Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter : [Mainz], Wiesbaden, and Heidelberg, to [Jane Brookfield], [1851 July 13-15].

BIB_ID
325642
Accession number
MA 469.72
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1851 July 13-15].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Describing travels with his family, mentioning the rough seas they experienced when traveling from Antwerp and listing and briefly describing the German cities they are visiting in quick succession. Remarking on the personalities of his daughters and noting that he talked to them about their mother recently.