Record ID:
329072
Accession number:
MA 4724.210
Credit:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 21.0 cm
Notes:
Written on stationery embossed "Hotel des Deux Mondes / 8. Rue d'Antin / Paris."
The year of writing is from the published letter.
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.
Summary:
Telling him that they are leaving Paris and expect to be back in London on Wednesday; saying he would have returned sooner except that "my old folks are here who are coming to London too, and please God I shall get the 3 generations safe across the water tomorrow. When we talk of the matters in your letter. I had thought of the New Gentlemans Magazine too."
Provenance:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
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