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Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.511-518

Scope and Contents

There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.

Dates

  • Creation: 1821-1870, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

8 Volumes ; Large quarto.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Separated Materials

See also MS.519.

Bibliography

Many of the letters have been printed. See 'Letters, General Collections' and 'Letters, Uncollected', in Isaac Watson Dyer, "A bibliography of Carlyle's writings and Ana", (Portland, Maine, 1928).
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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