BIB_ID
377083
Accession number
MA 1080.19
Creator
Carlyle, John Aitken, 1801-1879.
Display Date
1834 Oct. 3-4.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esq. / 5 Great Cheyne Row / Chelsea / London."
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
Telling him that Lady Clare has taken "very magnificent apartments" in Albano, and they don't plan to return to Rome until the beginning of November; complaining of the heat in Naples during the summer and expressing relief that they have left Naples; describing Mt. Vesuvius's volcanic activity while they were in Naples; giving an account of a lightning strike on their house in Naples and remarking that Lady Clare "will most likely be terrified all her life whenever a severe thunderstorm comes"; musing on mortality; giving an account of his own health, state of mind, and plans for the future; thanking him for a letter that discussed Thomas Carlyle's new situation in London; reminding his brother to do his work in moderation; mentioning a hike up Monte Albano.
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