BIB_ID
362893
Accession number
MA 7360.79
Creator
Delane, John Thaddeus, 1817-1879.
Display Date
[1843-1879].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters written to Sir Stafford Northcote in the 1860s from British politicians, foreign ministers and other notables of the period. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter is not dated however the date range attributed to the letter (1843-1879) is from the date of first publication of Martin Chuzzlewit to the death of Mr. Delane.
The letter is not dated however the date range attributed to the letter (1843-1879) is from the date of first publication of Martin Chuzzlewit to the death of Mr. Delane.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Quoting a passage on "Mr. Pecksniff's Horse" from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens; adding in a postscript to Miss Northcote that he hoped she would "see the resemblance between your orator and the horse and that it does not depend entirely on the imagination of your faithful servant."
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