Manuscripts and Typescripts written by Thackeray

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1. "About these young people - leave them alone." Holograph
2. [Ad ministram]. Holograph poem
3. adventures of Philip, The. Holograph of portion of the text
4. adventures of Philip, The. Holograph
5. [After dinner speech at the Garrick club, April 23, 1860]. Holograph
6. Algebra exercises and original sketches. Holograph
7. Algebra notebook, with original pen-and-ink drawing. Holograph
8. [Announcement of lectures to be held at Cambridge on the English humourists]. Holograph. Bound by The Atelier bindery.
9. "At Frankfurt in the playhouse." Holograph poem with sketches in the margin and on verso
10. [ballad of Bouillabaisse, The]. Holograph poem
11. [Ballads of Policeman X]. "Some talk of Marshal Blucher and Alcibades." Holograph poem
12. "Castaway on this great earth"; paraphrase of Beranger's autobiographic poem. Holograph poem written on a page of the ms. of Thackeray's The English humourists: Essay on Sterne and Goldsmith, which is in the hand of Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
13. [Comic tales and sketches] Mr. Yellowplush's ajew. Holograph fragment of chapter. Removed from his: Comic tales and sketches, London, 1841, c. 4, v. 1
14. [Criticism of the second volume of Eliot Warburton's Hochelaga]. Holograph
15. Daily blessings. Holograph poem
16. [Defense of the passage "No Irish need apply" which appears in Thackeray's The history of Pendennis]. Incomplete holograph
17. [Dessein's] Holograph
18. Diary for 1845, with brief entries on only a few pages
19. [Doctor Birch and his young friends: Epilogue]. Incomplete early holograph draft
20. "Elizabeth Brownrigge: a tale." Typewritten copy dated March 1927, of the story as it appeared in Fraser's magazine, v. 6, Aug.-Dec., 1832
21. [English humourists of the eighteenth century]. Manuscript in unknown hand, with the author's ms. corrections
22. English humorists of the eighteenth century; 3 holograph pages of the Essay on Swift
23. English humourists of the eighteenth century; holograph page of the Essay on Swift
24. [English humourists of the eighteenth century]. 1 page of the ms. of the Essay on Sterne and Goldsmith, in the hand of Anne Thackeray Ritchie
25. [English humourists of the 18th century: comprising the lecture of Swift and portions of the lectures on Prior, Gay and Pope, and Hogarth, Smollett and Fielding; 22 p. in Thackeray's hand, the rest in the hand of Anne T. Ritchie or Miss Trulock(?)]
26. [English humourists of the eighteenth century]. Lecture 2-Congreve and Addison. Incomplete ms. in Alice Jane Trulock's hand, with 2 p. and ms. corrections in the author's hand. Bound by Bradstreet
27. Essays by Dr. Pacifico. A general grumble. Holograph
28. Evening hymn. Holograph poem
29. "Experto crede," and "Requiescant." Holograph poems
30. Four Georges. Holograph notes for his lectures. One page with small pen-and-ink sketch
31. Four Georges, The. Ms. in Charles Pearman's (?) hand
32. George III. Holograph notes for his lecture. With 6 line verse "Long had thy virtues marked thee out for fame," at the head.
33. George III. Holograph notes probably for his lecture.
34. "German verbs My peace disturbs." Holograph (?) poem with four original pencil sketches. Written on a fly-leaf from a book
35. Hail to the victor -- hail to the mighty Tell. Holograph burlesque
36. History of Henry Esmond, esq. (v. 2, p. 110-112). Holograph
37. [History of Pendennis]. 2 holograph fragments (one 4 lines, the other 6 lines) of chapter 15
38. History of Pendennis. Holograph of v. 2, Chapter 1, p. 1-2, line 22, of the first edition
39. [Humorous mistranslation of the quotation "Les cordages de la Marine anglaise sont traverse d'un fil rouge"] 8 holograph lines, on a page removed from the autograph album of Edith [Moley?].
40. [Humorous sketch ridiculing the English emancipation league started by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Begins: An army of five hundred thousand ladies]. Holograph
41. "It cannot be expected that a story which has a teapot for a title can be a tale of tempestuous passion or stormy excitement." Page of holograph
42. [King Alfred and the cakes]. Holograph poem. With an original drawing
43. [King Alfred and the cakes]. Later holograph draft, unfinished
44. "King Fritz in his palace of Berlin." Holograph poem.
45. last of May, The. Holograph poem
46. Leaf out of a sketch-book. Holograph
47. Lists of names, some with addresses, of his acquaintances. Manuscript
48. lone watcher, The. Photostat copy of the holograph. Address at top: New street, Kensington W.
49. Lovel the widower. Holograph page
50. [Lucy's birthday]. Apparently the first holograph draft of the poem
51. Lucy's birthday [version differing from that sent to Lucy Baxter, April 15, 1853, and from the versions published in the Keepsake, 1854, and in the Ballads, 1855]. Holograph
52. Lucy's birthday [Ballads, 1855 version]. Holograph of the poem
53. Lucy's birthday [Keepsake version]. Holograph poem on second sheet of ANS to [the Keepsake] submitting the poem. [London, probably after May 10, 1853]
54. [Lucy's birthday]. Holograph poem headed, "With some flowers for Lucy's birthday. April 15, 1853."
55. Miscellaneous autograph material: 1 signature dated April 21, 1859, in Anne T. Ritchie's hand? 4 envelopes addressed to the Baxters, 1 envelope (photostat copy) with a drawing of a man's head drawn on the flap, 1 autograph of G. Richmond
56. Monody by R? West esqr. [Copy in William Makepeace Thackeray's hand of 27 lines of West's Monody on the death of Queen Caroline].
57. Mr. Thackeray's lectures on the English humorous writers of the last century. Holograph fragment of notice, with ms. corrections in an unidentified hand. Mounted
58. [Newcomes, The]. Holograph fragment
59. Newcomes, The. Holograph of portions of v. 2 of the first edition: chapters 10 and 11, p. 103, line 6 from bottom- p. 108, line 20, and all of Chapter 30 (except the first paragraph on p. 275).
60. Newcomes, The. Holograph of 2 portions of v. 2, Chapter 36 of the first edition: p. 324-325, from "and mourning" to "Tenth Edition;" p. 325-326 "have not pawned" to "Nonsense."
61. Newcomes, The. Ms. in the hand of the secretary, possibly George Hodder, of v. 2, Chapter 32-33 (p. 290, line 29 - p. 298, line 35; p. 299, line 12-33; p. 300, line 19 - p. 305); Chpater 34 & 35 (except the last 6 paragraphs) of the 1st ed.
62. notch on the axe: a fashionable tale, The. Roundabout papers. [20]. One page of holograph
63. Notebook once the property of Thackeray, with 9 sketches and 10 poems, copied from various sources, in his hand.
64. Notes. Holograph pencil.
65. Notes for a speech. Holograph.
66. Notes for research for The history of Henry Esmond. Holograph. 8 lines.
67. Notes of a journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo; part of Chapter 5, with original pen-and-ink drawing. Holograph
68. "old lantern battered, black", An. Holograph poem
69. Our drama ends. Holograph epilogue, written on verso of program of his The wolves and the lamb, Feb. 24 & 25, 1862. 5 original drawings, including self-portrait, and 3 portraits of Mrs. Brookfield.
70. "Our street." Two pages of holograph (p. 33, line 14, to end of p. 34; p. 51, line 3 from bottom, to p. 53, line 5 from bottom, of the first edition)
71. Over the way, holograph poem.
72. "Pimlico pavilion." Six verses of holograph, with original pencil drawing on the reverse side
73. [Portion of a speech delivered during a parliamentary campaign in 1857, for the Oxford election]. Holograph
74. Sorrows of Werther. Holograph poem
75. sorrows of Werther, The. Holograph poem
76. [Specifications for a monument]. Holograph
77. [Speech delivered at Pinner at the annual festival to commemorate the establishment of the Commercial travellers' school, Dec. 26, 1857]. Holograph, with printed text of the speech as reported in The Examiner, Jan. 2, 1858
78. Thackeray, W. M. Thackeray's contributions to "Punch." Manuscript, in an unknown hand
79. To Strasburg [and] To Switzerland. Two holograph poems
80. "Two officers (the one who wasn't in the army has a smart cap knowingly cocked over the eye) began talking of removals, promotions, exchanges". Holograph
81. [Vanity fair?]. 11 lines of holograph, possibly from an early draft of Vanity fair
82. [Vanity fair]. 13 lines of holograph of Chapter 49. Removed from green morocco case by Sangorski & Sutcliffe labeled "W. M. Thackeray. Autograph ms. of portion of Vanity fair." Left in case is 11 lines of holograph, possibly an early draft of Vanity flair
83. Virginians. Holograph portion. (p. 191 of part 6); 9 lines
84. Virginians. Holograph portion. 21 lines (p. 223-224, v. 1)
85. Virginians. Holograph portion. (p. 364 of part 24)
86. What might have been. Holograph poem