BIB_ID
325180
Accession number
MA 469.55
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1850 Nov. 27].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
A portion of one line has been cancelled by 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.
Ray notes that the passage referenced is probably the second to last paragraph of Pendennis.
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.
Ray notes that the passage referenced is probably the second to last paragraph of Pendennis.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Remarking that he did not call the previous day because he did not return until late from visiting the Emigrant Ship (departing for Tasmania); describing the scene, noting it was "very solemn and affecting." Mentioning his final work on Pendennis, noting that the last paragraph ends with an allusion to her.
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