BIB_ID
328855
Accession number
MA 4724.158
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1859] Oct. 29.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.0 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.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying he has been "demoralized by fever and ague" and is reluctant to accept his invitation "for fear of being squeamish & ill at the last moment as I was yesterday. If I am well enough to come, will Mrs. Smith kindly give me some dinner, and not wait? The other accompaniments of the disease are, in my case, a great appetite, and a prodigious desire for drink;" adding that he will talk with him about Lewes.
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