BIB_ID
377185
Accession number
MA 1080.36
Creator
Carlyle, John Aitken, 1801-1879.
Display Date
[1851 July 17].
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.8 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
Sending him fabric specimens "for the two pairs of projected trousers"; telling him that everyone is "pretty well" at Scotsbrig; mentioning a letter from Jean [Aitken Carlyle].
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