BIB_ID
80206
Accession number
MA 470.66
Creator
Butler, Harriet, 1770?-1847.
Display Date
1847 July 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Mentioning that Titmarsh (i.e., Thackeray) "took flight" the previous evening; hoping that Brookfield and his "dear Handsome wife" will return soon to London, and will perhaps accompany her to Boulogne if she is up to the trip. Noting that her nerves are "shattered" and mentioning that Thackeray's daughters Annie and Minnie are overjoyed at the thought of seeing their Granny.
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