BIB_ID
326744
Accession number
MA 470.43
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1854] Mar. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and postmarks and addressed to "Percival Leigh Esqre / Oak Cottage / Hammersmith nr. London."
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 "Direct care of Messrs Furse, Banquiers / Naples."
Year 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 "Direct care of Messrs Furse, Banquiers / Naples."
Year of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Reporting that his daughters are ill with scarlet fever. Discussing the publication of the monthly numbers [of The Newcomes] and remarking on how busy he has been with this work and the Christmas book and wishing he was at home. Noting that "To be father and mother is too much work for any one: let alone such a lazy fellow as me." With a postscript noting that the Doctor has just given a "fair report" of his daughters but that he instructed them to rest for three more weeks and remarking that they are staying in "one of the most xpensive hotels in Europe: ------ !"
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