BIB_ID
329121
Accession number
MA 4724.214
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1859 Nov. 25].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Father Prout was a pseudonym used by Francis Sylvester Mahony.
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 has no salutation and is undated; the date of writing and the identity of the recipient 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.
The letter has no salutation and is undated; the date of writing and the identity of the recipient is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Giving him permission to "open all letters;" saying he doesn't know "what to say about Prout. He is better than before but...;" saying he spent "2 hours yesterday on a correction of one of Mrs. Clives stanzas."
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