Letters of Thomas Carlyle mostly to his family., 1836-1878.
File
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 notes and scraps.
Dates
- Creation: 1836-1878.
Creator
- Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 (Creator, Person)
- Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 (Creator, Person)
- Aitken, Jane Carlyle, sister of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, née Carlyle, 1810-1888 (Recipient, Person)
- Carlyle, Margaret, née Aitken (mother of Thomas, essayist and historian) (Recipient, Person)
- Stirling, John (correspondent of Thomas and Jane Carlyle) (Recipient, Person)
- Baring, Louisa Caroline, 2nd wife of 2nd Baron Ashburton, née Stewart-Mackenzie, 1827-1903 (Creator, Person)
- Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 (Recipient, Person)
- Baring, William Bingham, 2nd Baron Ashburton (succeeded 1848), 1799-1864 (Creator, Person)
- Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 (Recipient, Person)
- Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir, 2nd Baronet (succeeded 1886, politician and author) (Creator, Person)
- Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 (Creator, Person)
- Hunt, James Henry Leigh (essayist) (Creator, Person)
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk