BIB_ID
284871
Accession number
MA 741.66
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1859 May 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 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
Giving details of George II's efforts to rally troops in 1741-2; asking about a "camp on the coast of Kent" that may have existed in 1741 and whether there is any "precise English evidence" about it.
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