BIB_ID
324562
Accession number
MA 469.15
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1848 Oct. 18].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 18 cm
Notes
Date of writing identified by Ray.
Illustrated on p. 4 with a sketch of a man (Harry Hallam) shooting a bird from the air.
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.
Illustrated on p. 4 with a sketch of a man (Harry Hallam) shooting a bird from the air.
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
Discussing the fine weather that Brookfield must be enjoying at Clevedon and remarking on the gray drizzle in London; noting that his parents arrived the previous evening; mentioning his work on Pendennis, wishing it was better, and his work for the Morning Chronicle; asking if the invitation to Clevedon still stands, hoping to come up once his work is finished and asking if Harry Hallam still goes out with his dog and gun.
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