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Autograph manuscript draft of a speech, undated [1855?].

BIB_ID
327150
Accession number
MA 470.51
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
undated [1855?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
A penciled note on the mount reads "draft of a speech for Oxford election H.T.F."
Accompanied by brief notes concerning the date and audience.
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
A draft of a speech on Lord Palmerston, probably delivered to the Administrative Reform Association of London.