BIB_ID
377147
Accession number
MA 1080.27
Creator
Carlyle, John Aitken, 1801-1879.
Display Date
1836 Dec. 18-20.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esq. / 5 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 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
Describing his situation in Rome; remarking that he "feel[s him]self in much better health and spirits in [his] own lodging"; discussing the spread of cholera and noting that "the fear of quarantine and cholera" is keeping away many visitors; mentioning that there is stiff competition in the practice of medicine in Rome; commenting on their brother Alick's plan to go to America and noting, "one thing seems to be clear with regard to America, that no man needs be in want if he is willing to work"; adding that he will talk to the Americans he knows to see if he can gain any practical information to convey to Alick.
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