BIB_ID
325695
Accession number
MA 469.76
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1855] Nov. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. F. Elliot / 13 Chesham Place / 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.
Written from the Clarendon Hotel.
Year 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.
Written from the Clarendon Hotel.
Year of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Discussing the success of his lecture tour but noting the physical toll it is taking on him; noting that although the first month of his trip has passed, he longs to be at home and does not like this trip as well as his last; mentioning some mutual acquaintances.
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