BIB_ID
116026
Accession number
MA 472.3
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
1861 Mar. 10.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Written during one of Thackeray's last illnesses; there are two postscripts; the first is dated March 19 and signed with initials; the second is undated and unsigned.
Written on stationery embossed "36 Onslow Square, S.W."
Written on stationery embossed "36 Onslow Square, S.W."
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Reminiscing on their schooldays together, and sending his condolences on the death of Boyes' mother; reflecting on immortality.
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