BIB_ID
324697
Accession number
MA 469.42
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849 Dec.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 17.4 cm
Notes
Address panel simply to "Mrs. Brookfield."
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
Remarking that the weather has been so fine he is entertaining the thought of going down to Brighton where he can "be alone and think about my friend Mr. Pendennis;" mentioning that he has "done a poor drivelling days work -- writing too much -- hipped hacked & blue devilled;" asking her to write and wishing her ha merry Christmas.
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