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 "Ambrose Ignatius Goddard" : place not specified, to Jane Octavia Brookfield, [1847 Dec.?].

BIB_ID
328558
Accession number
MA 7339.2
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1847 Dec.?].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Described by Harry B. Smith in his catalogue "A sentimental library" (privately printed, 1914), p. 246.
Envelope with seal and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / 102 Upper Ebury St. / Pimlico / with 2 Bottils/ Mumsy My deary."
Part of a small collection of letters of Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield; see related collection-level record for more information.
Possible month and year of writing from Harden.
Provenance
Harry B. Smith; presented to Gordon N. Ray, president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1963-1985 on the occasion of his retirement with the deep gratitutde and warm regard of the Board of Trustees; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Sending two bottles for that evening's drinking with (his daughter?) Harriet.