Six letters of Thomas Carlyle to John Fergusson.
File
Identifier: MS.568
Scope and Contents
The letters are in continuation of MSS.555-556.
Dates
- Creation: 1819-1822.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
22 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The papers were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Arrangement
12 folios + 20 printed pages.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby’s Sale, 28 July 1930, lot 204.
Separated Materials
See also MSS.601-609.
Bibliography
The letters were printed by D Gorrie, in ‘Letters by Carlyle to a fellow student’ and ‘More letters ...’, in the ‘Fortnightly Review’, April 1914, page 628, and October 1921, page 677. These articles are bound up with the letters.
- 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