Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to [George Smith], [1860 Dec. 4-5] .

BIB_ID
328401
Accession number
MA 4724.95
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 Dec. 4-5] .
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 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; there is no salutation; identity of recipient from published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Discussing several possible contributors to the Cornhill Magazine; saying that "Lord Hobart sends a temperate & fairly written article against capital Punishment, but I doubt whether we should commit the Magazine to the discussion of that question."