Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle.
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 sculptures
2. 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 criticism
3. letter, undated, of Henry Brougham
4. letter, 1833, of Francis Jeffrey
5. letter, 1854, of Samuel Warren
6. letter, 1857, of Charles Sumner
7. letter, 1874, of Max Müller
Dates
- Creation: 1833-1874.
Creator
- Owen, Sir Richard, Knight, naturalist, 1804-1892 (Recipient, Person)
- Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 (Recipient, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (1 envelope)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Bernard Quaritch Ltd (ex Christie`s, South Kensington auction, 22 May 1998, lot 156).8 July 1998
Subject
- Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) (Person)
- Constable, Archibald (publisher) (Person)
- Warren, Samuel, novelist, 1807-1877 (Person)
- Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 (Person)
- Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) (Person)
- Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 (Person)
- Constable, Thomas, publisher, 1812-1881 (Person)
- Sumner, Charles Richard, Bishop of Winchester, 1790-1874 (Person)
- Müller, Friedrich Max, sanskritist and philologist, 1823-1900 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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