Letters to Thomas Carlyle, with a few addressed to his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.665-666
Scope and Contents
The writers include Althaus, Thomas Arnold, Dickens, Varnhagen von Ense, Governor Eyre, Froude, Leigh Hunt, Mazzini, Leopold von Orlitz, Thackeray, and Turgenev.
Dates
- Creation: 1814-1881.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
2 Volumes ; Large quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The foliation is continuous between two volumes: MS.665. folios 1-139; MS.666. folios 140-269.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1931, by Alexander Carlyle, Edinburgh, nephew of Thomas Carlyle, in continuation of his previous gifts.
Separated Materials
The letters are in continuation of MSS.619-620.
See also MS.787.
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
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk