Record ID:
327674
Accession number:
MA 4724.16
Credit:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 10.9 cm
Notes:
The year of writing is from the published letter; written from 36 Onslow Square.
The signature has been excised and with it the remainder of the closing sentence(s).
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.
Summary:
Saying that the Christmas Book [The Rose and the Ring] will have 60 to 70 pictures; asking for wood blocks; saying that his "girls say its the best thing their Papa has done; asking him if he would like the £200 he owes him [for the advance on "A Tour on the Continent" that was never written] in "money or in marchandize?"
Provenance:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
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