Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Scope and Contents
Also included are a joint letter of Thomas and Jane Carlyle to Carlyle’s mother, 1831, and letters of Lady Harriet Baring, 1848, John Stuart Mill, 1858, and Émile Montégut, 1865.
Dates
- Creation: 1827-1866.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
8 Volumes ; Large quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The letters are numbered 1-747.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1930, with MSS. 601-609, by Alexander Carlyle, Edinburgh, nephew of Thomas Carlyle, in continuation of his previous gifts.
Separated Materials
See also MS.618.
Physical Description
Bound in Levant morocco. The letters are hinged.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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