Correspondence : with Kate Perry and Jane Perry Elliot, 1848-1902 (bulk 1848-1863).

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Correspondence : with Kate Perry and Jane Perry Elliot, 1848-1902 (bulk 1848-1863).

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Thirty-four lettters from Thackeray to his friends the Perry sisters. Many of the letters concern Thackeray's relationship with their mutual friends, Rev. William Henry Brookfield and Brookfield's wife Jane. Other principal topics are Thackeray's lecture tours and other travels, his writings, and other mutual friends. Also present are six small drawings by Thackeray; a photographic copy of a letter from him to the Perrys, not present in the original; a manuscript in an unidentified hand of a Christmas poem attributed to Thackeray, 1848; a letter from his daughter Anne Thackeray Ritchie to a bookdealer, probably J. Pearson, 1902, enclosed in a letter from Pearson's to William H. Lambert; a catalog from the sale of Kate Perry's collection at Sotheby's; and a newspaper clipping about the sale.

42 items (123 p.) in case ; 35 cm.

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Lambert, William H. (William Harrison), 1842-1912

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Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919

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English novelist; daughter of W. M. Thackeray. From the description of Prayer : autograph manuscript : [n.p.], 1865 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858284 Ann Isabella Ritchie was the elder daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1861), a well-known Victorian novelist. Anne was a prolific novelist, essayist and writer of memoirs. By 1875, The Works of Miss Thackeray had been published in eight volumes (Smith, Elder & Company), extended to 15 volumes by 18...

J. Pearson & Co.

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Brookfield, William Henry, 1809-1874

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Brookfield, Jane Octavia, 1821-1896

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Elliot, Jane Perry, -1859

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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...

Perry, Kate, approximately 1810-1901

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Goodyear, A. Conger (Anson Conger), 1877-1964

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B.A., Yale, 1899; served in World War I; vice president for the Susquehanna Railroad Co., Great Southern Lumber Co., and managing director of the Goodyear Lumber Co. From the description of Anson Conger Goodyear collection, 1813-1890 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166188 Colonel, United States Army; president, Allied Coal Mission to Central Europe, 1918-1919; member, Inter-Allied Commission in Upper Silesia, 1919. From the description of A. Conger...