BIB_ID
328793
Accession number
MA 4724.147
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1862] May 1.
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.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Written from "Palace Green" on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Written from "Palace Green" on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Discussing 20£ he'd given to a "literary gentleman" and 5£ he'd given for a tomb of another; adding that they "go on sucking just as hard as though my udders were running over with CornHill milk."
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