Carlyle, Alexander, Minister of Inveresk, 1722-1805
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Commonplace book of Alexander Fraser Tytler., 1802-1812.
Includes further observations and anecdotes on contemporary Enlightenment figures including Lord Kames, Adam Smith, David Hume, Lord Monboddo and William Robertson. There are extensive extracts of David Dalrymple’s (Lord Hailes) commonplace book and Alexander Carlyle’s autobiography. Several letters and notes on Tytler have been added to the volume after his death. Three printed dedications, including those to Joseph Black and James Beattie, have been tipped in by Tytler.
Letter of Alexander Carlyle to unnamed correspondent., 1788.
Concerns ecclesiastical appointments.
A small engraving of Alexander Carlyle is included.
Letters of Alexander Carlyle and Hugh Blair.
On ecclesiastical appointments.
Typescript copy, early 20th century, of a journal of a tour in the Highlands, 1765, of Alexander Carlyle.
Bookplates of James Donald Dobson and James Sinton, Eastfield, Musselburgh. Includes five letters (tipped in), 1916-1925, to James Sinton regarding publishing the tour.
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