BIB_ID
284596
Accession number
MA 741.13
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
[1840 Feb. 26?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.7 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 "Wednesday."
The letter is dated "Wednesday."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Stating that "the Morpeth project" -- to involve Lord Morpeth (later Earl of Carlisle) in a meeting for the London Library -- "is under way"; asking if Christie can join him during the "Meeting" to await the result; mentioning that he left prospectuses for Richard Monckton Milnes; encouraging Christie to "leave no stone unturned" in drumming up support.
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