BIB_ID
324474
Accession number
MA 469.2
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1847 June].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Date of writing identified by Ray, who notes that "this letter appears to have been written shortly after Brookfield went to live in the cellars of St. Luke's Church."--Cf. Ray, p. 307, n. 73.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Inviting him to dine on Thursday and to stay with Thackeray for a day or two, although noting that "the rooms are very comfortable in the Church-vaults." With a postscript asking after Mrs. Brookfield.
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