BIB_ID
325731
Accession number
MA 469.81
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849 Feb.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
A few words have been cancelled by Brookfield.
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.
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 a dinner the previous evening at Spencer Cowper's, remarking that "the young men were clever very frank and gentlemanlike, rather well read - quite as pleasant companions as one deserves to meet." Mentioning that he is going with his cousin to see Alexis the Somnambulist and jokingly asking for a lock of her hair for Alexis to analyze. Asking if she intends to dine at Landsdowne on Saturday and asking after her health.
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