BIB_ID
284461
Accession number
MA 741.3
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1849 July 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21.7 cm
Notes
Although this letter appears after the title page "Letters to his brother James," the letter is most likely to Carlyle's brother John.
Part of a bound collection of 56 letters and notes from Thomas Carlyle, 7 signed receipts, 4 prints, and a photograph; items in the collection are described individually (MA 741.1-68).
Part of a bound collection of 56 letters and notes from Thomas Carlyle, 7 signed receipts, 4 prints, and a photograph; items in the collection are described individually (MA 741.1-68).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Providing his brother with his intended route in Ireland so his brother can direct letters to him; describing his travels in Ireland: "everywhere I get beautifully along; have nothing to complain of, except that the people are too assiduous about me, and that I cannot well manage to secure enough of sleep"; giving his impressions of Cork; sending greetings to his mother and asking his family to forward the letter to his sister Jean.
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