BIB_ID
329191
Accession number
MA 4724.243
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1861 Apr.? 27] .
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 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.
Thackeray refers to the American Civil War which began with the shots fired at Fort Sumpter, South Carolina April 12-13, 1861.
The letter is simply dated "Saturday"; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Thackeray refers to the American Civil War which began with the shots fired at Fort Sumpter, South Carolina April 12-13, 1861.
The letter is simply dated "Saturday"; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Asking if he has "paid my month in. My vampire wants blood;" commenting that he wished "we had taken the rebels now and left out the Roundabout but who was to know of the American quarrel?"
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