BIB_ID
325583
Accession number
MA 469.70
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Good Friday" [1850 Mar. 29].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
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.
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
Mentioning [in the literary style of "Barbazure"] that the previous evening he stopped by her house to inquire after her health; remarking that he is glad to hear that she is better and asking her to write that she is better still. Noting that he rode in the country yesterday and went to church that morning with the children and remarking on his plans to begin work. Mentioning mutual acquaintances. Followed on p. 3 by a note from Har. Ashburton (dated "Thursday") inviting Thackeray to dine the following day (29 Mar. 1850).
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