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.
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
Arrangement
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