BIB_ID
284853
Accession number
MA 741.60
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1853 May 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.1 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
Asking him if he knows of any mention in ancient history of a Roman centurion named Quintus Icilius.
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