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Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill.

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Identifier: MS.618

Scope and Contents

The letters are in continuation of MSS.610-617. Seven of the letters are copies.

Dates

  • Creation: 1831-1869.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

116 Items ; Large quarto.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

116 letters, hinged.

Custodial History

The letters were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, Sotheby’s Sale, 11 November 1930, lots 379-380.

Bibliography

Of 87 letters of Thomas Carlyle, 77 are published in ‘Letters of Carlyle to Mill, Sterling, and Browning’, edited by Alexander Carlyle (London, 1923); and of 29 letters of John Stuart Mill, 17 are in ‘Letters of John Stuart Mill’, edited by Hugh Elliot, 2 volumes (London 1910).
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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