BIB_ID
325273
Accession number
MA 469.59
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849 Apr. 27].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Date of writing identified by Ray.
Envelope with stamp, postmarks and evidence of a seal, and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / clevedon Court. Clevedon / near Bristol."
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.
Several lines have been cancelled by Brookfield.
Envelope with stamp, postmarks and evidence of a seal, and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / clevedon Court. Clevedon / near Bristol."
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.
Several lines have been cancelled by Brookfield.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Mentioning some errands to buy dresses and listing several acquaintances that he has called on that day; asking whether she will go to Sartorissa's next Friday; mentioning that he saw Harry Hallam and expressing mild envy that he has not received a nice letter from her while the Elliots have; mentioning that he also saw Virginia [Prattle]; asking her to come back from Clevedon.
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