Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to George Smith, [1854-1862].

BIB_ID
327687
Accession number
MA 4724.20
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1854-1862].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 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 dated "Tuesday"; the range of years of possible writing is from the published letter; place of writing inferred from the contents of the letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Apologizing for a barrel of beer being delivered to his office; saying it was from a brewer he met in the United States.