BIB_ID
284614
Accession number
MA 741.15
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
[1840 Feb. 29?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.8 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 "Saturday."
The letter is dated "Saturday."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Commending him on his 21 letters written in a day; noting that Lord Morpeth [George William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle] has not yet responded about whether he will chair a meeting; commenting on Richard Monckton Milnes's efforts to persuade people to support the London Library.
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