BIB_ID
326620
Accession number
MA 470.25
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Monday" [1848] Jan. 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.5 cm + envelope
Notes
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.
Pre-stamped envelope with postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Fitzgerald / 12 Pelham Crescent / Brompton."
Written from "13 Young St., Kensington."
Year of writing identified by Ray.
Pre-stamped envelope with postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Fitzgerald / 12 Pelham Crescent / Brompton."
Written from "13 Young St., Kensington."
Year of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Noting that "at the end of the month I always have a life-&-death struggle to get out my number of Vanity Fair" and remarking on his busy schedule; apologetically asking if he may call next week instead.
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