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Letters. Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Agreement between Domenico Ronca and Thomas Carlyle and receipt of Ronca to Carlyle.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10582
Scope and Contents

Agreement and receipt concern the keeping of fowl at 6 Cheyne Row.

With letter of Jane W Carlyle to John A Carlyle concerning the building of a client room by Thomas Carlyle.

Dates: 1853.

Eight letters (some incomplete), 1832-1863, of Thomas Carlyle to his brother, James.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7864
Scope and Contents

With 29 letters (some incomplete), 1859-1862 and undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle to amongst others, James Carlyle and Mary Austin.

With transcriptions.

Dates: 1832-1863 and undated.

Five letters, ? 1849-1865, of Jane Welsh Carlyle to John Riddle Stodart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7012
Scope and Contents

Mostly on personal matters.

Single letters, 1818, 1867, of Mrs Welsh (Jane`s mother) and Susan Stirling both to Stodart.

Dates: 1818-1867.

Four letters, 1823 and undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle, and two letters, 1838 and undated, of Grace Welsh to Isabella McTurk.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12039
Scope and Contents

Includes:

1. verses, 1832 and undated, in various hands;

2. riddles and verses, circa 1828, given by Jane Welsh Carlyle to Isabella McTurk.

Dates: 1823-1838.

Four letters, [1823], and undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle, and two letters, 1838, and undated, of Grace Welsh, to Isabella McTurk, mainly concerning personal matters.

 File
Identifier: Dep.295- is now Acc.12039.
Scope and Contents

Includes:

1. verses, 1832 and undated, in various hands;

2. riddles and verses, circa 1828, given by Jane Welsh Carlyle to Isabella McTurk.

Dates: [1823]-1838, and undated.

Letter, 1832, of Thomas Carlyle to Allan Cunningham.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11477
Scope and Contents

Carlyle praises and analyses Cunningham`s poem "The Maid of Elvar" and obliquely criticises the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.

Includes engravings and photographs of Carlyle, Carlyle-related locations, and one of Jane Welsh Carlyle inscribed by Thomas Carlyle in 1873.

Dates: 1832-1873.

Letter of Jane Welsh Carlyle to Catherine Hunter.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9185
Scope and Contents

With a photograph of Carlyle and three other Welsh family letters.

Dates: circa 1850-1865.

Letter of Jane Welsh Carlyle to Jane Stirling.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9227
Scope and Contents

Concerns a concert by Chopin, with verses by Miss Stirling`s brother.

Dates: 1848.

Letter of Jane Welsh Carlyle to Mrs Gilchrist (probably Anne Gilchrist).

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11476
Scope and Contents

Mrs Carlyle describes a holiday in Aberdour, Fife, and the behaviour of her husband and their dog, Nero.

Dates: circa 1856-1866.

Letter of Jane Welsh Carlyle to the Marchioness of Lothian.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11436
Scope and Contents

Concerns Thomas Carlyle`s behaviour.

Dates: circa 1820-1866.

Letter of Jane Welsh Carlyle to the Marchioness of Lothian.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11437
Scope and Contents

Concerns her own health and her husband`s reactions to a visit to the Lothians.

Dates: circa 1820-1866.

Letter, undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9363
Scope and Contents

With two letters, 1868, of Jane Carlyle Aitken.

Dates: 1868 and undated.

Papers concerning Jane Welsh.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4463
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. letter, 1824, of Jane Welsh to Dugald Gilchrist

2. fragment of play, undated, of Jane Welsh

3. three letters, 1824-1825, of Mrs Welsh to members of the Gilchrist family.

Dates: 1824-1825.

Three letters of Thomas Carlyle to the Marchioness of Lothian.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11439
Scope and Contents

Letters concern health of Carlyle`s wife, Jane, and life alone after her death.

Dates: 1865-1866.