BIB_ID
328977
Accession number
MA 4724.189
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861 Oct.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 7.5 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 date of writing is from the published letter.
Written on the inside of the envelope flap; the flap is embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest; the envelope is addressed to "G. Smith, Esq;" there is no stamp or postmark on the envelope.
The letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Written on the inside of the envelope flap; the flap is embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest; the envelope is addressed to "G. Smith, Esq;" there is no stamp or postmark on the envelope.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying he has spent "2 hours in vain trying to put the cancelled verse into grammar have cancelled it--and altered the girls names as they wished."
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