The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray: Volume I The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume I: 1817–1840 [Reprint 2014 ed.] 9780674599420, 9780674289727

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THE LETTERS AND PRIVATE PAPERS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY VOLUME I

LONDON : H U M P H R E Y

MILFORD

OXFORD U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS

MR.

A N D M R S . R I C H M O N D T H A C K E R A Y A N D T H E I R SON W I L L I A M

From a water-color sketch by George

Chinnery

IN

1 8 1 4

T H E L E T T E R S AND PRIVATE PAPERS OF

Collected and edited by Çordon

Ü^T^ay

In four volumes Volume i :

181J-184O

H A R V A R D U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts 1946

COPYRIGHT,

1945

B Y H E S T E R T H A C K E R A Y R I T C H I E F U L L E R AND T H E P R E S I D E N T AND F E L L O W S OF HARVARD COLLEGE

P R I N T E D AT T H E HARVARD U N I V E R S I T Y P R I N T I N G O F F I C E C A M B R I D G E , MASSACHUSETTS, U . S . A .

For HESTER THACKERAY

FULLER

"constant to the dead"

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I LIST

OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VII

L I S T OF L E T T E R S

IX

CHRONOLOGY OF T H A C K E R A Y ' S L I F E

LVII

C U E - T I T L E S AND SYMBOLS

LXV

LXVII

INTRODUCTION M E M O R A N D A CONCERNING C E R T A I N PERSONS W H O F I G U R E

LXXXI

IN T H A C K E R A Y ' S CORRESPONDENCE LETTERS,

1817-1840

APPENDIX I .

PASSAGES CONCERNING T H A C K E R A Y IN J O H N

A L L E N ' S D I A R Y FOR APPENDIX

II.

THE

3

1830-1831

493

FITZGERALD A L B U M

.

.

.

T H E A C C O U N T B O O K FOR 1 8 3 3

.

504

APPENDIX I V .

H O W THACKERAY LOST H I S PATRIMONY .

506

"THE

APPENDIX V I . APPENDIX V I I .

COUNT'S"

ADVENTURES

.

A C C O U N T B O O K FOR 1 8 3 8

.

.

. .

INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS

. .

509 .

512

BY DR. STANLEY COBB .

518

T H E P S Y C H I A T R I C CASE H I S T O R Y

ISABELLA S H A W E T H A C K E R A Y —

.

499

APPENDIX I I I .

APPENDIX V .

.

.

OF

521

ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME I (The name of the owner of each illustration taken from the original is noted in parenthesis.)

M r . and Mrs. Richmond Thackeray and their son William in 1814 Frontispiece From a water-color sketch by George Chinnery (Mrs. Fuller)

Richmond Thackeray in 1810

4

From a miniature (Mrs. Fuller)

Mrs. Richmond Thackeray about 1810

5

From a fainting (Mrs. Fuller)

Thackeray in 1822

12

From a bust by Delvile (Mrs. Fuller)

Drawings by Thackeray in his Euclid

13

(Mrs. Fuller)

Drawings in Thackeray's letter of 28 February-5 March 1829

34

(Mrs. Fuller)

Thackeray in 1829 From a sketch by James Sfedding

74 (Mr. Ball)

Thackeray in 1831

150

From a sketch by James Sfedding (Mr. Ball)

A drawing in Thackeray's letter of 8 September 1831

.

.

156

A drawing in Thackeray's letter of 29 September 1831 .

.

160

(Berg Collection of the New York Public Library)

(Berg Collection of the New York Public Library)

Drawings in Thackeray's letter of 2 October 1831 .

. 162, 163

(Berg Collection of the New York Public Library)

Drawings in Thackeray's letter of 15-16 December 1831

.

178

(Mrs. Sherburne Prescott)

Thackeray in 1832

238

From a sketch by Daniel M aclise (Garrick Club)

Drawing in Thackeray's letter to FitzGerald of April? 1832 .

239

(Berg Collection of the New York Public Library)

Drawing in Thackeray's letter of 22-30 October 1833 (Mrs. Fuller)

·

·

2 68

ILLUSTRATIONS

viií Thackeray in 1834

269

From a self-portrait {Huntington Librarsi)

A page from Thackeray's letter of 8 October 1834 .

.

.

276

{Mr, Adrian Van hinderen)

Thackeray in 1835

280

From, a selj-fortrait {Huntington Library )

Drawings in Thackeray's letter to FitzGerald of May 1835 .

288

{Berg Collection of the New York Public Library)

Isabella Shawe about 1835

296

From a sketch by Thackeray {Huntington Library)

Dickens, Thackeray, Maclise, and Mahony in 1836 .

.

.

308

From a sketch by Thackeray, reproduced in an American Art Association catalogue of January 24—25, 1Ç35

Isabella Shawe in 1836

318

From a sketch by Thackeray {Mrs. Fuller)

Mrs. Thackeray about 1838

350

From a sketch by Thackeray {Huntington Library)

The cover of Edward William Clarke's Library of Useless Knowledge

372

Jane Shawe

426

From a sketch by Thackeray {Huntington

Library)

Mrs. Shawe

478

From a sketch by Thackeray {Huntington Library)

Mrs. Shawe

479

From a caricature by Thackeray (Widener Collection of the Harvard College Library)

Drawings from Thackeray's letters in the FitzGerald Album

500

{Berg Collection of the New York Public Library)

"Sharpers"

506

"The Count's" Adventures

512

From a sketch by Thackeray {Mr. Ball)

From sketches by Thackeray {Widener Collection of the Harvard College Library)

Map of Central London From Leigh's "New Picture of London"

522 {1827)

LIST OF LETTERS No.

ii ddressee

Owner* or Depositary

1817 Mrs. Richmond Thackeray Mrs. Ritchie

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

Date

2. 25 November

1818 3. 10 March 4. 24 April 5. i l June

Mrs. Ritchie Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

1820 6. 24 August

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

1823 7. 20 January

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

1827 8. 20 June

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

1828 9. 4—8 February Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 10. 12—21 February Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

1829 11. 12. 13·

29 January 23 February 28 February— 5 March 14. 6 - 1 4 March 15· 1 4 - 2 2 March 16. 22-29 March 29 March— i 78 April

John Frederick Boyes Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mr. Parrish Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller

Mrs. Fuller

* If no owner's name is given, the original has not been traced. If the owner's name is enclosed in brackets, the text has been taken from some source other than the original.

LIST OF LETTERS

χ No.

Date

18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23· 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31·

1 3 - 1 9 April 20-26 April 3 May 4-10 May 11—17 May 25 May 2 5 - 2 9 May 3 June 18-? July 6 August 20-28 August 21 August 2—4 September 10—13 September ι November 32. 33· 22 November

Addressee

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Carmichael- •Smyth Carmichael- Smyth Carmichael- •Smyth Carmichael- •Smyth Carmichael·•Smyth Carmichael- •Smyth Carmichael- •Smyth Carmichael- Smyth Carmichael- Smyth Carmichael- Smyth Carmichael- Smyth Carmichael- Smyth Carmichael- Smyth

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

0 umer or Defositary

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

1830 34·

16 July

36. 37· 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44.

? - ι 2 August 15 August 6—7 September 28 September 20 October 29 October 17 November 3 December 31 December

1

u

35· 3 J ty

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Miss Wilkie Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Huntington Library Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

1831 45· 46. 47· 48. 49· 50. 51· 52.

18 January 25 January ?—25 February June 18 July 26? August 8—9 September 29 September

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller [ ] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Robert Langslow [ ] Edward Fitzgerald Mrs. Fuller Frau von Goethe [Goethe-Schiller Archives] Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection

LIST OF LETTERS No.

53. 54. 55. 56. 57.

Date

2 October 5 - 9 October 1 6 - 2 3 November 8 - 1 0 December 1 5 - 1 6 December

58. ?

xi Owner or Defositary

Addressee

Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Edward Fitzgerald Major Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. CarmichaelSmyth James Fraser

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Sherburne Prescott Berg Collection

1832 59. 60. 61. 62.

14—16 January 25 January 27 January 2 Aprü-23 November 63. April ? 64. 2 0 - 2 1 April 65. 23 May 66. 25 June

67. 5-7 July 68. 69. 70. 71. 72.

8 August 2 7 - 3 1 October 22 November ? November 29 November

73. 2 May

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Frau von Goethe John Allen [Diary] Edward Fitzgerald Edward Fitzgerald Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Edward Fitzgerald Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Edward Fitzgerald Edward Fitzgerald George Cruikshank James Carmichael-Smyth 1833 Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth Carmichael-Smyth

[

Mrs. Fuller ]

Fitzwilliam Museum Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Berg Collection Huntington Library Widener Collection

74· 75.

6 July 6 September

77. 78.

1 2 November 23 December

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

79. 80. 81.

5 October 8 October 1—2 November

1834 Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Edward Fitzgerald Mr. Adrian Van Sinderen [Diary] Mrs. Fuller

76. 22-30 October

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller

LIST OF LETTERS

xii No.

82. 83· 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.

Date

February 17 April 22 April 30 April—11 June May 18-23 July 29 July September October

Ovmer or Depositary

Addressee

1835 Edward Fitzgerald Frank Stone John Payne Collier

Berg Collection

[

.

]

Folger Library

[Diary] Mrs. Fuller Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller William Ritchie [ .] Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection 1836

91. 92. 93· 94· 95· 96. 97· 98. 99· 100. ΙΟΙ. 102. IO3. IO4.

10 March 10 April 14 April 18 April 21-25 April 22 April 22 April 2 July 3 July 5 July July ? September ? 7 October 13 December

IO5. January I06. January IO7. 20 January ι ο 8 . 5 April 109. 29 April 110. 30 April i n . 26 July 112. ι September 113. October

John Mitchell Isabella Shawe Isabella Shawe Isabella Shawe Isabella Shawe William Jerdan John Mitchell Isabella Shawe Isabella Shawe Isabella Shawe Isabella Shawe Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Edward Fitzgerald John Mitchell Kemble

Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection

[

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

[

]

Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller Fuller I

1837 William Harrison Ainsworth Huntington Library John Macrone Berg Collection Frank Stone [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Directors of the Constitutional Huntington Library John Ritchie Huntington Library John Macrone Berg Collection William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller James Fraser Historical Society of Pennsylvania

LIST OF LETTERS No.

Date

xiii Owner or Defositary

Addressee

1838 114. 1x5. 116. 117. 1x8. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. Ï31·

19 February 3 March 5 March 5 March 1 1 - 1 4 March 1 5 - 1 7 March 20-25 March April 23 May 12 July July 23 July 4 September 4 September 4 September 29 November 29 November 29 December

Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection Mrs. Thackeray Mrs. Fuller James Fraser [ ] Mrs. Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Thackeray Mrs. Fuller James Fraser Berg Collection George Wright Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Shawe Huntington Library George Wright [ ] Mrs. Shawe Mrs. Fuller George Wright Berg Collection ? George Wright Houghton Library George Cruikshank Berg Collection William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller ? Thomas Barnes ? Bryan Waller Procter Widener Collection

1839 132. January !33· ? March 134· March 135· ? May 136. 15 May 137· 16? May 138. June 139· June 140. 21? June 141. ι July 142. 3 July 143· 15 July 144. 19 November 145· 1—2 December 146. 16—20 December 147. 23-31 December

Mrs. Procter John Mitchell Kemble Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth George Cruikshank Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Henry Cole Henry Cole Henry Cole James Fraser Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth George Wright Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

[Major Smith] Dr. Metzdorf Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

[

.]

[

]

Berg Collection Berg Collection

Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

LIST OF LETTERS

xiv No.

Date

Ovmer or Depositary

Addressee

1840 148. January ? 149. 14 January 150. 15 January 151. 18 January 152. 24 January Ι 5 3 · February 154. 11-15 February 155- 16 February i 5 6 . 3 March 157158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173· 174. 175176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183.

11 March 20 March March April 30 April May 22 May ι June 28-29 J u n e • 29 June 2 July 5 July 6 ? - ι 8 July 7 July 12 July 12 July July 18 July 30 July 4 August 20-21 August ? August-1 September 8 September 10 September 10 September 10 September 17 September

John Mitchell Kemble James Fraser ?

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Shawe James Robinson Planché Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Procter Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Jane Shawe Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Procter Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Alexander Blackwood Richard Monckton Milnes Richard Monckton Milnes Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Procter James Wilson John Forster Bryan Waller Procter Henry Fothergill Chorley Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Chapman and Hall Mrs. Ritchie Mrs. Shawe Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Berg Collection

.[

]

Huntington Library Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Huntington Library Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith] Mrs. Fuller (in part) Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith] Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

[ [ [

] ] ]

[

]

Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith] [Mr. Cohen] [Major Smith]

[

]

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

LIST OF LETTERS No.

184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192.

Date

19—20 September 21-23 September 30 September 4-5 October l i October i l October 3 December 1840 1840

XV

Owner or Depositary

Addressee

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Shawe Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth James Fraser George Cruikshank George Cruikshank

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Huntington Library Berg Collection Mr. Parrish

1841 10 January 194. 21 January 195. January ? 196. 27 February— 6 March 197. 19 March 198. 5 April 199. 6 April 200. April 201. 25 April 202. 28 M a y 5 June 203. 10 July 204. 24 July 205. 27 July— 11 August 206. 19 August 207. 13 SeptemberOctober 208. 15 October 193·

Edward Fitzgerald Mrs. Procter Edward Fitzgerald

Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith] Berg Collection

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Procter Mrs. Procter Edward Fitzgerald Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Major Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith] [Major Smith] Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Procter Richard Monckton Milnes James Fraser

[Major Smith]

[

]

Berg Collection

[Diary] Mrs. Ritchie

Mrs. Fuller Mr. Carlebach

Edward Fitzgerald Mrs. Ritchie

Mrs. Fuller Mr. Carlebach

1842 209. 7 January 210. 211. 212.

6 February 10 February 25 February

William Harrison Ainsworth George William Nickisson Mrs. Spencer Chapman and Hall

Huntington Library Mr. Lilly [Mrs. Fuller] Mrs. T . F. Madigan

LIST OF LETTERS

χνί No.

213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 23I. 232. 233· 234· 235·

Date

9 March 10 May 16 May 21 May 26 May 4 June 11—? June 22 June 26 June ι July 4 July 4 July 23 July 28 July 29 July 12-14 August 21 August— ι September 25—30 September 27 September ?—16 October 26 October 28 October 10 December

236. ι January 237. 19 January 238. 3 1 January 239. Februar}· 240. 1 6 - 2 0 February 241. March ? 242. 11 March 243. March 244. March 245. April? 246. 8 April 247. 20 April 248. 21 April

Ovmer or Defositary

Addressee

Edward Fitzgerald Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Edward Hickson Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Edward Hickson Berg Collection Chapman and Hall Miss Benjamin Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller John Forster Retz and Storm Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Rev. Richard Harris Barham Mr. Elkins Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection Chapman and Hall Berg Collection Chapman and Hall Mr. Parrish Chapman and Hall R. B. Adams Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Bradbury and Evans Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Charles Lever Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Richard Bentley

Mrs. Fuller

1843 Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Chapman and Hall Mark Lemon George Potemkin Perry Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Chapman and Hall Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Anne Thackeray Percival Leigh George William Nickisson Percival Leigh Laman Blanchard

[

]

[

]

Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mr. Hill Huntington Library Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mr. Arents Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Widener Collection Berg Collection Berg Collection [ ]

LIST OF LETTERS No. 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260. 261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270. 271. 272. 273.

Date

Addressee Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Thackeray George Potemkin Perry Chapman and Hall Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth John Forster Rev. William Brookfield ?

3 May 3? M a y 5 May 15 M a y 20 M a y 25 M a y 26 M a y 29 M a y 10 August Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth T o W h o m It M a y Concern 12 August Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 17 August Amédée Pichot 30 August Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 26 September William Harrison Ainsworth 27 September Mrs. Ritchie 13 October 10 November Chapman and Hall ? Rev. William Brookfield 18 November 24 November Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth William Jerdan 12 December William Harrison Ainsworth ? December Daniel Maclise ? December 1 7 - 1 8 December Thackeray's family 21 December Richard Bedingfield December John Allen Peter Purcell 25 December

XVll Ovmer or Depositary Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Huntington Library M r . Eric Mrs. Fuller Huntington Library [ . ] Huntington Library Mrs. Fuller [ ] Mrs. Fuller M r . Carlebach Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Miss Benjamin Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Huntington Library [ ] M r . Castles [

Mrs. Fuller .]

Berg Collection [ ]

1844 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280. 281. 282. 283. 284. 285.

ι January—9 December 28 January 2 February 4 February 6 February 23 February 26 February i l March 13 April 13 M a y 15 M a y ι June

[Diary] Henry W i k o f f M . Giraldon William Harrison Ainsworth George William Nickisson Chapman and Hall Bradbury and Evans Mrs. Thackeray Henry Colburn Richard Bedingfield Henry Colburn Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller M r . Eric M r . Parrish Berg Collection [Mrs. Fuller] [

Mrs. Fuller . ]

Berg Collection [ ] Mrs. Fuller

LIST OF LETTERS

xviii No.

286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 292. 293· 294. 295. 296. 297. 298.

Date

Addressee

Owner or Defositary

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth and Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Charlotte Ritchie M r . Carlebach 12 June Chapman and Hall Lehigh University Library 16 July Chapman and Hall M r . Carlebach 19 July Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 5 August George William Nickisson Drexel Institute 20 August Mrs. Fuller 2 1 - 2 2 August Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Chapman and Hall Berg Collection 31 August Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 31 August Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 17 September Mrs. Thackeray Mrs. Fuller 17 September Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 17 September M r . Carlebach 23-28 October Charlotte Ritchie 11 June

1845 299. 300. 301. 302. 303· 304· 305· 306. 307· 308. 309· 310. S"· 312. 313· 314· 3*5· 316. 317· 318· 319· 320. 321. 322. 323·

10 January 6 February March ? 28 March 6 April 21 April ι June 9 - 1 1 June June 30 June July ? 7 July 9 July 16 July 21 July 26 July 2 August August August 9 August August 25 August 7 September September 16 October

Chapman and Hall Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Henry Vizetelly Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Thomas Longman George William Nickisson Richard Bedingfield Charlotte Ritchie Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth William Harrison Ainsworth Chapman and Hall Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Edward Chapman Professor Macvey Napier ? Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth William Frederick Pollock Charlotte Ritchie Mrs. Thackeray Anne Thackeray Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Professor Macvey Napier Professor Macvey Napier

Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller [ ] Mrs. Fuller [British Museum] Berg Collection [ ] M r . Carlebach M r . Carlebach Berg Collection Morgan Library Mrs. Fuller M r . Carlebach [British Museum] [ ] Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller M r . Carlebach M r . Carlebach [ ] Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller [British Museum] [British Museum}

LIST OF LETTERS No.

Date

324· 18 October a 2 5· 28 November 326. 7 December 327· December ? 328. 22 December 329· 27 December 330. 30 December 331· 30 December ? December 332. 333· 1845 ?

Addressee

xix Owner or Depositary

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Makepeace Thackeray Mr. Hill Edward Chapman Berg Collection Edward Chapman Morgan Library Mrs. Procter ? Morgan Library Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller George Pryme Berg Collection William Harrison Ainsworth Mr. Eric 1846

334· 335· 336. 337· 32»· 339· 340. 341· 342. 343· 344· 345· 346. 347· 348. 349· 350. 351352. 353· 354· 355· 356. 357· 358. 359· 360. 361.

Major Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] William Charles Macready Huntington Library Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Edward Marlborough FitzGerald Mrs. Fuller William Charles Macready ? Widener Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 2 July Jane Shawe Mrs. Fuller July John Forster Huntington Library 18 July Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 18 July [ ] Mrs. Carlyle 25 July ? Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 6 August Mrs. Fuller 1 1 - 1 8 August [Diary] [ ] 13 September Henry Vizetelly Horace Smith 21 September [ ] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth September ? [Mrs. Fuller] Sir James Emerson Tennent 1—3 October Berg Collection George William Nickisson 3 October t ] 25 November ? Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 4 December Mrs. Fuller 12 December Mrs. Pryme Berg Collection [ ] 22 December John Forster 23 December Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller January ? 2 January ? 6 February February ? 16 February 6 March March 24 April 26 April 30 April June

LIST OF LETTERS

XX

No.

362. 363. 364. 365.

Date

1846 1846 1846 ? 1846?

Addressee

Edward Chapman Frederick J. Goldsmith Mrs. Procter Mrs. Procter

Owner or Depositary

Morgan Library [ ] [ M a j o r Smith] [ M a j o r Smith]

1847 366. 367· 368. 369· 37°· 37*· 372. 373374· 375· 376.

2 January 5 January January January 11 January 11 January 15 January 15 January 27 January 3 February 18 February

377378·

18 February 22 February

379· 380. 381. 382. 383·

22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February ι March

384. 385. 386. 387· 388. 389· 390· 391· 392·

13 March 16 March 16 March 6 April 15 April 20 April 29 M a y 29 May ι June

393· 394· 395·

3 June 9 June 9 June

William Edmondstoune Aytoun [ ] Mrs. Caroline Norton M r . Wells Mrs. Procter [ M a j o r Smith] William Makepeace Thackeray Berg Collection [ . ] William Edmondstoune Aytoun Berg Collection George Hodder [ M a j o r Smith] Mrs. Procter Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Huntington Library Albany Fonblanque Rev. William Brookfield [ D r . Rosenbach] Rev. John Allen Library of Trinity College, Cambridge William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Library of Trinity College, Rev. John Allen Cambridge M r . Carlebach Henry Reeve Henry Reeve Berg Collection Mark Lemon Berg Collection Berg Collection Rev. Alexander John Scott George William [Charterhouse School] Nickisson Berg Collection Henry Bradbury Mrs. Fuller Bess Hamerton Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Berg Collection Rev. Alexander John Scott M r . Scheuer Edward Chapman Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth William Harrison Ainsworth Goodspeed's Book Store John Murray [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller John Forster [Comte de Suzannet]

xxi

LIST OF LETTERS No.

Date

396. 9 J u n e une 397· 9 J 10 June 398. 399· 11 June 400. 11 June 401. 11 June 402. 12 June 403· 12 June 404. 15 June 405. 15 ? June 406. 21 June 407. June ? 408. June ? 409. 2 July 410. July

411. 23 July 412. August ? 413·

27 ? August

414. 5 September

415· September 416. 21 October 417· 23 October 418. 25 October 419. October ? 420. 2 November 421. November 422. 15 November 423· 23 November 424. December ? 425. 28 December 426. 28 December 427. 29 December

428. 1847 ? 429. 1847 ? 430· 1847 ? 431· 1847 ? 432· 1847 ? 433· 1847 434· 1847 ?

Owner or Defosttary

Addressee

William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller John Forster T o m Taylor Charles Dickens [Comte de Suzannet] Charles Dickens [ I John Forster Charles Dickens [ I T o m Taylor Mrs. Macready Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Arthur Shawe Mrs. Fuller Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Leigh Hunt Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Charles Wentworth Düke Boston Public Library Abraham Hayward Dr. Metzdorf Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Abraham Hayward Berg Collection Miss Ker Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Smith Williams Berg Collection James Justinian Morier Mr. Carlebach Edward Chapman Morgan Library Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Arthur Shawe Mrs. Fuller Richard Bedingfield [ I Mrs. Brookfield Edward Chapman Mr. Sessler Berg Collection Major Compton Abraham Hayward Berg Collection Richard Bedingfield Richard Bedingfield Richard Bedingfield Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. FitzGerald Morgan Library Leigh Hunt University of Iowa Libraries Mrs. Procter [Major Smith]

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1848 435· 3 January 436. 7 January 437· 9 January 438. 11 January 439· 18 January 440. 441. 442. 443· 444· 445·

January January ? January 26 January 28 January 31 January

446. 447· 448. 449· 450. 451. 452. 453·

February 4 February 4 February 5 February February 18 February 6 March 7 March

454· 455· 456. 457· 458. 459· 460. 461. 462. 463· 464. 465. 466. 467. 468. 469. 470.

8 March 10 March 10 March 10-15 March March-May 30 March 30 March 30 March 2 April 14 April 14 April 29 April ι May 2 May i l May 15-16 May 5 June

Leigh Hunt Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Mrs. James Colonel Drake Mrs. Edward Marlborough Fitzgerald Morgan Library William Smith Williams [ ] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Francis Fladgate Widener Collection Miss Wedderburn Berg Collection Mark Lemon Berg Collection Mrs. Edward Marlborough Fitzgerald Morgan Library Leigh Hunt Berg Collection Graham Willmore Huntington Library Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Ritchie Huntington Library Mrs. Irvine [ . ] Mark Lemon Drexel Institute George Henry Lewes Berg Collection Andrew Doyle ? Historical Society of Pennsylvania Frederick Goldsmith Miss Benjamin Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Abraham Hayward Mr. Carlebach [Diary] Mrs. Fuller Edward Fitzgerald Berg Collection Charles Rowland Dicken Berg Collection Dr. Carpenter [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Berg Collection Lady Molesworth [ ] John Forster [Clifton College] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Richard Doyle Dr. Eliot Duke of Devonshire [ ] Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cole? Mrs. Haight John Leycester Adolphus [ ] Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller

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471. 472. 473· 474· 475476. 477· 478. 479· 480. 481. 482. 483· 484. 485. 486. 487. 488. 489. 49°· 491. 492. 493· 494· 495· 496. 497· 498. 499· 500. 501. 502. 503· 504. 505. 506. 507. 508. 509. 510. 511.

Date

6 June June June June ? June ? June ? June June 22 ? June 29 June 29 June 30 June 30 June ι July July? 10 July July July J«iy 18 July 18 July 18 July 21 July 25 July 26-28 July 26-29 July July? 1—5 August 4 August 20 August 21 August 31 August 3 September 5 September September September 13 September 19 September 25 ? September ι October 4 October

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xxni Owner or Depositary

Miss Smith [ ] [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter ? Huntington Library Henry Vizetelly [ ] Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield William Makepeace Thackeray Morgan Library William Joyce Dr. Rosenbach Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Frederick J. Goldsmith [ .] Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris Berg Collection Edward Chapman Huntington Library William Henry Ashurst [ ] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Charles Macready Widener Collection Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Lady Blessington Huntington Library Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Robert Bell [ . ] Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Lady Blessington Huntington Library Lady Blessington Huntington Library [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter Jane Shawe Mrs. Fuller Lady Blessington Huntington Library Lady Blessington Huntington Library Joseph Cundall Huntington Library

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512. 513· 514. 515· 516. 517· 518. 519. 520. 521. 522. 523· 524.

525· 526. 527. 528. 529. 530. 531·

532· 533534· 535· 536.

537· 538. 539·

540. 541.

542. 543· 544· 545· 546.

547·

548.

549·

550. 551·

Date

4 October 7—9 October 14 October 18 ? October 24 October 25 October ι November ι November November 6 November 9 November November 14 November 22 November 24 November 28 November 28 November 29 November December ? 7 December December 12 December December December December ? 18 December 18 December 18 December 19 December 19 December 19—22 December 21 December 24 December 25 December 25 ? December December 27 December 29 December December ? 1848

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Owner or Depositary

Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library (in part) Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Williams and Norgate ? M r . Carlebach Edward Chapman Morgan Library Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield [ M a j o r Smith] Mrs. Procter Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Berg Collection Robert Stephen Rintoul [ D r . Rosenbach] Mrs. Brookfield [ D r . Rosenbach] Mrs. Brookfield Berg Collection David Roberts Morgan Library Edward Chapman Arthur Hugh Clough [ . I Lady Castlereagh Berg Collection William Makepeace Thackeray Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Charles Neate M r . Carlebach .[ ] Count D'Orsay Lady Blessington Huntington Library Edward Chapman Morgan Library Edward Chapman Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library William Makepeace Thackeray Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield [ D r . Rosenbach] John Douglas Cook Huntington Library Edward Fitzgerald M r . Carlebach Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Charles Neate Huntington Library Edward Chapman Morgan Library Edward Chapman Morgan Library Edward Chapman Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library M r . Pforzheimer John Kenyon .[ ] Samuel Bevan Huntington Library Lady Blessington

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552.

1848

553· 554555·

1848 1848

556.

1848

557·

1848

558.

559·

1848

1848 1848

560.

1848 ?

561.

1848 ?

Addressee Mrs. Brookfield Rev. William Brookfield Rev. William Brookfield Rev. William Brookfield Mrs. Crewe Rev. William Harness George Henry Lewes Antonio Panizzi Marguerite Power Mrs. Procter

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Owner or Depositary Morgan Library Morgan Library Morgan Library Morgan Library [ ] Berg Collection University of Iowa Libraries [ M r . Blatner] Berg Collection [Major Smith]

1849

3 January ? 1—2 February 5 6 4 . 2 February 5 6 5 . 4 February ? 5 6 6 . 4—5 February 5 6 7 . February 14 February 568. 569. 12-13 March 570. 14 March 57*· 9 April 562.

563·

18 April 573· 18 April 574- 20 April 575· 20 April 5 7 6 . 23 April 577· April 578. April 579- April 580. 27 April 5 8 1 . 27 April 5 8 2 . 28 April 583. May ? 584. M a y 585. 3 May 586. 4 M a y 587. May 588. 6 May 572.

[Dr. Rosenbach] Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Colonel Drake Mrs. Ritchie Huntington Library W . Raymond Sams Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. James Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Dr. Frederic Thackeray Fitzwilliam Museum Rev. William and Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Elliot Mrs. Parr Harvard College Library Berg Collection Mrs. James John Bell Huntington Library William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Adelaide Procter Berg Collection Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. James Berg Collection William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Mrs. Bayne Berg Collection Henry Vizetelly [ ] Frederick Mullett Evans Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Lady Blessington Huntington Library

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597· 598. 599600. 601. 602. 603. 604. 605. 606. 607. 608. 609. 610. 611. 612. 613. 614. 615. 616. 617. 618. 619. 620. 621. 622. 623. 624. 625. 626. 627.

Owner or Depositary

William MakepeaceThackeray Morgan Library Mark Lemon Mr. Goodyear [ ] Dr. John Brown Rev. William and Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield 1 7 - 1 9 May [ ] Lady Castlereagh 26 May Arthur Shawe Mrs. Fuller 27 May Dr. Quin Berg Collection May ? [ . ] Mrs. Yorke ι June Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library 8 June Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] 8-9 June Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] 14 June Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library June ? James Hannay Wellesley College Library 29 June A. J. Paget Huntington Library 29 June Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Huntington Library 29 June Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library 30 June Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library ι July Rev. William Brookfield [Dr. Rosenbach] July Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library 7 July Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Fuller (in part) July Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library 12 July Mrs. Brookfield [Dr. Rosenbach in part] 13 July Mrs. Brookfield [Dr. Rosenbach in part] ; 15-16 July Morgan Library (in part) 18 July Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Brookfield 24 July Morgan Library Lady Eddisbury Huntington Library July Adelaide Procter [Major Smith] 5 ? August Mr. and Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] August ? Lady Eddisbury Huntington Library 18 August Lord Holland Mr. Castles 29 August Charlotte Ritchie Huntington Library 29 August Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 30 August [ . ] William Makepeace Thackeray ι September Morgan Library 2—3 September Mrs. Brookfield [ . ] 4 ? September William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Brookfield 4—6 September Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield 9 September Mr. Carlebach 13 September Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library

589. May, 1849 590. 9 May 591. 11 May 592. 16 May 593· 594· 595· 596.

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628. 629. 630. 631. 632. 633.

18 September September 29 September October October October

634· 635· 636. 637· 638. 639· 640. 641. 642. 643· 644. 645. 646. 647.

October October 15 October 17 October 17 October 23 October 23 October 23 October 25 October 26 October October October October 31 October

648. 649. 650. 651. 652. 653. 654. 655. 656. 657. 658. 659. 660. 661. 662. 663. 664. 665. 666.

5 November 7 November 19 November 21 November 29 November December December December December December 25 December 31 December 31 December 1849 · 1849 1849 1849 1849 1849 ?

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xxvii Owner or Depositary

Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Sir Frederick Pollock Berg Collection Sir Frederick Pollock Berg Collection Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Carlyle Berg Collection Rev. William and Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Morgan Library Mrs. Gibson [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Huntington Library Mrs. Procter Mrs. Fuller Anne Thackeray Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mary Agnes Elton Huntington Library Rev. William and Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Maria Hamerton Mrs. Fuller [ ] Eyre Crowe Mrs. Ritchie David Bogus ?

Mr. Carlebach Berg Collection [Mr. Beyer] Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach Morgan Library Morgan Library Retz and Storm [ ]

Joseph Cundall Edward Chapman Edward Chapman Edward Chapman Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Montgomery Charlotte Low William Edmondstoune Aytoun Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield

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667.

668.

669. 670. 671. 672.

673·

674.

Date

1849 ? 1849 ? 1849 ? 1849 ? 1849 ? 1849 ? 1849 1849 ?

Addressee

Rev. William Brookfield Rev. William Brookfield Lady Eddisbury Lady Eddisbury Mrs. Fanshawe Mrs. Fanshawe Richard Monckton Milnes Mrs. Montgomery

Owner or Depositary

Morgan Library Morgan Library Huntington Library Huntington Library Mr. Weitz Mr. Weitz [ . ] Berg Collection

1850 3 January 3 January 5 January 8 January 25 January ι February 4 February 26 February 26 February 26 February 27 February 686. 28 February 687. 1 - 2 March 688. 5 March 675. 676. 677. 678. 679. 680. 681. 682. 683. 684. 685.

689. 690. 691. 692. 693· 694. 695. 696. 697. 698. 699. 700. 701. 702. 703·

10 March 18-20 March 27 March 28 March 29 March March ? 3 April April ? 26-30 April 13 May 15 May May 22 ? May 26 May 30 May

Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Lady Castlereagh Berg Collection James Spedding Mr. Ball [ ] John Douglas Cook Abraham Hayward Mr. Carlebach Mr. Carlebach Abraham Hayward Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield William Makepeace Thackeray Berg Collection Berg Collection Magdalene Brookfield Berg Collection Rev. William Brookfield Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fanshawe Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Brookfield and Mrs. Fanshawe Morgan Library Antonio Panizzi Huntington Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library [ ] Mrs. Sartoris Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Fanshawe Mr. Carlebach John Forster Berg Collection Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Benjamin Lumley Huntington Library Mrs. Bayne Mr. Wells Mrs. Fanshawe Mr. Pforzheimer Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller John Forster Huntington Library

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7°4· 705. 706. 707. 708. 709. 710. 711. 712. 713. 714. 715. 716. 717. 718. 719. 720. 721. 722. 723. 724. 725. 726. 727. 728. 729. 730. 731. 732. 733. 734. 735. 736. 737· 738. 739·

Date

3-5 June II June June 15 June 21 June 6 July 13 July 22 July 26 July 3 August 22 August 22 August 24 ? August 15 September ι October 3 October 3 October 8 October October October-3 November 4 November November November 26-28 November 27 November 29-30 November 18 December 22 December 23 December 24 December 26 December 29 December December ? 1850 1850 ? 1850

XXIX

Owner or Depositary

Addressee

Anne and Harriet Thackeray Richard Monckton Milnes ?

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Berg Collection Huntington Library Rev. Robert Montgomery Retz and Storm Mrs. Strutt Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Brookfield Charles Scribner's Sons Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Rev. Robert Montgomery Huntington Library Edward Chapman Huntington Library William Makepeace Thackeray Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Gore Mrs. Martin [ ] Henry Taylor Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Lady Eddisbury Huntington Library [ . ] Mrs. Sartorie Dr. Elliotson Berg Collection Mrs. Jámes Berg Collection Mrs. Fanshawe Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Brookfield William Allingham Lady Pollock ?

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Mrs. Brookfield Anne Thackeray Mrs. Brookfield Robert Smith Surtees George Morland Crawford Edward Chapman Berg Collection .[ ] Mrs. Brookfield Mrs. Gore Huntington Library

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Addressee 1851

740. 741. 742.

743· 744· 745· 746.

747· 748.

749· 750.

751·

752.

753· 754· 755-

756.

3 January January ? 6 January 6 January 8 January 9—12 January 1 3 - 1 6 January 14 January January January January ? 21 January January 29 January 31 January-2 February 9 February FebruaryMarch February 15 ? February 10 March

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Abraham Hayward Berg Collection Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library William Makepeace Thackeray Morgan Library William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Théodore Gudin Huntington Library Théodore Gudin Huntington Library Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Théodore Gudin Huntington Library William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Mrs. Brookfield Samuel Phillips

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. James 757· 758. Mark Lemon Henry Thomas Lowry759· Corry Rev. William Brookfield 760. 18 March 7 6 1 . 18-19 March? Mrs. Brookfield 7 6 2 . 26 March Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Procter 763· 16 April ? Thomas John Mazzinghi 764. April ? 7 6 5 . April ? Thomas John Mazzinghi 766. 29 April Mrs. Brookfield 7 6 7 . ι May Mrs. Brookfield 768. ι May Mrs. Procter Robert Smith Surtees 769. 3 May 7 7 0 . May Mrs. Procter May Mark Lemon 77*· David Masson 7 7 2 . 6 ? May Richard Doyle 773· 21 May Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle 774· 2 3 ? May Lady Castlereagh 775· 2 3 ? May

Morgan Library Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Berg Collection Huntington Library Morgan Library Morgan Library Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith]

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776. 777· 778. 779780. 781. 782. 783· 784. 785. 786. 787. 788. 789. 790. 791. 792. 793· 794· 795796. 797· 798. 799· 800. 801. 802. 803. 804. 805. 806. 807. 808. 809. 810. 811.

812. 813. 814.

Date

23 May 26 May ? 27 May ? 27 ? May 29 May ? 31 May 5 June 11 June 19 June 2 July 3 ? July 4 July 6 July 7 July 13-15 July 15 July 17-21 July July 23 August 12 September 21 September 24 September 9 October 9 October October 25 October 28 ? October 29 October 10 November ι o November 17-18 ? November 6 December 9 December 10 ? December 10 ? December December 22 ? December 28 December December

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xxxi Ovmer or Depositary

[ ] Abraham Hayward Secretary of the Royal Literary Fund Drexel Institute Mrs. Butler Haverford College Library [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Thomas Washbourne Gibbs [British Museum] Mrs. Bayne Berg Collection Mrs. Bayne Mr. Wells Charles Lamb Kenney Mr. Parrish Mr. Moffatt Berg Collection [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Lord Stanley of Alderley [ I [ . ] Mrs. Jameson Mr. Hawkins Berg Collection Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Frederick Gale Mr. Carlebach Thomas Washbourne Gibbs [British Museum] Dr. John Brown Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Anne Thackeray ? Mr. Carlebach .[ ] Dr. John Brown Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Williams and Norgate Berg Collection Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Anne and Harriet Thackeray [ ] Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Morgan Library Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller .[ ] Andrew Coventry Dick Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Mrs. Elliot Morgan Library

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1852 5 January 7 January 9 January 10 January 31 January 2 February 5 February 7 February 15 February February 25 February 26 February February ? ι March 5 March 10 March 13 March 15 March 16 March 22 March April 9 April April 14 April 16 April 16-17 April 17 April 1 7 - 1 9 April 22 April 23 April 25 April 26 April April ? 21 May 24 May 29 May 18-20 June 8 X . 21 June 852. 853· 30 June 8x5. 816. 817. 818. 819. 820. 821. 822. 823. 824. 825. 826. 827. 828. 829. 830. 831. 832. 833· 834· 835· 836. 837· 838. 839· 840. 841. 842. 843· 844. 845. 846. 847. 848. 849. 850. 5

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Mrs. Bayne Lady Elizabeth Thackeray Mary Holmes Richard Doyle Richard Pryme Mary Holmes Mary Holmes Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Eyre Crowe Berg Collection Mary Holmes Berg Collection Mary Holmes Mr. Parrish Albert Smith Colonel Drake Lady Pollock Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Berg Collection Richard Lee Berg Collection Mary Holmes Berg Collection Mrs. Gore Berg Collection Mary Holmes [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Dr. John Brown [[ ]] Mrs. Brown Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Huntington Library Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Rev. Grantham Yorke Dr. Eliot Berg Collection Dr. John Brown Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mary Holmes Berg Collection [ ] Willard L . Felt Dr. John Brown [ ] [ ] Rev. William Brookfield [ .] Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Berg Collection [ ] Anne and Harriet Thackeray

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854. 855. 856. 857. 858. 859. 860. 861. 862. 863. 864. 865. 866. 867. 868. 869. 870. 871. 872.

5 - 6 July 14 July 6 August 6 August 6 August 7 August 10 August 16 August 16 August 20 August 28 August September ? September ? 10 September 15 September September 19 September 21 September 2 1 September September 873874. 26 September— 20 January,

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Miss Martin Mr. Hill .[ ] William Allingham Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Mary Holmes Berg Collection .[ ] Thackeray's family Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Lady Holland Mr. Papantonio Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Gore Berg Collection Berg Collection Mrs. Gore Mrs. Fuller (in part) Harriet Thackeray Berg Collection Richard Lee Berg Collection Eyre Crowe Berg Collection Mrs. Fanshawe Mrs. Fuller Anne Thackeray Berg Collection Rev. Alexander Scott Mr. Wells Lady Elizabeth Thackeray

1853 29 September 30 September October ? October ? 6 October 14 October October 1 4 - 1 8 October 27 October 27 October 27 ? October 886. 29 October 887. 29 October 29 October 889. 29 October 890. 2 9 - 3 0 October 891. 2—il November

William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Samuel Laurence Berg Collection Samuel Laurence Berg Collection [ . ] Dr. John Brown

875. 876. 877. 878. 879. 880. 881. 882. 883. 884. 885.

Willard L . Felt Anne Thackeray Anne and Harriet Thackeray Edward Fitzgerald Lady Pollock Miss Trulock Mary Holmes Richard Monckton Milnes Mrs. Procter Lady Elizabeth Thackeray Anne and Harriet Thackeray

Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach Berg Collection [ ]

Anne and Harriet Thackeray

Mrs. Fuller

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892. 892a. 893. 894. 895. 896. 897. 898. 899. 900. 901.

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1 1 - 1 2 November 13 November 12 November 15 November November 23 November 23 November 23 November ? 25 November 25 November 26 ? November

902. 26-27 November 903. 27 November 904. 27 November 905. 28 NovemberI December 906. 29 November 907. 29 November 908. 30 November 909. 2 December 910. 5 December 911. 7 December 912. 19 December 913. December ? 914. 20 December 915. 20 December 916. 21 December 917. 22 December 918. 22 December 919. 23 December 920. 24 December 921. 24 December 922. 24 December 923. 30 December 924. 30 December 925. 30 December 926. December 927. 1852

Owner or Depositary

Addressee

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Hickling Prescott Mr. Carlebach William Hickling Prescott Berg Collection William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Colonel Lawrence Mr. Parrish Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Brookfield Morgan Library Mrs. Bancroft Massachusetts Historical Society Mrs. Fuller William Makepeace Thackeray ? Mr. Carlebach William Henry Appleton Massachusetts Historical Society Anne and Harriet Thackeray Brothers Harper George Palmer Putnam Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry ?

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Berg Collection Mrs. Madigan ? Morgan Library William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] ? Historical Society of Pennsylvania William Makepiece Thackeray [ ] Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Edward Livingston Wells Mrs. Madigan Libby Strong [ ] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller William Dickinson Berg Collection Mrs. Baxter and Sally Baxter [ ] Sally Baxter Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Abbott Lawrence Harvard College Library Henry Corry Rowley Becher Mrs. Plummer Frederick Pratt Barlow Mr. Eric Mrs. Baxter Mr. Beyer Mrs. Baxter [ ] Mrs. Baxter Mr. Carlebach William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] James T . Fields Mr. Carlebach Mr. Leslie [ ]

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928. 929. 93°· 931· 932. 933· 934· 935· 936. 937· 938. 939· 940. 941. 942. 943· 944· 945· 946. 947· 948. 949· 950. 951. 952. 953· 954· 955· 956. 957· 958. 959· 960. 961. 962. 963· 964. 965. 966.

Date

ι January ι ? January 2 January 2 ? January 2 January 4 January 15 January 17 January 20 January 21 January 2 1 - 2 3 January 23 January 2 3 January 26 January 1 - 4 February 2 February February 7—14 February 9 February 11 February 13 February 14 February 16 February 16 February 19 February 22 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 26 February ι March 3 March 3 March 3 March 4 March 8 March 11 March 11 March 12 March

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XXXV

Ovmer or Depositary

1853 George Edward Rice Colonel Drake Lucy Baxter Berg Collection Mrs. Baxter Berg Collection James Russell Lowell Goodspeed's Book Shop Rev. Theodore Parker M r . Wolf Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller John Reuben Thompson Carnegie Bookshop Harriet Thackeray Berg Collection Mrs. Baxter Mrs. Haight Huntington Library Lady Stanley of Alderley [ D r . Rosenbach] Mrs. Brookfield Professor Henry Hope Reed [Mrs. Gibson] [ ] Clement Cornell Biddle Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller [ ] Morton McMichael Morton McMichael [ ] [ D r . Rosenbach] Kate Perry Edward Everett Massachusetts Historical Society John Pendleton Kennedy Peabody Institute Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller [ . ] William Bradford Reed Mrs. Baxter Berg Collection [ . ] Morton McMichael Lucy Baxter Berg Collection ? Massachusetts Historical Society] £ . Mrs. Baxter Mrs. Baxter Berg Collection Lucy Baxter Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Synge M r . Carlebach Mrs. Baxter [ M r . Barrett] Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry [ D r . Rosenbach] Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller [ ] Albany Fonblanque William Makepiece Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Lucy Baxter ] Harriet Thackeray Huntington Library [ ] Mrs. Baxter

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967. 968. 969. 970. 971. 972. 973974975· 976. 977· 978. 979· 980. 981. 982.

14—19 March 19 March 23 March 25 March 2 5 - 2 8 March 2 April ? 2 April 4 April 5 April 5 April 15 April 20 April 20 April 20 April 3 May xo May 10 May 1 5 - 1 7 May 1 8 - 1 9 May 25 May June 3 June 9 June 17 June 21 June 25-3° J u n e 4 - 5 July 5 July 18 July 18 July 18 July 21 July 21 July 26 J u l y - 7 August ι September ι September ι September 6 September September 23 September

983· •984. 985. 986. 987. 988. 989. 990. 991. 992. 993· 994· 995· 996. 997· 998. 999· 1000. IOOI. 1002. 1003. 1004. 1005. 1006.

Ovmer or Depositary

Addressee

Anne and Harriet Thackeray [ ] James T . Fields [ ] ? [ ] D r . John Brown [ ] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller John Reuben Thompson Berg Collection James T . Fields Massachusetts Historical Society [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter Mrs. Bayne [ ] Alice Jane Trulock [ .] Berg Collection Lucy Baxter George Baxter Berg Collection James T . Fields [ ] George B. Jones [ ] Mrs. Baxter Mrs. George A. Martin Mrs. Baxter Berg Collection Mr. Chambers [ D r . Radin] Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Morgan Library T h e Baxters Berg Collection Mrs. Baxter Miss Maude Frank [Major Smith] Mrs. Procter Mrs. Baxter Berg Collection Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Nassau William Senior Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton [ ] T h e Baxters M r . Carlebach Sarah Baxter [ .] Mrs. Scott Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Libby Strong Berg Collection M r . and Mrs. Synge M r . Carlebach William Bradford Reed [ ] Oliver Strong Historical Society of Pennsylvania Sarah Baxter Bradbury and Evans Dr. and Mrs. Brown Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Lady Molesworth Bryan Waller Procter Mrs. Procter

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xxxvii Owner or Depositary

Mrs. Fuller 1007. 23 September Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Berg Collection 1008. 27 September Mrs. Baxter Lord Holland Mr. Emerson 1009. October Morgan Library Eyre Crowe 1010. 13 October ΙΟΙ I. 17-18 October-3 No- Libby Strong and Lucy Huntington Library Baxter vember [ ] 1012. 3 November Mrs. Baxter 1013. 3 November Sarah Baxter [ .] 1014. 18 November George Bancroft [Massachusetts Historical Society] 1015. 18 November George Ticknor Berg Collection 1016. 18 November George Baxter Berg Collection [ ] 1017. 22 November John Thaddeus Delane 1018. 22 November Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller ? 1019. 24 November Mrs. Madigan 1020. 30 November Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 1021. 30 November Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 1022. 30 November Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 1023. 5 December Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 1024. 17 December Mrs. Baxter and Sarah Baxter Berg Collection 1025. 31 December Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mr. Compton Berg Collection 1026. 1853 [ ] Robert Smith Surtees 1027. 1853? William Webb Follett Synge 1028. 1863 ? Mr. Carlebach 1854 1029. 1030. 1031. 1032. IO33· 1034. 1035. 1036. 1037. 1038. 1039. IO4O.

25-28 January January—4 February 28 January 6 February 7 February 7 February 18 February 25 February 7-8 March 8 March 17-28 March 26 March

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth

Mrs. Fuller

Mrs. Procter Lady Olliffe Charlotte Ritchie Mrs. Sartoris Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Lord Holland Percival Leigh Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Percival Leigh Mrs. Baxter George Godwin

[Major Smith] Mr. Carlebach Mr. Carlebach [ ] Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Morgan Library Mrs. Fuller Morgan Library Berg Collection [ ]

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No.

1041. 1042. IO43· 1044. 1045. 1046. 1047. 1048. 1049. 1050. 1051. 1052. IO53· 1054. 1055. 1056. 1057. 1058. 1059. 1060. 106

I.

1062. 1063. 1064. 1065. 1066. 1067. 1068. 1069. 1070. 1071. 1072. I0 73· 1074. 1075. 1076. 1077. 1078. 1079.

I April April 12 April 10 May 11 May May May 18 May 18 May 23 May 28 May 5 June 5 June 8 June June 12? June 14 June 16 June 21 June 24 June 18 July 15 August 18 August 18 August 19 August 19 August 20 August 28 August August ? 6 ? September September 14 September 16 September 29 September 17 October 24-25 October 7-8 November 8 November 8 November

Ovmer or Depositary

Addressee

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Jane Ritchie Percival Leigh Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth George Hodder ? Lucy Baxter Robert Herbert Story Mrs. Bayne Mrs. Cunningham Mrs. Procter Richard Doyle Lady Morgan Lady Stanley of Alderley Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Procter Dean Milman Mrs. James Percival Leigh Elizabeth Strong Mrs. Procter Mr. Ballard Willard S. Felt ?

?

Mrs. Fuller Mr. Carlebach Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller [ ] Mrs. Madigan [ ] Retz and Storm Mr. Wells Mr. Pforzheimer [Major Smith] Berg Collection Huntington Library Huntington Library Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith] [ ] Berg Collection Widener Collection Huntington Library [Major Smith] Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach Berg Collection Berg Collection [ ]

Richard Doyle Anne Thackeray Bradbury and Evans Mrs. Procter Anne and Harriet Thackeray Algernon West Paul Émile Daurand Forgues Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Procter Mrs. Procter Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth John Forster William Bradford Reed

Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection [Major Smith] Mrs. Fuller Mr. Metzdorf [ ] Mrs. Fuller [Major Smith] [Major Smith] Mrs. Fuller Mr. Arents [ ]

LIST OF L E T T E R S No.

1080. 1081. 1082.

1083. 1084. 1085. 1086. 1087. 1088. 1089.

Addressee

Date

20 November 2 December 4 December 10 December 11 December 30 December 31 December 1854 1854 ?

1854?

xxxix Ovmer or Depositary

Lady Olliffe M r . Carlebach James Hain Friswell M r . Carlebach Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library William Makepeace Thackeray M r . Carlebach Selina Shakespear [ ] M r . Wells John Blackwood [ ] Dr. and Mrs. Brown Morton McMichael [ .] Amédée Pichot Berg Collection ? Huntington Library 1855

1090. I09I. 1092. 1093. 1094. 1095. 1096. 1097. 1098. 1099.

January ι February ι February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 7 February 7 February 10 February

I xoo. IIOI. I 102. 1103. 1104. II05. 1106. I 107. II08. 1109. mo. I 111.

16 February 21 February 21 February 26 February March 6 - 7 March 17 March March ? 23 March 24 March 26 March 26 March 30 March i l April 17 April 22 April 26 April 26 April

1112.

III3. 1114. IIIS.

1116. III7.

A.A. David Roberts Rev. Whitwell Elwin Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth ?

Mr. Wells Dr. Rosenbach M r . Haight Mrs. Fuller (in part) Miss Benjamin [ ]

George Smith Percival Leigh M r . Carlebach Rev. John Allen Trinity College, Cambridge Robert Herbert Story M r . Carlebach T h e minister of the English church at L e Havre Berg Collection Mrs. Blackburn Huntington Library [ ] Edward Sartoris William Β e van [ ] Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library William Bevan Retz and Storm Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller ? Huntington Library [ M a j o r Smith] Mrs. Procter [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Frederick Mullett [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Berg Collection Edward Sterling M r . Carlebach ? Berg Collection ? [Library, Charterhouse School] Joseph Yorke M r . Lilly Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Goldsmid Mrs. Madigan M r . Toulin M r . Wells

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xl No.

; 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 122a. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131· 132. 133· 134· 135· 136. 137· 138. 139· 140. 141. 142. 143· 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153· 154. 155· 156.

Date

Owner or Depositary

Addressee

[ ] 28 April, 1855 George Henry Lewes S. N. Rowland 2 May [[ ]] Mrs. Bray 4 May John Forster 9 May M r . Carlebach George Hodder 19 M a y M r . Castles Richard Lee 19 May Berg Collection William Ritchie 25 M a y M r . Carlebach Lady Elizabeth Thackeray 28 May M r . Wells John Forster Berg Collection 3 June .[ ] Lady Pollock 11 June Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library 11 June William Howard Russell 13 June ] Samuel Morley 15 June Fitzwilliam Museum George B. Jones June ? Boston Public Library George B. Jones June ? Goodspeed's Book Shop [ ] Kate Perry 2 July Percival Leigh Gimbel Brothers i l July Albany Fonblanque 19 ? July J . J James Buchanan 27 July Historical Society of

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ι August 3 August August ? 6 September 6 September 6 September 12 September 14 September 22 September 29 September 2 October 5 October 5 October October 9 October I I October l i October 11 October 11 October 13 October 13 October

T o m Taylor Mrs. Baxter William Wetmore Story Rev. Whitwell Elwin George Hodder Charles Gavan D u f f y Rev. Whitwell Elwin Willard Felt George Smith Edmund Yates Mrs. Fanshawe T h e Baxters Mrs. Procter Charles Neate William Allingham Mrs. James

Pennsylvania [Miss T a y l o r ] Berg Collection Berg Collection Berg Collection [ ]

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Berg Collection [ M r . Barrett] [ ]

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Morgan Library Berg Collection [ M a j o r Smith] Huntington Library [ . ]

Berg Collection Huntington Library Lady Stanley of Alderley M r . Wells Lady Elizabeth Thackeray [ M a j o r Smith] Mrs. Procter Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth M r . Carlebach William Webb Follett Synge

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xli Ovmer or Defositary

No.

Date

[157. 158.

Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry 1 3 October 2 2 - 2 3 OctoAnne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller ber [ ] James T . Fields 30 October 3 0 - 3 1 October Mrs. Fuller Thackeray's family John Forster Berg Collection 3 1 October Miss Benjamin ι November James T . Fields [ ] ι ? November The Baxters November Bayard Taylor [ ] 6 November Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller 9 November James T . Fields Mrs. Madigan 1 3 - 1 4 November Thackeray's family Mrs. Fuller Mr. Carlebach 1 4 November Frank Fladgate Morgan Library 14 November Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry 16 ?—20 November Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 20 November William Charles Macready Retz and Storm Berg Collection 22 November William Wetmore Story Mr. Browning 24 November R. B. Campbell 25-28 NoAnne and Harriet Thackeray vember Mrs. Fuller 27 November William Wetmore Story Berg Collection 2 7 - 2 8 NoMrs. Elliot and Kate Perry vember [ Schuman]] [Mr. 3 December Dr. William Prescott Dexter 3 December Frederick Swartout Cozzens New York Public Library 3—4 DecemAnne and Harriet Thackeray ber Mrs. Fuller 9—II DecemAnne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller ber [Library, Charterhouse 1 1 December Charles Bradenbaugh School] i l December Mrs. Baxter and Sarah Baxter Berg Collection 1 4 - 1 8 December Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] 15 December James T . Fields Berg Collection [ ] 15 December Mrs. Baxter 18 December Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller

159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 73174· I

175· 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186.

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Owner or No.

Date

1 1 8 7 . 19 December I 188. 19 December 1189. 21 December I 190. 29 December—ι January, 1856 1 1 9 1 . 1855 1192. 28 December—ι January, 1856

Addressee

Mrs. Baxter Mrs. Baxter Charles Bradenbaugh

Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth George William Curtis

Defositary

Miss Frank Miss Frank [ ]

Huntington Library [ ]

Mrs. Elliot 1856

"93· "94· 1195. 1196. "97· 1198. "99· 1200. 1201. 1202. 1203. 1204. 1205. 1206. 1207. 1208. 1209. 1210. 1211. 1212. 1213. 1214.

5 January 5 January

Charles H. Brainard Berg Collection Henry Corry Rowley Becher [John and Alexander Becher] January ? Morton McMichael [ ] 6 January James T . Fields [ ] Mrs. Fuller 6—13 January Anne and Harriet Thackeray ? Haverford College Library 7 January Mrs. Baxter Berg Collection 11 January Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller 15 January James T . Fields Harvard College Library 16 January William Bradford Reed [ ] 16 January 1 7 - 2 7 JanuMrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Berg Collection ary James T . Fields D r . Rosenbach 21 January George William Curtis Goodspeed's Book Store 21 January 28 January— Huntington Library 23 March Rev. Whitwell Elwin Secretary, Georgia Historical 31 January Society [ M r . Barrett] Mrs. Fuller 2—7 February Anne and Harriet Thackeray M r . Carlebach 6—7 February Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Judge King [ M r . Parrish] 9 February ? - i 6 February Eyre Crowe Huntington Library 1 4 - 1 6 February Kate Perry [ D r . Rosenbach] [ ] 15 February Anne and Harriet Thackeray M r . Carlebach 17 February Mrs. Baxter

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Date

22-24 February 23 February 29 February— 4 March 7 - 1 0 March 1218 1219 10 March 15 March 1220 17 March 1221 2 2 - 2 3 March 1222 1223 24-26 March 1224 26 March 26 March 1225 1225a, 26 March 26 March I22Ó, 8 April 1227 1228 9 April 1229 10 April 123Ο 24 April 1231 26 April 1232 April 1233 7 M a y 7 - 9 May 1234 16 May 1235 19 June 1236 23 June 1237 1238 4 July 1 2 - 1 3 July 1239 1240 28 July 29 July 1241 10 September 1242 15 September 1243 14 October 1244 15 October 1245 15 October 1246 16 October 1247 17 October 1248 19 October 1249 1250 24 October 29 October 1251

A ddresse e

xliii Owner or Depositary

1215.

Anne and Harriet Thackeray M r . Knowles

Mrs. Fuller M r . Castles

Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Elliot Berg Collection Mrs. Procter [ M a j o r Smith] Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Huntington Library Rev. Whitwell Elwin Mr. Hogan Mrs. Elliot Berg Collection John Crerar Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Louis J. Cist R. Β Adam Collection Berg Collection William Duer Robinson Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Morgan Library Fullerton and Raymond John Crerar Berg Collection [ ] William Bradford Reed George Curtis and Mrs. Shaw M r . Parrish [ ] Judge Daly Mrs. Baxter Mr. Wells William Duer Robinson Berg Collection [ ] Baron Tauchnitz Mrs. Baxter M r . Carlebach Rev. Alexander John Scott Berg Collection Mrs. Procter [ M a j o r Smith] [ . ] Mrs. Hampton William Wetmore Story Berg Collection William Leighton Leitch Huntington Library Mrs. Elliot and Kate Perry Berg Collection George Smith [ . I William Macready Berg Collection M r . McDowell Morgan Library John Jones Merriman M r . Carlebach William Webb Follett Synge M r . Carlebach M r . Bowie Berg Collection [ ] D r . John Brown ? Morgan Library Eyre Crowe Berg Collection

LIST OF LETTERS

xliv No.

1252. 1253· 1254. 1255. 1256. 1257. 1258. 1259.

Date

30 October 2 November 7 November 7 ? November 8 - 1 1 November 11 November 12 November

1277. 1278. 1279. 1280.

18-21 November 19 November 24 November 25 November 26 November 27 November 27 November ι ? December 3 December 4 December 5 December 5 December 5 December 5 December 6 December December December 10-12 December 12 December 19 December 27 December 1856 ?

1281.

ι January

1260. 1261. 1262. 1263. 1264. 1265. 1266. 1267. 1268. 1269. 1270. 1271. 1272. 1273. 1274. 1275. 1276.

Addressee

Anne Thackeray Mrs. Baxter Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fanshawe

Owner or Depositary

Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller M r . Carlebach

Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fanshawe Berg Collection Miss Sinclair Library, University of California in Los Angeles Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller S.P. Huntington Library William Ritchie M r . Carlebach Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Procter [ M a j o r Smith] D r . and Mrs. Brown [ ] Mrs. Fanshawe Mayfair Bookshop John Allen Huntington Library Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Charlotte and Jane Ritchie M r . Carlebach Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray ? M r . Hill Widener Collection Sir Henry Davison Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library Mrs. Merivale Berg Collection William Webb Follett Synge M r . Carlebach Mrs. Hampton Mrs. Dunlop M a j o r Carmichael-Smyth M r . Carter

Mrs. Fülle

Anthony Coningham Sterling 1857

1282. 1283. 1284.

Major and Mrs. CarmichaelSmyth 6 - 8 January Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 9—12 January Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 11 January William Harrison Ainsworth

M r . Carlebach Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection

LIST OF LETTERS No. Date 1285. 13 January 1286. 13 January 1287. 17 January 1288. 23 January 1289. 30 January 1290. 8 February 1291. 8 February— 5 April 1292. 13 February 1293. 17 February 1294. 22 February 1295. February 1296. 26 February 1297. 26 February 1298. 3 March 1299. 3 March 1300. March 1301. 8 March 1302. 17 March 1303· 17 March 1304. 18 March 1305· 20 March 1306. 24 March 1307· 26 March 1308. 26 March 1309. 30 March 1310. 30 March 1 3 1 1 . 30 March 1 3 1 2 . 2 April 1313· 2 April 1314· 7 April 1315· 7 April 1316. 14 April 1317· 2 M a y 1318. 14 M a y 21 M a y I3I9· 1320. 29 M a y 1 3 2 1 . 31 M a y 1322. June 22 June Il23· 1324· i l July

xlv

Owner or Depositary ? Berg Collection William Harrison Ainsworth [ ] ? Huntington Library Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller ? M r . Carlebach Rev. Whitwell Elwin Huntington Library Addressee

Frederick Cozzens M r . Carlebach [ ] Anne and Harriet Thackeray Anne and Harriet Thackeray [ ] Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller A. Edmonston Berg Collection John Everett Millais M r . Wells [ ] John Everett Millais Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fanshawe Berg Collection Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller [ ] Lady Louisa de Rothschild Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Lady James Hay Berg Collection ? Widener Collection Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller J . D. Milne M r . Pforzheimer Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Robert Carruthers Dr. Rosenbach Lady Jane Ogilvy [ ] William Webb Follett Synge M r . Carlebach Lady Murray Huntington Library Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Thornton Hunt Wellesley College Library Lady James Hay Berg Collection George Frederick Pardon Mrs. Madigan [ ] James Reynolds Young William Bradford Reed M r . Carlebach George Frederick Pardon Berg Collection [ ] Bayard Taylor William Alexander Mackinnon M r . Carlebach Bayard Taylor Berg Collection [ ] Dr. John Brown Anne and Harriet Thackeray

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Date

Owner or Depositary

Addressee

1325· July 1326. 16 July 1327. 23 July 1328. 3 August

Lady Molesworth William Hepworth Dixon Lady Holland Thomas Buchanan Read

1329. 16 August !330· September ? 1331· 13 September 25 September !333- 26 October ? 1334· 31 October 1335· 31 October— 27 November 1336. 3 December 1337· 4 December

Colonel Sykes Mrs. Synge William Macready Joseph Parkes Lady Olliffe A. I. Hopkins

The Baxters Bradbury and Evans William Makepeace Thackeray 1338. 7 December Charles Dickens 11 December S. Low and Sons J 339· 1340. 24 December Friends of Lady Blessington 1341· 25 December Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 1342. 25 December—2 January, 1858 Dr. John Brown William Howard Russell J 3431857

Huntington Library Huntington Library Mrs. Madigan Historical Society of Pennsylvania Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach Mr. Metzdorf Mrs. Haight Mr. Carlebach Berg Collection

Berg Collection Huntington Library Widener Collection Widener Collection Berg Collection Widener Collection Mrs. Fuller

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1858 1344·

1345· 1346. 1347· 1348. 1349· 1350. 1351· 1352. 1253·

23 January25 February 19 February 22 February 25 February 3 March 11 March 2i March 2 April 3 April 9 April

William Duer Robinson Berg Collection William Charles Macready Huntington Library William Charles Macready Huntington Library John Reuben Thompson Mr. Carlebach .[ ] Dr. John Brown Lady Stanley of Alderley Huntington Library [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Thomas Fraser [Mr. Blatner] Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Berg Collection

LIST OF LETTERS Date

1 0 - 2 3 April May 24 May May 4 June 13 June 15 June 17 June 19 June 19 June 19 June 23 June 26 June 28 June ι July 6 July 10 July 10 July 10 July 17 July 25 July 27 July 18 August 25 August 20-23 September 18 October 4—10 November 24 November 26 November 28 November 4 December December ? 27 December 27 December 1858 ?

Addressee

xlvii Owner or Depositary

M r . Carlebach Mrs. Baxter Comte de Suzannet James Wilson Lady Stanley of Alderley Berg Collection Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mrs. Fuller Adelaide Procter [ M a j o r Smith] Edmund Yates Mrs. Fuller William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray [ 1 Committee of the Garrick Club [ ] Committee of the Garrick Club [ ] Edmund Yates [ ] Committee of the Garrick Club [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray and Edmund Yates [ ] Mrs. Becher Berg Collection Committee of the Garrick Club [ ] Edmund Yates [Comte de Suzannet] Chairman of the General Meeting of the Garrick Club Mrs. Fuller General Meeting of the Garrick Club [ ] N. Clayton M r . Wilson Edmund Yates [ ] Bradbury and Evans M r . Carlebach William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller ? Berg Collection T h e Baxters M r . Carlebach Lady Stanley of Alderley Patrick Kennedy

Huntington Library Morgan Library

Dr. John Brown [ ] [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Charles Dickens Committee of the Garrick Club [Mrs. Fuller] Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Lady Morgan Berg Collection Captain Atkinson Berg Collection [ ] Robert Chambers Madame L e Vert [ ]

LIST OF LETTERS

xlviii No.

1389. 1390. I

1

39 · 1392. 1393· 1394· 1395· 1396. J 397· 1398. 1399· 1400. 1401. 1402. 1403. 1404. 1405. 1406. 1407. 1408. 1409. 1410. 1411. 1412. 1413· 1414. 1415. 1416. 1417. 1418. 1419. 1420. 1421. 1422. 1423· 1424. 1425. 1426.

22 January 26 January February 2 March March 12 March 29 March 2 April 2 April 3-4 April 20 April 6 May 14 May 15 May 27 ? May 28 May 28 May 1859 27 June 28 June 24 July 3 August 3 ? August 23 August 7 September 10 September ? September— 16 October 29 September ι October 4 October 19 October 20 October 28 October ι November 1859 9 November 10 November 16 November

Owner or Depositary

Addressee

Date

1859 Sir Henry Knight Storks Dr. John Brown Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Mr. Leeming Frederic Chapman Charles Kingsley William Duer Robinson William Bradford Reed

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Mrs. Fuller Berg Collection Berg Collection Berg Collection Mrs. Fuller

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Mr. Sessler

Dr. John Brown [ ] William Hepworth Dixon Huntington Library Francis St. John Thackeray [ ] ? Mr. Carlebach Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Theresa Hatch Berg Collection Mrs. Dick Mrs. Blackwood [ ] Miss Cole Huntington Library Charles Lever Widener Collection Widener Collection Charles Lever John Elliot Jr. Huntington Library Mr. Carlebach Lady Molesworth Thomas Carlyle Berg Collection Rev. William Brookfield Morgan Library Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller George Smith [ ] Mrs. Procter [Major Smith] Alfred Tennyson George Smith Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth George Smith John Hollingshead William Makepeace Thackeray Anthony Trollope A Friend and Contributor George Smith Rev. Whitwell Elwin ? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Mrs. Fuller

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Mr. Browning Berg Collection

LIST OF LETTERS No.

1427 1428 1429 1430 1431

1432 1433 1434 1435

Date

18 November 19 November 28 November 6 December 15 December 15 December 16 December 27 December 1859

Addressee

M r . Cupples Robert Browning ?

xlix Owner or Depositary

Berg Collection [ . ]

Berg Collection Huntington Library Thomas Hood M r . Pforzheimer A . Anderson Berg Collection Mrs. Tennyson Huntington Library Mrs. Irvine William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Samuel Lucas Widener Collection 1860

1436. 1437· 1438.

H39· 1440. 1441. 1442. 1443· 1444. 1445· 1446. 1447· 1448. 1449. 1450. 1451. 1452. 1453· 1454· 1455· 1456. 1457· 1458. 1459· 1460. 1461. 1462. 1463. 1464.

4 January 17 January 23 January 26 January 26 January 7 February 20 February February ? March 6 March March 8 March 1 0 - 1 9 March 13 March 15 March 18 March March 31 March 13 April April 29 April 4 May 18 May 24 May 26 May 2 June June ? 8 July 10 July

William Allingham [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] George Smith [Mrs. Fuller] Kate Perry and Mrs. Crawfurd? [ ] Rev. Samuel Reynolds Hole Huntington Library Rev. Alexander M a c E w e n Berg Collection [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Henry Thompson [[ ]] George Smith C . W . Jones Mrs. Pearson Sir Edwin Landseer M r . Carlebach [ . ] George Smith John Frederick Boyes Morgan Library Sir Edwin Landseer Berg Collection Henry Thomas Buckle Huntington Library [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Adelaide Procter [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray George Smith [ ] Thornton Hunt University of Rochester Library Sir Henry Davison [ ] Bishop of St. Davids [ M r . Thirlwall] William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray [ ] Ernest Jones Huntington Library George Smith [ ] Samuel Allibone Huntington Library Henry C . Penwell M r . Carlebach

LIST OF LETTERS

1 No.

Date

465. 466. 467. 468. 469. 470. 471. 472. 473· 474· 475· 476.

l i July 18 July 28 July July 27 August 27 August August August ? ι September 27 September September 28 September September ? 3 November 8 November 15 November 17 November 5 December 14 December 19 December 21 December 25 December i860

477· 478. 479· 480. 481. 482. 483. 484. 485. 486. 487.

Addressee

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Owner or Depositary

]

William Duer Robinson Robert Dale Owen Huntington Library [ ] Rev. Whitwell Elwin Adelaide Procter [ .] Mrs. Gore Berg Collection William Smith Williams Widener Collection Robert Bell Mr. Carlebach William Smith Williams Huntington Library Lord ? Huntington Library Lady Elizabeth Thackeray Mr. Wells Lord ? Wake Forest College Library William Duer Robinson Berg Collection George Augustus Sala [ ] ? University of Texas Library Lady Elizabeth Thackeray Mr. Wells William Makepeace Thackeray Mr. Parrish Anthony Trollope Mr. Parrish Thomas Colley Grattan Mr. Carlebach [ ] John Skelton William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller [ . ] The Baxters George Smith Library of the Drexel Institute 1861

1488. ι January 1489. January 1490. January ? I49I. 13 January 1492. 21 January 1493· January 1494. l i February 1495. 11 February 1496. February 1497. ι April 1498. 2 April 1499. 18 April 1500. 21 April I50I. 25 April 1502. 2 May

George Smith Dr. John Brown George Smith Harvard William Makepeace Thackeray Frederick Walker Frederick Locker Frederick Locker Frederick Walker William Duer Robinson The Misses Jones Mrs. Browning William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Baxter William Webb Follett Synge

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Berg Collection Berg Collection [ ] Mrs. Fuller Miss Frank Mr. Carlebach

LIST OF LETTERS No.

Date

1 5 0 3 . 2 1 May 1504. 24 May 1505. 2 4 - 3 1 May 1506. May ? 1507. 1 3 June 1508. June 1509. ι July 1 5 1 0 . 3 1 July 1 5 1 1 . 6 August 1 5 1 2 . August ? I 5 1 3 · 3 September 1 5 1 4 . ι October 1 5 1 5 . 3 October 1 5 1 6 . 14 October 1 5 1 7 . 17 October 1 5 1 8 . 20 October 1 5 1 9 . 21 October 1520. October ? 1 5 2 1 . 2 November 1 5 2 2 . 19 November 1 5 2 3 . 30 November 1524. 1 3 December 1 5 2 5 . 24 December 1526. 1861 1 5 2 7 . 1861 1528. 1861

li Owner or Depositary

Addressee

William Makepeace Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Baxter Berg Collection [ ] Rev. Whitwell Elwin Frederick Walker [ .] Miss Campbell Berg Collection Rev. Whitwell Elwin Berg Collection [ ] Dr. John Brown Retz and Storm Thomas Fraser ? Berg Collection [ ] Frederick Walker George Smith John Frederick Boyes Miss Thackeray The Misses Jones Francis D. Finlay Miss Gassiot Lady Olliffe Frank Fladgate Frank Fladgate Mr. Holl Lady Olliffe George Virtue Mr. and Mrs. Martin John Skelton Adelaide Procter ?

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Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach

1862 1529. 1530· 153I· 1532· 15331534· 1535·

January ? February ? ι March ? 4 March 6 March March 18 March

1526. April 1 5 3 7 · 21 April 1 5 3 8 . April ? 1539· ι May

Frederick Walker [ ] ] Frederick Walker ] George Augustus Sala George Smith [[ ]] George Smith Joseph Swain Mrs. Haight Contributors and Correspondents, The CornhtU Magazine [ ] Frederick Mullett Evans [Mr. Scheide] Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Stephen Spring Rice [ ] ? Retz and Storm

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1540. 1541. 1542. 1543· 1544. 1545· 1546. 1547· 1548. 1549· 1550. 1551. 1552. 1553· 1554· 1555· 1556.

Date

Owner or Depositary

Addressee

William Webb Follett Synge M r . and Mrs. Baxter Frederick Clay George Smith Sir William Wellesley Knighton 15 June Frederick Walker M r . Durham Harvard 30 June George Smith ι July Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth 5 July 20 July Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Albany Fonblanque August August Mrs. Procter 22 September D r . Elliotson 3 November Mrs. William Ritchie 17 November George Cruikshank ? November ? 25 December T h e Baxters May 6 ? - 9 May May May 31 M a y

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1863 1557· 1558. 1559· 1560. 1561. 1562. 15631564. 1565. 1566. 1567. 1568. 1569. 1570. 1571. 1572. 1573· 1574. 1575· 1576.

12 January 21 January 4 February 9 March 17 March 18 March 24 March March ι May May 13 June 21 June 20 July August 4 September September 23 September September ? September ? 16 November

D r . Elliotson Berg Collection Sir Frederick Pollock ? Colonel Drake ? Fitzwilliam Museum Rev. Whitwell Elwin Berg Collection Lord Granville [ .] Mrs. William Ritchie Berg Collection Mrs. Martin [ .] Thomas James Thackeray ? Berg Collection Lady Londonderry Berg Collection Mrs. James Berg Collection Charles Heath Huntington Library ? M r . Parrish Sir William and Lady Knighton Berg Collection Mrs. Procter [ M a j o r Smith] Mrs. Caspar Wistar Berg Collection M r . Alexander Morgan Library Dr. John Brown [ ] George Smith [ ] Albany Fonblanque [ .] Berg Collection Mrs. Benzon

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No.

«577· 1578. 1579· 1580.

Addressee

Date

17 December 20 ? December 1863 1863

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LETTERS

George Smith Mrs. John Leslie William Bradford Reed Henry Thompson

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[ M r . Shane Leslie] [ ]

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1864 1581. 1582.

30 AprilI May 24 October

Mrs. Baxter Mrs. Baxter

[Miss Frank] [Miss Frank]

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LIST OF LETTERS

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Òli. 612. 613. 614. 615. 616. 617. 618. 619. 620. 621. 622. 623. 624. 625. 626. 627. 628. 629. 630. 631. 632. 633· 634· 635· 636. 637· 638. 639· 640. 641. 642. 643· 644.

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Addressee

Henry Henry Henry Henry

Cole Cole Cole Cole

Berg Berg Berg Berg

Collection Collection Collection Collection

John Payne Collier Folger Shakespeare Library Dudley Costello Berg Collection George Cruikshank Mr. Pforzheimer Mr. Pforzheimer Mrs. Cunningham Charles Anderson Dana Mrs. Madigan Henry Davison [ ] Secretary of the Deanery Club [ ] Charles Dickens Mr. Elkins Richard Doyle Berg Collection Mr. Carlebach D. Mrs. Elliot [ ] Dr. Elliotson .[ ] Rev. Whitwell Elwin Huntington Library Frederick Mullett Evans Frederick Mullett Evans Frederick Mullett Evans Mrs. and Miss Fanshawe Mrs. Fanshawe Mrs. Fanshawe Mr. Faulkner Mrs. John FitzGerald John Forster John Forster James Fraser Thomas Fraser Mrs. Hall Mrs. Hawes Lady Hawes Leigh Hunt Mrs. Irvine William Jerdan

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Mrs. Tieken

Mr. Weitz Mr. Weitz Mr. Weitz

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Morgan Library

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Mr. Pforzheimer

LIST OF LETTERS No.

645. 646. 647. 648. 649. 650. 651. 652. 653· 654. 655· 656. 657. 658. 659. 660. 661. 662. 663. 664. 665. 666. 667. 668. 669. 670. 671. 672. 673· 674. 675· 676. 677. 678.

Date

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lv Owner or Defositary

Addressee

John Kenyon Berg Collection Sir William Knighton John Leech Berg Collection William Leighton Leitch Berg Collection Mrs. MacCullagh Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Macready Berg Collection Lord Mahon ? [ . I Berg Collection Mrs. Martin Mrs. Martin Bodleian Library Richard Monckton Milnes ? Widener Collection Sir William and Lady Huntington Library Molesworth Berg Collection Mrs. Montgomery Mr. Pforzheimer Mrs. Montgomery Alfred Montgomery Mr. Carlebach Lady Morley Gimbel Brothers Lady Morgan ? Huntington Library George William Nickisson Mr. Carlebach Mrs. Olliffe Fitzwilliam Museum Lady Olliffe Mr. Carlebach Lady Olliffe Joseph Parkes New York Public Library Kate Perry Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock [ ] Mr. Prideaux Mrs. Prinsep Mrs. Procter Mrs. Procter Bryan Waller Procter R. A. Radcliffe Charlotte Ritchie Samuel Rogers Lady Rachel Russell Laura Smith

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LIST OF LETTERS

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Date

679. 680. 681. 682.

[ 1 8 5 4 - -1861

683. 684. 685. 686. 687. 688. 689. 690. 691. 692.

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Owner or Depositary

Addressee

James Spedding M r . Ball Clarkson Stanfield [Mrs. Walton] Mrs. Sturgis [ ] William Makepeace Thackeray Synge [ ] William Webb Follett Synge Mrs. Madigan William Webb Follett Synge M r . Carlebach William Webb Follett Synge M r . Carlebach William Webb Follett Synge M r . Carlebach Alfred Tennyson [ ] Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Anne Thackeray Mrs. Fuller Anne and Harriet Thackeray Mrs. Fuller General Thackeray M r . Wells Berg Collection Mr. Tornow Anthony Trollope N e w York Public Library Horatio Waddington ? M r . Carlebach M r . Waller [ ] Huntington Library Mrs. Eliot Warburton Samuel W a r d Boston Public Library Berg Collection Samuel Warren Berg Collection Williams and Norgate

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A CHRONOLOGY OF THACKERAY'S LIFE 1811 1812 1815 1817

July 18 Jan. 3 Sept. 13 June 15 Nov.

1819

1822

Jan. Aug. 7

1824

April 6

1825

1828 1829 1830

1831 1832

April 16 May-June Feb. July-Sept. April June March J"

Germany, chiefly at Weimar

June 3

Admitted to the Middle Temple

June-July

In Devon and Cornwall electioneering for Charles Buller In France, chiefly at Paris

July 31—Nov. 25 1833

Born in Calcutta Baptized at St. John's Church, Calcutta Death of his father, Richmond Thackeray Arrives in England from India At the Arthurs' school in Southampton Mrs. Richmond Thackeray marries Captain Henry Carmichael-Smyth At the Turners' school in Chiswick Captain and Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth return to England Enters Charterhouse School in London Major Carmichael-Smyth becomes Governor of Addiscombe Major Carmichael-Smyth resigns the governorship of Addiscombe Becomes a day boy at Charterhouse School, boarding with Mrs. Boyes T h e Carmichael-Smyths move to Larkbeare, near Ottery St. Mary's, in Devon Leaves Charterhouse School 111 at Larkbeare Matriculates at Trinity College, Cambridge Vacations in Paris Surreptitious visit to FitzGerald in Paris Leaves Cambridge after losing £1,500 at play

Jan. May June-Aug. Oct.-Nov.

In London at 5 Essex Court, engaged in bill-discounting Becomes part owner of The National Standard Paris correspondent of The National Standard Studies art in Paris Loses the bulk of his fortune in the failure of an Indian bank

A C H R O N O L O G Y OF T H A C K E R A Y ' S L I F E

Iviii 1834

Feb. ι Sept.

Major and Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth move from Larkbeare to 18 Albion Street, London Meets Isabella Shawe

1835

1836

April Aug. 20 Sept. 1 9

1837

March June 9 July ι Nov.

1838

May

1839

J«iy 9 March 1 4

1840

May 27 June July Aug. i ? - ι 6 Aug. 20-Sept. 6 Sept. 1 3 ? Sept. 15-Oct. 9 Oct.—Nov. Nov.

1841

Issues the last number of The National Standard Settles in Paris to study art

Jan. April 5 May June 2 5 - J u l y 20 Aug.-Oct. Sept.

Publication of Flore et Zéfhyr Marries Isabella Shawe at the British Embassy in Paris First article as Paris correspondent of The Constitutional published Settles in London at 18 Albion Street Birth of Anne Isabella Thackeray (later Lady Ritchie) Issues last number of The Constitutional First installment of The Yellowflush Corresfondence appears in Fraser's Magazine Moves his household to 1 3 Great Coram Street First installment of Catherine appears in Fraser's Magazine Birth of Jane Thackeray Death of Jane Thackeray Birth of Harriet Marian Thackeray (later Mrs. Leslie Stephen) First installment of A Shabby Genteel Story appears in Fraseas Magazine Publication of The Paris Sketch Book Travelling in Belgium alone With his family in Margate His wife's insanity is revealed when she attempts to drown herself en route from London to Cork With his family in Cork, living near Mrs. Shawe Takes his family to Paris by way of Clifton and London Places his wife in Esquirol's Maison de Santé Publication of The Second Funeral of Nafoleon Removes his wife from Esquirol's Maison de Santi Entrusts his wife to a nurse Visits John Bowes in South Durham and Milnes in Yorkshire With his wife at a sanatorium near Boppard on the Rhine First installment of The Great Hoggarty Diamond appears in Fraseas Magazine

A C H R O N O L O G Y OF T H A C K E R A Y ' S L I F E 1842

1843

1844

Jan.? Feb. 9 MayJune 18 July 4-N0V. ι April May Aug. 4 - 3 0 Dec. Jan. Aug. 22 Nov. 26 Dec.

1845

Feb. April May June Oct.

1846

Jan. March 7

1847

June Sept. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2 Feb. 7 June Dec.

1848

April

June 29 July 26-Aug. 19 Aug. 3

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Meets Mrs. Brookfield Places his wife with Dr. Puzin at Chaillot Living at 1 3 Great Coram Street with Colonel and Mrs. Carmichael First identified contribution to Punch In Ireland Gives up 13 Great Coram Street Publication of The Irish Sketch Book Visits the Low Countries with Stevens Takes rooms at 27 Jermyn Street First installment of Barry Lyndon appears in Fräset's Magazine Leaves from Southampton on a tour of the Mediterranean Arrives in Rome from Egypt Final installment of Barry Lyndon appears in Traseras Magazine Returns to London from Rome Moves from 27 Jermyn Street to 88 St. James's Street Early chapters of Vanity Fair in Colburn's hands Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth and his children visit him in London His wife is brought to England and placed in the care of Mrs. Bakewell in Camberwell Publication of Notes of a Journey from Cornhül to Grand Cairo First installment of The Book of Snobs appears in Punch Moves to 1 3 Young Street, Kensington His children come to live with him in London Publication of Mrs. Perkins's Ball First number of Vanity Fair appears Brookfield protests against the warmth of his affection for Mrs. Brookfield Final installment of The Book of Snobs appears in Punch "False as Hell" quarrel with Forster Publication of Our Street The Brookfields settle at 1 5 Portman Street, where Harry Hallam comes to live with them later in the year Vanity Fair finished Travelling on the continent alone Begins Pendennis

A C H R O N O L O G Y OF T H A C K E R A Y ' S L I F E

Ix Oct.

1849

Oct. 25?-3