Scope and arrangement
· 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.".
· 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.
· 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.".
· 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 . . . .".
· 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.".
· 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.".
· 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 . . . .".