BIB_ID
284650
Accession number
MA 741.18
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1840 Dec. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 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).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Sending a letter from a candidate for the librarianship named Simpson; mentioning that Cochrane, another candidate, sent "an immense letter" and a "considerable pamphlet of testimonials"; stating his conviction that Cochrane "will be the most important of acquisitions" for the library.
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