BIB_ID
328138
Accession number
MA 4724.55
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860] Feb. 5-6.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 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.
Written on the verso of a letter to him from George Smith; Thackeray's reply dated "Sunday-Feb. 5" with a postscript dated "Monday;" year of writing from Smith's letter to Thackeray.
Written on the verso of a letter to him from George Smith; Thackeray's reply dated "Sunday-Feb. 5" with a postscript dated "Monday;" year of writing from Smith's letter to Thackeray.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Expressing his happiness at receiving news that his cousin, Edward Thackeray, has been recommended for the Victoria Cross "for distinguished personal gallantry at the Siege of Delhi;" discussing financial help they might provide to Thackeray's secretary, Samuel Langley.
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