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 envelope signed with initials : [London], to George Smith, [1860 Jan. 23].

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."
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."