Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Scope and Contents
These letters are in continuation of MS.568.
Included are letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1835, 1839-1840, John Sterling, 1843, Dr John Aitken Carlyle, 1843-1844, 1853, 1864, undated, Thomas Erskine of Linlathen, 1844, 1853, Varnhagen von Ense, 1845, two Ladies Ashburton, 1849, 1856, 1864, Lady Sandwich, 1859, Professor George Lillie Craik, 1859, Lord de Grey, 1860, Richard Monkton Milnes, 1860, Jean Carlyle Aitken, 1861, Carlyle’s sister Mary Austin, undated, Geraldine Jewsbury, 1865, and Charles Kingsley, 1866. Some of the letters have postscript additions by Thomas Carlyle. Subsequently he added brief notes of date, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1812-1866.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
9 Volumes ; Large quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The letters are numbered 1-785.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1930, with MSS.610-617, by Alexander Carlyle, Edinburgh, nephew of Thomas Carlyle, in continuation of his previous gifts.
Separated Materials
See also MSS.610-617.
Bibliography
Physical Description
Bound in Levant morocco. The letters are hinged.
Genre / Form
- 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
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