BIB_ID
328375
Accession number
MA 4724.87
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 July 1].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 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 letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
The letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying he has "been laid up with fierce ague-fever" and has just seen Smith's "alarming letters;" discussing possible articles by Tennent and Bell and poems by Miss Procter; in a postscript referencing a letter from Delane and a drawing to be called "a little Rebel."
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