William Makepeace Thackeray letter (forgery)

This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 96 AL148
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1st Jan 1850
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 5" x 4" 1 sheet

Scope and Content

No address. To an unknown recipient. 'When I said that I could do no more for you for the present I meant it literally: I never once said it as a simple excuse... When I find that your views on hard work are different I may perhaps have something to say to you. Believe me a lazy life is a curse to any man.
A forgery, written and signed in an unknown hand, as if by Thackeray.

Arrangement

See hard copy catalogue.

Access Information

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Other Finding Aids

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Special Collections Reading Room.

Related Material

For information and details of the forgery, see Gordon N Ray's edition of 'The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray', vol 4, Appendix xxvii - classmark: YN T42F 945