BIB_ID
403403
Accession number
MA 13651
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
Display Date
[December 1838].
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Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.9 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Date of writing from The Carlyle Letters Online.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Asking him for information about obtaining a private room at the British Museum and requesting his assistance; noting that he is also considering requesting books from Cambridge and still pursuing his scheme for a "London Library"; informing him that he is currently reading about the Protectorate of Cromwell, although "whether that will come to anything or not remains entirely dubious as yet".
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