Note 21 to Chapter 4 of the author's Pegasus in Harness: Victorian Publishing and W. M. Thackeray, which University Press of Virginia published in 1992. It has been included in the Victorian Web with the kind permission of the author, who of course retains copyright.
According to Barnes (ibid., p. 196) the objections and Crampton's and Thackeray's résumé are extant in the Public Records office, F05/ 563 / 312-21, London. Thackeray's memorandum relating to this transaction is in the Crampton Papers, Bodleian Library.
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