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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of Thomas and Jane Carlyle and Joseph Neuberg.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.551-554
Scope and Contents

The letters (in continuation of MSS.519-534) cover the period of the composition of ‘Frederick the Great’, for which Joseph Neuberg acted as Thomas Carlyle’s voluntary secretary.

Dates: 1839-1867.

Correspondence of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, with some of other members of their circle., 1816-1875, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2883
Scope and Contents The correspondence is preceded by a copy, 1876 (watermark), of the Minutes of Kirkcaldy Town Council, 1815-1816, relating to the appointment of Thomas Carlyle as schoolmaster there, and a printed notice, 1816, of Smith and Johnstone's school at Ecclefechan. Mrs Carlyle's letters, 1821-1826 and undated, include several written to Carlyle before their marriage. The writers include: Henry Duncan, Minister of Ruthwell, 1827 (on German theology); Allan Cunningham, 1832, 1837, 1839; Harriet...
Dates: 1816-1875, undated.

Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11637
Scope and Contents Includes fragment of a manuscript on linguistics and the following letters:1. letter, 1850, of Thomas Carlyle to Richard Owen on the penalties of frequent dining out, and Assyrian bull sculptures2. letter, 1874, of Thomas Constable to Thomas Carlyle concerning Carlyle`s support of Constable`s efforts to vindicate his father, Archibald, in the face of Lockhart`s criticism3. letter, undated, of Henry Brougham4. letter, 1833, of Francis Jeffrey...
Dates: 1833-1874.

Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Joseph Neuberg, including letters of various other correspondents, and proof sheets of 'Frederick the Great'., 1839-1867.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.551-553
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Geraldine Jewsbury, 1849, Robert Chambers, 1852, Johann Peter Eckermann, 1853, and Charles Darwin, 1862, and proof-sheets of 'Frederick the Great' (MS.552, number 145; MS.553, number 216).

Dates: 1839-1867.

Correspondence of Thomas Stewart Traill and his wife, Christian ('Christy') Robertson., 1804-1842.

 File
Identifier: MS.19329
Scope and Contents

The correspondence of Thomas Stewart Traill and his wife, being chiefly personal letters with a few written at the time of her first marriage to James Watson of Crantit, Orkney, Factor to Lord Dundas, and during her widowhood. The majority date from their marriage in 1811 to Christy's death in 1842.

Dates: 1804-1842.

Correspondence of Thomas Stewart Traill's children and their families chiefly on personal matters., 1829-1897.

 File
Identifier: MS.19335
Scope and Contents

Writers include Anne Parker, her son George, and John Straith, Indigo Broker to Thomas Traill, on his marriage to Lucia Traill, and Robert Omond the surgeon and his wife Mary Eliza. There are also a number of letters to Robert and Mary Eliza Omond on the death of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill in 1862.

Dates: 1829-1897.

Correspondence of various correspondents to David Thomson., 1933-1990, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13259/57-68
Scope and Contents

All letters are to David Thomson, unless otherwise stated.

Dates: 1933-1990, undated.