Thackeray's letter and Dickens's shorthand reply

On the right-hand half of a folded sheet of paper is a letter neatly written in black ink on white paper, thin enough to see the words written overleaf. The joined up handwriting is neatly spaced in straight lines and easily decipherable. On the left-hand side, eight lines of Brachygraphy shorthand annotation are written about the stamp and address. Parts of the wax seal remain on the top left corner and bottom left edge.

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Title

Thackeray's letter and Dickens's shorthand reply

Subject

letters (correspondence)
shorthand
Charles Dickens
William M. Thackeray

Description

A letter addressed to Charles Dickens from author William M. Thackeray with Dickens's reply noted in Brachygraphy shorthand

Creator

Dickens, Charles
Thackeray, William M.

Source

Charles Dickens Museum, London (B174_A516)

Date

1847

Rights

Courtesy of the Charles Dickens Museum, London. Please seek further permission from the Museum to reuse this image.

Format

image/tif

Identifier

B174_A516

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Original Format

letters (correspondence)

Citation

Dickens, Charles and Thackeray, William M., “Thackeray's letter and Dickens's shorthand reply,” The Dickens Code, accessed July 14, 2025, https://dickenscode.omeka.net/items/show/10.

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