Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 9 November 1830, to M. Lemetheyer, directeur du Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique in Paris, 1830 Nov. 9.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 9 November 1830, to M. Lemetheyer, directeur du Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique in Paris, 1830 Nov. 9.

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Introducing "Monsieur Thaquerai [i.e. William Makepeace Thackeray] litterateur & auteur dramatique anglais de beaucoup de talent," who wishes to meet Lemetheyer and to speak with him "d'un manuscrit qui est depuis longtemps dans les archives de votre théatre."

1 item (1 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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