BIB_ID
328674
Accession number
MA 4724.136
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861 Mar. - Apr.].
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 is referring to Smith's application to join the Reform Club.
The letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Thackeray is referring to Smith's application to join the Reform Club.
The letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Commenting on a verse submission to the Cornhill Magazine; adding that since "I am in your pay and employ, it wouldn't do for me to second you I think. But of course I'll be there on the day and drag the men up to the boxes."
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