IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL148
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Thackery, William Makepeace: letter (forgery)
Date(s): [1850]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 sheet
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Forged letter pertaining to be from William Makepeace Thackery to an unknown recipient, [1850]. '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. Written and signed in an unknown hand, as if by Thackeray.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bound with no 15 of Robert Owen's millennial gazette in a volume of pamphlets - classmark: [G.L.] B.P [Ludlow] 9.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008