BIB_ID
284484
Accession number
MA 741.6
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
[1840 Dec. 31?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
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).
The letter is dated "Thursday evg."
The letter is dated "Thursday evg."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Listing reasons for hiring Cochrane as the librarian for the London library; noting the need for a good manager who will be "a wise servant"; discussing the library's budget (£4000) and what he thinks the library should buy; asking to borrow a library catalog; mentioning that their "first set of purchases ought to be popular, entertaining, & what people will read and continue to read."
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