BIB_ID
328285
Accession number
MA 4724.68
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
1860 July 20.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 8.0 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.
The envelope bears a stamp, a postmark, a fragment of Thackeray's monogram crest at the bottom of the flap, and is addressed to "Geo. Smith Esq. / Messrs. Smith Elder & Co. / 65 Cornhill / London."
The envelope bears a stamp, a postmark, a fragment of Thackeray's monogram crest at the bottom of the flap, and is addressed to "Geo. Smith Esq. / Messrs. Smith Elder & Co. / 65 Cornhill / London."
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
A note written on the inside flap of the envelope "The Brompton Buffer is to be heard of at / Mr. Pellotier's / Rock Villa / Tunbridge Wells."
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