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

Fragment of an autograph letter : London, to George Smith, "Saturday" [1853 May].

BIB_ID
328411
Accession number
MA 4724.99
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1853 May].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 10.8 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 fragment contains the salutation and two sentences; the remainder of the letter has been cut off; Thackeray indicates it was written from Kensington on "Saturday."
The letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Apologizing for not answering; telling him to do whatever he thinks best about "the ensuing edition of the lectures."