Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1815 December 13
Item — Box: [80]
Call Number: MSS 29
Scope and Contents
Piozzi hopes to visit Thackeray in July "unencumber'd by Debts & no longer haunted by Vexations which have tormented me for two long years." She has finished renovating Streatham Park. She is now in Bath, "Two Rooms & Two Maids her whole Establishment." She discusses visiting actors and dancers and mentions a ten year old who plays the piano "like a professor." Piozzi also copies out a short poem. People mentioned: Miss Letitia Barnston, Mrs. Salusbury, Dr. Holland, Dr. Harington, Mrs. Thackeray, and Selina Thackeray. See: Bloom, vol. 5, p. 433.
Dates
- 1815 December 13
Creator
Physical Description
4 pages (2 leaves)
:
autograph letter, signed
;
24 x 19 cm.
Conditions Governing Access
From the Collection:
The materials are open for research.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- Correspondence
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821 -- Correspondence
- Streatham Park (London, England)
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 -- Correspondence
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