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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 14 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.

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 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.

Letters of Harriet Martineau to Jane Welsh Carlyle., 1842-1850.

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Identifier: Acc.14413/10
Scope and Contents

18 letters are from Martineau to Carlyle, one letter is from Martineau to Thomas Carlyle.

Dates: 1842-1850.

Letters of Thomas Carlyle mostly to his family., 1836-1878.

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Identifier: Acc.14413/2
Scope and Contents File includes a group of 33 letters of Thomas Carlyle to family members, mostly his siblings, and especially his sister Jean. 2 letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle, one to her mother-in-law Margaret and one to John Stirling. Also included are 9 letters of Lady Louisa Ashburton mostly to Thomas Carlyle and 11 letters of William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton to Thomas Carlyle. There are also 12 letters to the Carlyles from G. O. Trevelyan, Robert Browning and Leigh Hunt, together with related...
Dates: 1836-1878.

Three letters of Thomas Carlyle to the Marchioness of Lothian.

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Identifier: Acc.11439
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1865-1866.