BIB_ID
328897
Accession number
MA 4724.170
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861 Nov.-Dec.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 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 probable month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
The letter is undated; the probable month and year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Discussing possible contributions to the Cornhill Magazine; asking if he could do without a Roundabout as he would like to "get on with Philip. In order to do the Roundabout at your wish I stopped my Philip--then fell ill--then had to get the steam up again--O its weary work."
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