BIB_ID
327844
Accession number
MA 470.100
Display Date
1887 Dec. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.4 cm
Notes
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 on J. Pearson & Co. stationery.
Written on J. Pearson & Co. stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Sending the first group of Thackeray-Brookfield letters by registered post, noting that the parcel is insured for £450. Promising to send the second parcel the following day. Thanking him for his assurance that he will not publish the letters during Mrs. Brookfield's lifetime.
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