BIB_ID
329216
Accession number
MA 4724.253
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860-1862].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.3 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 has no salutation but Thackeray has addressed it to "G. Smith, Esqre." on the verso of the second page.
The letter is undated; the probable year of writing is from the published letter.
The letter has no salutation but Thackeray has addressed it to "G. Smith, Esqre." on the verso of the second page.
The letter is undated; the probable year of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Telling him that he does not know whether he will "go away to day or tomorrow or when;" adding that he has had "another bout of illness wh. has put every thing back.
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