BIB_ID
326505
Accession number
MA 470.2
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1850 Feb. 4].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.3 cm
Notes
Date of writing identified by Ray.
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Saying that he will not be able to visit her that day; asking her to tell her husband when she writes him that evening that Thackeray's dinner for Thursday has been cancelled. Returning a book of devotions lent by Mr. Brookfield, noting that they "set me off last night in a most profound sleep."
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