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 : Zurich, to George Smith, [1859 Oct. 4] .

BIB_ID
327892
Accession number
MA 4724.32
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1859 Oct. 4] .
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 12.7 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 undated except for "Tuesday"; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Written from "Hotel Baur au Lac / Zurich. Tuesday."
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Discussing his intention to get to Paris in the next few days and to stay there for two days unless he is needed in London; saying that the only name he can think of for the new periodical is the "Cornhill Magazine. It has a sound of jollity & abundance about it."