BIB_ID
328865
Accession number
MA 4724.165
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861 Apr.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.0 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 letter is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
The letter is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Explaining that he forgot to expunge the words "all right" which were written on the manuscript by a lawyer; adding that "This is kind of trouble wh. conscientious writers take;" referring to his quarrels with the Saturday Review, he says he has a "months mind to make Philip a contributor to the Superfine Review."
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