BIB_ID
376964
Accession number
MA 1080.3
Creator
Carlyle, James, 1758-1832.
Display Date
1817 Sept. 4.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr. Thos. Carlyle / Mrs. Skeenes / Kirk Wynd / Kirkcaldy."
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Reporting on Thomas's mother's return to health following an illness: "some times one would think nothing ailed her and at other times she is a little flightly"; remarking that they have "taken in" their "clover hay"; telling him, "Your Mother says two of your shirts is about made and she will send them out the first opportunity"; asking him to write with "all [his] news."
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