BIB_ID
377243
Accession number
MA 1081.4
Creator
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866.
Display Date
[1851 Dec. 10].
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 18.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "T. Carlyle Esqr. / 5 Cheyne Row / Chelsea / London."
Envelope with postage stamp, 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.
Envelope with postage stamp, 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.
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Telling him that a terrible headache prevented her from writing yesterday; describing her difficulties in trying to mediate between "Lady [Harriet] A[shburton]" and "Lady Sandwich"; giving details of her recent illness; mentioning that Lady Ashburton has invited [William Makepeace] "Thackeray and his two girls to come on the 23d and stay over Christmas day."
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