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Letters of and concerning Thomas Carlyle.

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Identifier: MS.1778

Dates

  • Creation: 1873, 1875.

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

139 Leaves ; Folio and under.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Additional Description

Arrangement

139 folios.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1933, by the Misses Flora and Rosaline Masson, Edinburgh.

Related Materials

The contents are as follows.

(i) Letter of Thomas Carlyle to John Stuart Mill’s sister Harriet regarding the burning of the manuscript of the ‘French Revolution’, 1873.

(ii) Letters to David Masson, in connection with the Address and gold medal presented to Thomas Carlyle on his eightieth birthday, 1875, with Masson’s autograph drafts of the Address and some printed copies, and Carlyle’s letter of acknowledgement to Masson.

Separated Materials

In continuation of MSS.1763-1777. See also MS.1795.

Bibliography

Carlyle, Thomas. 'French Revoultion: a history' (London, 1837).

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

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

Repository Details

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