BIB_ID
377055
Accession number
MA 1080.14
Creator
Carlyle, Alexander, 1797-1876.
Display Date
1832 Sept. 10.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esq. / Craigenputtoch."
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With seal.
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Discussing a horse belonging to Thomas Carlyle and recommending that he look for "an older more sober and more steady" horse; reporting that he will be in Dumfries "on Wednesday week" and would like to see him there; noting that they don't have much of their crop out yet; telling him that he has been "binding a roof and slating the thing all with [his] own hands" so "the cows could be brought in all night."
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