BIB_ID
327618
Accession number
MA 4724.11
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
1853 Jan 14.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to George D. Smith. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
The letter is in the hand of Eyre Crowe, except for two small insertions by Thackeray; the signature has been excised.
The letter is in the hand of Eyre Crowe, except for two small insertions by Thackeray; the signature has been excised.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Requesting that the lectures not go to print without his review; relating the financial success of his lecture tour; saying he has had no time to work on a book; asking that he send over "pretty note-paper" for a "very pretty young lady, who is not the only one of that sort in New York;" asking for news of Mrs. Thackeray and requesting that he make an inquiry as to whether she needs any money before he returns.
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