BIB_ID
377169
Accession number
MA 1080.33
Creator
Carlyle, John Aitken, 1801-1879.
Display Date
[1850] Dec. 26.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esq. / 5 Cheyne Row / Chelsea / London."
Envelope with postmark, postage stamp, and seal; year is from postmark.
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
Envelope with postmark, postage stamp, and seal; year is from postmark.
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
Describing his visits with [Thomas] Erskine and the Fergusses; commenting on letters he received from Scotsbrig and their brother Alick; promising to write to Jane [Carlyle] soon; mentioning an article on Carlyle's "Latter Day Pamphlets" that appeared in the Times; encouring his brother to "give us some more Pamphlets this season."
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