BIB_ID
377231
Accession number
MA 1081.3
Creator
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866.
Display Date
[1841 July 6].
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (10 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Cover sheet with postage stamps, postmark, and seal; date is from postmark.
Part of a collection of four letters from Jane Welsh Carlyle to her husband, Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1081 for more details.
With a separate cover sheet addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esqr. / Scotsbrig / Ecclefechan / N.B."
Part of a collection of four letters from Jane Welsh Carlyle to her husband, Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1081 for more details.
With a separate cover sheet addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esqr. / Scotsbrig / Ecclefechan / N.B."
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Describing how she waited anxiously to hear that he had arrived safely in Scotland; commenting on plans to stay at Annan or Tynemouth and observing that she needs to visit her mother "after the positive hopes [she has] given her"; mentioning a visit from [Godefroy] Cavaignac; adding that John Sterling "is said to be coming up on Wednesday"; noting that [Giuseppe] Mazzini brought over "a long and eloquent article" about Thomas Carlyle for her approval; giving details of Mazzini's review; informing him that a packet has come from [James] Fraser's but she is "too honest to lay hands on it"; remarking that she had a terrible headache the day after he left and suggesting that it may have been caused by old buttermilk.
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