BIB_ID
284755
Accession number
MA 741.35
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1849 Dec. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 18 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
Commending the work of John Davis, an editor for Mr. Robson, who added committee lists and a "long-parl[iamen]t list" to Carlyle's Cromwell; noting that Davis should be paid for his work on the lists, and adding that he is prepared to pay £5 if Chapman thinks he should cover it.
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