BIB_ID
377161
Accession number
MA 1080.30
Creator
Aitken, Jean Carlyle, 1810-1888.
Display Date
1840 Apr. 8.
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Thomas Carlyle Esq. / 5 Cheyne Row / Chelsea / London."
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With postmark and seal.
Part of a large collection of letters to Thomas Carlyle. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 1080 for details.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased from E.D. North, 1929.
Summary
Noting that she has been expecting a letter from him for a long time, but their mother brought news from him when she visited; informing him that their "mother is very well since she came here" and "has been busy patching quilts & making & mending in the most motherly style"; announcing that the wife of their mother's brother has died; discussing their brother's efforts to procure pipes; giving news of her family's activities and health; quoting from a letter from John Aitken Carlyle; asking how Jane Carlyle is doing.
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