BIB_ID
81511
Accession number
MA 1080.2
Creator
Carlyle, James, 1758-1832.
Display Date
1817 July [23].
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr. Thos. Carlyle / Mrs. Skeenes' / Kirkwynd / Kirkcaldy."
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With postmark; day is from postmark.
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With postmark; day is from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Giving details of Thomas's mother's recent illness; reporting that she "is now a great d[eal] better"; telling him that they "are all going on in the old way and [their] crop is looking very well all but one field of corn that the grub worm sat on to destroy"; sending compliments from his "Mother Brothers and Sisters."
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