BIB_ID
328488
Accession number
MA 4724.120
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
1861 Oct. 2.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 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.
Thackeray's signature has been excised.
Written from 36 Onslow Square on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
Thackeray's signature has been excised.
Written from 36 Onslow Square on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Explaining why his mother did not receive a pension when his father died in India; asking whether his "Calcutta correspondents" might look into whether his mother might qualify for a pension.
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