BIB_ID
325578
Accession number
MA 469.68
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1848].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
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 verses here mentioned are possibly those beginning "In the midst of all the joy as I behold it," which Thackeray recorded in the notebook that contains his diary for March 10-15, 1848.--Cf. Ray, p. 486, n. 290.
Year of writing identified by Ray.
Ray notes that the verses here mentioned are possibly those beginning "In the midst of all the joy as I behold it," which Thackeray recorded in the notebook that contains his diary for March 10-15, 1848.--Cf. Ray, p. 486, n. 290.
Year of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Sending her seven short manuscripts to amuse her, including one by Anny, copies of witty letters for some "grand" ladies, and some verses. Noting that Virgina was not a dinner the night before and asking her to return the manuscripts once she has read them.
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