William Makepeace Thackeray manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"William Makepeace Thackeray manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"circa 1845-1857", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1845/1857", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Dec 1847 : (MISC 3497) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from \"On my way from the Printing Office\" : begins, \"My head is only this minute above water and out of the month's whirlpool of work.\".</p><p>· To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and literary critic : 1 autograph verse note signed \"Doubleyouem Thackeray\" : [no date] : (H'ANA 0055) : ¹/₂ page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, \"Though we never met we should -- If you would and if you could . . . .\" Matted and framed. Filed in SC oversize drawer.</p><p>· To Mr. James : 1 autograph note signed : [no date] : (MISC 1768) : ¹/₄ page (single sheet) : from The Athenæum (embossed stationery) : body reads in fully, \"Friday will be a very nice day thank you & I will come at 7 ¹/₂ o'clock? -- yes at 7 ¹/₂ if I don't hear further.\".</p><p>· To Mrs. Macready : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jun [between 1846 and 1853] : (MISC 0209) : 1 page (double sheet) : from 13 Young Street, Kensington : begins, \"I am sure, considering circumstances, you & Mr. Macready will give me some other day but the 21st for Greenwich -- Dickens has just written begging me to drive with him and meet Forster . . . .\".</p><p>· To Nathaniel Montefiore, Esq., communal worker : 1 autograph addressed envelope (empty) : [postmarked 3 May 1857] : (MISC 1742) : [postmarked Cheltenham] : address reads in full, \"N. Montefiore Esq: / 36 Hyde Park Gardens / London.\".</p><p>· To [?Charlotte Ritchie], his aunt : 1 autograph letter signed : [after 1853?] : (MISC 1424) : 1 page (partial sheet) : [from Paris?] : begins, \"I'd seem horrible only to have seen you once.\".</p><p>· To Horace Smith, writer and humorist : 1 autograph letter signed : [circa 1845] : (S'ANA 0271) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Bedford : begins, \"Ainsworth and I who, disappointed of our guests, are going to dine tête-a-tête . . . .\".</p>"}

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1845

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1845

date_end

1857

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1845

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1857

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7 items

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{"value"=>"William Makepeace Thackeray manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"William Makepeace Thackeray, English novelist. &#xB7; To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Dec 1847 : (MISC 3497) : 3 &#xB9;/&#x2082; pages (double sheet) : from \"On my way from the Printing Office\" : begins, \"My head is only this minute above water and out of the month's whirlpool of work.\".", "generated"=>true}

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