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Autograph letter signed : Gort, Co. Galway, to Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1849 July 27.

BIB_ID
292146
Accession number
MA 7349.3
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
1849 July 27.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection that includes a photograph of Thomas Carlyle with a separate signed inscription; two letters from Thomas Carlyle to Jane Welsh Carlyle; and one letter from Margaret Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle's mother, to her son. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 7349.1-4).
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Complaining that he did not sleep well because of "snoring neighbours, bawling watchmen, [and] bad diet"; describing his travels in Galway; reporting that he found two letters and a newspaper from her at Galway City; discussing his travel plans.