Letters to Henrietta Blanche, Countess of Airlie of, or concerning, Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle; with some other papers., 1851-1920, undated.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Two letters, 1852, of Thomas Carlyle;
Twenty letters of and two concerning, 1851-1866, undated, Jane Welsh Carlyle; together with one, undated, of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen to Mrs Carlyle;
Two letters, 1866, of Geraldine Jewsbury;
Two letters, 1920, of Frederic Harrison concerning the Carlyles, together with a draft reply to him;
Two photographs of St Mary's Church, Haddington, burial-place of Jane Welsh Carlyle;
Copy of a poem, 'Success', attributed to Robert Lowe, Lord Sherbrooke (not printed in his ‘Poems of a life’.
Dates
- Creation: 1851-1920, undated.
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Extent
86 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1954-1955, by the Earl of Airlie.
Bibliography
Repository Details
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