These letters are in continuation of MS.568.

Included are letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1835, 1839-1840, John Sterling, 1843, Dr John Aitken Carlyle, 1843-1844, 1853, 1864, undated, Thomas Erskine of Linlathen, 1844, 1853, Varnhagen von Ense, 1845, two Ladies Ashburton, 1849, 1856, 1864, Lady Sandwich, 1859, Professor George Lillie Craik, 1859, Lord de Grey, 1860, Richard Monkton Milnes, 1860, Jean Carlyle Aitken, 1861, Carlyle’s sister Mary Austin, undated, Geraldine Jewsbury, 1865, and Charles Kingsley, 1866. Some of the letters have postscript additions by Thomas Carlyle. Subsequently he added brief notes of date, etc.