Autograph letters signed (20) : to Mrs. Brookfield, 1850 Apr. 23-1851 Spring.

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Autograph letters signed (20) : to Mrs. Brookfield, 1850 Apr. 23-1851 Spring.

Giving details of his daily life - personages he has met, the progress of his current book etc.; mentions a trip to Cambridge with Mr. Brookfield (69), his 'disastrous speech' for the Literary Fund (70, 71), H. F. Hallam's death (78), and lectures in Edinburgh (89).

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Brookfield, Jane Octavia, 1821-1896

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Epithet: wife of Canon W H Brookfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x00022c ...

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...