BIB_ID
328127
Accession number
MA 4724.53
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 Jan. 23].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 7.9 x 13.3 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.
Place and date of writing from postmark.
The envelope is postmarked London, January 23, 1860, bears a stamp and is addressed to "G. Smith Esq / Smith Elder & Co / 65 CornHill / E.C."
Place and date of writing from postmark.
The envelope is postmarked London, January 23, 1860, bears a stamp and is addressed to "G. Smith Esq / Smith Elder & Co / 65 CornHill / E.C."
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Writing a note on the inside of the envelope flap asking him to "forward enclosed to Captain Young? I think the subject wd. make a good Roundabout and get us some readers among the blue-jackets."
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