Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill.
File
Identifier: MS.618
Scope and Contents
The letters are in continuation of MSS.610-617. Seven of the letters are copies.
Dates
- Creation: 1831-1869.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
116 Items ; Large quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
116 letters, hinged.
Custodial History
The letters were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby’s Sale, 11 November 1930, lots 379-380.
Bibliography
Of 87 letters of Thomas Carlyle, 77 are published in ‘Letters of Carlyle to Mill, Sterling, and Browning’, edited by Alexander Carlyle (London, 1923); and of 29 letters of John Stuart Mill, 17 are in ‘Letters of John Stuart Mill’, edited by Hugh Elliot, 2 volumes (London 1910).
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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk