BIB_ID
284341
Accession number
MA 68.6
Creator
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866.
Display Date
[1861 Oct. 25].
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 16.5 cm
Notes
Docketed ("25 Octr. 1861 Mrs. Carlyle"). Also with the note "endorsed by Alexander Gilchrist [H.H.G.]"; Alexander Gilchrist was Anne's husband.
Part of a collection of 7 letters from Jane Welsh Carlyle, 2 letters from Thomas Carlyle, and 2 prints; described in 11 individual records (MA 68.1-11).
Part of a collection of 7 letters from Jane Welsh Carlyle, 2 letters from Thomas Carlyle, and 2 prints; described in 11 individual records (MA 68.1-11).
Summary
Sending her condolences because Mrs. Gilchrist's children have scarlet fever; telling her she has not forgotten the money she owes for brown flour and will pay it if Mrs. Gilchrist will remind her of the amount; ordering half a sack of white flour; asking if she wants any books; informing her that "Mr. C. stupidly forgot again about All the year round and sent it off the day it came."
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