BIB_ID
329192
Accession number
MA 4724.244
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Thursday" [1860] Jan. 23.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.0 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 year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Written on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Apologizing for not enclosing a paper by Merivale in his last letter but saying that he "was on my back yesterday treating myself for my old malady and unable to move;" saying that they had agreed that they would each "have a veto upon articles, and in this case I can't complain if you exercise yours. We shall lose Merivale, I am sorry. Colonel Fuller's book about England I read and found hopelessly dull. Papers from him about France would be no good. Life in Louisiana would be dull from his pen, and he is committed to Slave-advocacy which is not our side at all."
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