BIB_ID
328218
Accession number
MA 4724.60
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 Mar.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.0 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.
Thackeray's note is undated; Captain Cornish has dated his letter March 14, 1860 and has enclosed a poem; the note has no salutation but the published letter indicates it is to George Smith.
Written on the top of page 1 of a letter to Thackeray from Captain George Colorish.
Thackeray's note is undated; Captain Cornish has dated his letter March 14, 1860 and has enclosed a poem; the note has no salutation but the published letter indicates it is to George Smith.
Written on the top of page 1 of a letter to Thackeray from Captain George Colorish.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying that "I think the Captains funny ballad will do--and if he can help his old father with the proceeds so much the better."
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