BIB_ID
328006
Accession number
MA 4724.50
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 Nov.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 15.7 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; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the Athenaeum Club crest.
The letter is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the Athenaeum Club crest.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Providing the names of three geologists who were recommended by Sir. R.[Roderick] Murchison as possible authors of articles; saying he had been offered £15 to write an article on Swift for the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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