BIB_ID
329552
Accession number
MA 4724.262
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 Aug. 2?-3].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.4 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 is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
The letter is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying that he "cant shake off the fever I got on Sunday" and that he is leaving for Paris; asking that he send him "a line Hotel Bristol Place Vendôme; asking if he may be away for three weeks; saying he was "obliged to part with poor Langley" and is traveling alone.
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