BIB_ID
328973
Accession number
MA 4724.187
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1862-1863].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 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 year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed "Palace Green, / Kensington, W."
The letter is undated; the probable year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed "Palace Green, / Kensington, W."
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying he has "cut out the obnoxious passages, and the little Essay reads quite as well without them."
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