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Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Call number
MssCol 4643
Physical description
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation

William Makepeace Thackeray miscellany, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

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Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Two brief letters by British author William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), one of them thanking the Cozzens family for the “jolliest day I have had for a long long time,” and a letter from Samuel Laurence to “my dear Judge” forwarding a pasted brief note by Thackeray, all concerning social engagements; also, a passage from his work The Virginian written in the hand of his daughter Lady Anne Ritchie; and a letter from Mrs. John G. Moore to S.B. Luyster, 1889, seeking plates and autographs to illustrate Thackeray’s The Four Georges.

Scope and arrangement

Two brief letters by British author William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), one of them thanking the Cozzens family for the “jolliest day I have had for a long long time,” and a letter from Samuel Laurence to “my dear Judge” forwarding a pasted brief note by Thackeray, all concerning social engagements; also, a passage from his work The Virginian written in the hand of his daughter Lady Anne Ritchie; and a letter from Mrs. John G. Moore to S.B. Luyster, 1889, seeking plates and autographs to illustrate Thackeray’s The Four Georges.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Materials were originally received as part of the Ford, Herter and Sabin collections, and by gift of Mrs. H.R. Hoyt, 1930.

Processing information

Compiled by Susan P. Waide, 2014

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Forms part of Ford collection

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Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328