Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Album of letters, newspaper clippings and other material relating to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1852-1863.

BIB_ID
186131
Accession number
MA 7332
Display Date
1852-1863.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item, bound ; 22.1 cm
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Album contains materials primarily related to Thackeray's 1852 visit to the United States, including two specimens of spirit writing (New York, 1852), two telegrams from Smith & Noxon inviting Thackeray to give a lecture series in Cincinnati, several related newspaper clippings, five letters to Thackeray, and one letter written on the occasion of Thackerays death, possibly to Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Letters in the album have been cataloged individually; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (25.0 x 20.4 cm)