BIB_ID
284646
Accession number
MA 741.16
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1840 May 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 11.3 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).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Sending two "very premature letters from a certain Mr. Macray of Oxford" who wants to be the London Library's librarian; stating that they "want greatly a man experienced in Public Meetings"; expressing concern over the public meeting that is approaching: "my practical petition is, that you keep me very deep in the background ... I am in no case for speaking at present."
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