BIB_ID
377135
Accession number
MA 1080.25
Creator
Carlyle, John Aitken, 1801-1879.
Display Date
1836 July 27.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Reporting that he had a good journey from "Manchester and its smoky environs" to London; adding that he "found every thing well" at Cheyne Row; giving details of Lady Clare's plan to travel to Italy for the winter; mentioning that he and Tom "intend making two or three short excursions among the suburbs of London while Tom is taking his recreation"; noting that he "found out Mrs. [Edward] Irving's house" and "she seems in a prosperous way, supported ... by those who adhered to her husband"; commenting on shared acquaintances in London; hoping that she will do some sightseeing in Manchester and warning her against "a state of stagnation and nervousness."
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