Thackeray, William Makepeace, novelist, 1811-1863
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of John Brown and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6134
Scope and Contents
Including letters of Thackeray and Ruskin, and papers concerning John Scott.
Dates:
1728-1923.
Letters of William Makepeace Thackeray to various recipients., 1840-? 1863.
File
Identifier: MS.42572
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged to follow the order and dating given in Ray and Harden (SEE : Bibliography). References to the relevant entries in these works are given at the end of each description.Folio(s). Description and date. Volume, page and letter number in Ray [R.] and/or Harden [H.].1-2 Letter, 24 January 1840, of W.M. Thackeray to John Murray II. [H.] Volume 1, pages 66-67, letter 152A.3-4 Letter, 3 June 1847, of W.M. Thackeray to John Murray...
Dates:
1840-? 1863.
Papers concerning certain works and copyrights of William Makepeace Thackeray., 1867-1868, 1901-1902.
Series
Identifier: MSS.32007-32011
Dates:
1867-1868, 1901-1902.
Papers of John Brown.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6289
Scope and Contents
Including letters of Ruskin, Thackerry and Mark Twain.
With sketchbooks and family papers.
Dates:
1784-1938.
Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray., ? 1828-? 1863.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42572-42573
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
? 1828-? 1863.
Three bound volumes, in morocco cases, of letters of W M Thackeray, of which two volumes are of letters, 1851-1863, and undated, to George Smith, publisher, and one is of letters, 1840-1856, and undated, to Mrs Procter.
Series
Identifier: Dep.249
Dates:
1840-1863, and undated.
Two manuscripts by William Makepeace Thackeray., 1823-? 1850.
File
Identifier: MS.42573
Scope and Contents
Folio 1 : manuscript, ? 1828 (watermark), "Byron and Marceau", relating to Lord Byron`s interest in the French general François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, about whom he composed a eulogy in "Childe Harold`s Pilgrimage" (Third Canto, LVI and LVII). Thackeray`s manuscript includes a copy of a letter to, and a copy of a letter of Byron concerning Marceau-Desgraviers : (i) 30 January 1823 : Madame Serjent, Marceau-Desgravier`s elder sister,...
Dates:
1823-? 1850.
Warrant, issued by the Commissioners of the Treasury, confirming the award of a yearly pension of £100 to Anna Jameson, and naming William Makepeace Thackeray and John Murray III as trustees of the pension., 1851-1852.
Item
Identifier: MS.42319
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1851-1852.
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- Diaries. 1
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