BIB_ID
328464
Accession number
MA 4724.110
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 Sept.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.0 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 letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed "65, Cornhill, / London, / E.C."
The letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed "65, Cornhill, / London, / E.C."
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying he has left a "double Roundabout behind me wh. may appear in one or 2 numbers, and must tell you that I have got 100£ in my pocket burning to be spent in a little foreign trip with my girls;" asking if he should "keep out of November & December except in the Roundabouts?" expressing his pleasure on "your wifes improved health."
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