BIB_ID
328378
Accession number
MA 4724.89
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861 May].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 11.2 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.
The concluding sentences of the letter, on page 2, are written over a pencil sketch of a clown in a tangle over and holding onto the sides of the letter "W."
The letter is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
The concluding sentences of the letter, on page 2, are written over a pencil sketch of a clown in a tangle over and holding onto the sides of the letter "W."
The letter is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Apologizing for the "mishap" regarding a payment and saying that the "loss ought to be mine not your's;" saying he was not able to go to Paris as his "hydraulics were too much out of order;" suggesting that "Lovel" might do well if it were brought out as a "little book."
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