BIB_ID
326622
Accession number
MA 470.26
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Wednesday night" [1848 Jan. 18].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.2 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.
Written from "13 Young St., Kensington."
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.
Written from "13 Young St., Kensington."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Asking to come see her; referencing the break up of her marriage and noting that the last time he saw her he "could not guess or surmise your misery." Assuring her that he never intentionally wronged her or her family.
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