BIB_ID
284344
Accession number
MA 68.7
Creator
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866.
Display Date
[1861 Dec. 9?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 6.3 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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).
With the name of the letter writer and the date on the verso (in Anne Gilchrist's hand?).
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).
With the name of the letter writer and the date on the verso (in Anne Gilchrist's hand?).
Summary
Asking her to come over after dark "when you would only have to throw a shawl over your head ... and come straight up to my bedroom without having to see or speak to anybody"; explaining that she has been confined to the house by illness; noting that she hopes the doctor will allow her to go out soon so she can visit Anne Gilchrist.
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