BIB_ID
284506
Accession number
MA 741.9
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1840 May 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 18.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Date is from postmark.
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).
With postmark and seal, addressed to W.D. Christie, 4 Harcourt Buildings, Temple.
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).
With postmark and seal, addressed to W.D. Christie, 4 Harcourt Buildings, Temple.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Saying he was sorry he could not see him yesterday and asking Christie to "come down hither" to see him; sending him addresses for new circulars; stating that they "must begin advertising."
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