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 signed with initials : place not specified, to Jane Brookfield, [1849].

BIB_ID
326521
Accession number
MA 470.9
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 16.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed simply to "Mrs. Brookfield."
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.
Year of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Mentioning that he is going out of town to dine with old Miss Berry and will be hard at work until then; asking after her health; remarking on how surprised the printers will be with his early submission of Pendennis.