isle of Wight."
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Farringford / Freshwater / Isle of Wight."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Apologizing for his delay in answering her letter, noting that when he returned home there was "half-a-yard's depth of letters" and hers was lost in the mix; noting that he has written to Shaker (?) and hoping that he will be able to do something for her; inviting her to visit once they are at Blackdown.
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