BIB_ID
325288
Accession number
MA 469.65
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1850 Oct. 3].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Date of writing identified by Ray.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / 15 Portman St / Portman Sq: London."
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.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / 15 Portman St / Portman Sq: London."
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
Reporting that he has been at work all day and that the house he is staying in is very pleasant; noting that upon his arrival yesterday he wrote a letter to H. Taylor apologizing for a flippant allusion to Mrs. Taylor.
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