Record ID:
328488
Accession number:
MA 4724.120
Credit:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes:
Written from 36 Onslow Square on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
Thackeray's signature has been excised.
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.
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.
Provenance:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
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