BIB_ID
377171
Accession number
MA 1080.34
Creator
Carlyle, John Aitken, 1801-1879.
Display Date
[1851 Jan. 10].
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; date 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; date 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
Forwarding a letter from Scotsbrig about their mother's health; noting that he will be staying with "Gordon" until he leaves for Scotsbrig on Tuesday; adding that he has "been at Dalkeith to see [his] old patients" and is writing from "the college of physicians"; promising to forward a pamphlet from Dr. [William Pulteney] Alison.
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