BIB_ID
377035
Accession number
MA 1080.12
Creator
Carlyle, John Aitken, 1801-1879.
Display Date
1830 Nov. 15.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esq. / Craigenputtock / Dumfries N.B."
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With postmark and 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 seal.
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Reporting that he is "well & extremely busy"; thanking him for his letter; commenting on his medical studies in London; mentioning his efforts to publish in Fraser's Magazine; noting that he received "a proof of a long criticism which [he] scribbled some time ago on Sir W[alter] Scott's new book on Demonology & Witchcraft"; telling him that he has "not closed with [John Gibson] Lockhart about the projected Hist[ory]"; remarking that "[James?] Fraser is best because he troubles you with no alterations, but his pay is small"; saying that he is "sorry for [Francis] Jeffrey & his criticisms; they go against the grain even with himself"; adding that he saw C[harles] Buller and he seemed "unwell."
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