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Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.610-617

Scope and Contents

Also included are a joint letter of Thomas and Jane Carlyle to Carlyle’s mother, 1831, and letters of Lady Harriet Baring, 1848, John Stuart Mill, 1858, and Émile Montégut, 1865.

Dates

  • Creation: 1827-1866.

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

Arrangement

The letters are numbered 1-747.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1930, with MSS. 601-609, by Alexander Carlyle, Edinburgh, nephew of Thomas Carlyle, in continuation of his previous gifts.

Separated Materials

See also MS.618.

Physical Description

Bound in Levant morocco. The letters are hinged.

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

Contact:
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National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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