Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1806 November 22
- Call Number:
- MSS 29
- Creator:
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
- Title(s):
- Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray
- Date:
- 1806 November 22
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- [31]
- Provenance:
- Paul Mellon Collection.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- Discusses Mr. Piozzi's improved health; he has finally gotten out of bed with the help of food and five bottles of Madeira. Mrs. Piozzi laments that Europe will not so quickly recover from "her...illness." Piozzi describes dramatic weather and twice addresses Dr. Thackeray in French. People mentioned: Mr. Piozzi, Mrs. Thackeray, Rev. Mr. Taylor, Mr. Jones, Queen Elinor and fair Rosamund.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages (2 leaves) : autograph letter, signed ; 23 x 19 cm.
- Genre:
- Correspondence and Letters
- Subject Terms:
- Authors, EnglishFirst Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797GoutMedicineNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815PhysiciansPolitics and government
- Subject Period:
- 1789-182018th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Piozzi, Gabriele Mario, 1740-1809Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Finding Aid Title:
- Hester Lynch Piozzi Letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2613
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2613?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1