BIB_ID
324642
Accession number
MA 469.33
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849 June 30].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / 15 Portman St. / Portman Sqre."
Date of writing identified by Ray.
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.
Date of writing identified by Ray.
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
Offering her two opera tickets that night to see the Les Huguenots at Covent Garden. Mentioning her niece Miss [Julia] Hallam and asking if he may come to tea, noting that he is engaged Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and remarking that if she leaves on Thursday "I shall have no chance of seeing you again for ever so long."
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