BIB_ID
328565
Accession number
MA 7339.3
Creator
Brookfield, Jane Octavia, 1821-1896.
Display Date
"Friday" [1848 Nov. 3].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 11.7 cm
Notes
Date of writing from Harden.
Part of a small collection of letters of Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield; see related collection-level record for more information.
Part of a small collection of letters of Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield; see related collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
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
Apologizing for forgetting to reimburse him for some travelling expenses and promising to do so at the first opportunity, which she hopes is soon. Mentioning that his mother was very kind that day and remarking on the "Diamond," noting that she did not quite cry over it because she read it with some interruptions.
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