Letters and papers concerning honours bestowed on Thomas Carlyle.
Scope and Contents
The contents concern the following:
Membership of the Gesellschaft für in- und ausländische schöne Literatur in Berlin, 1830, 1835 (folio 1); of the Orden der Wachsamkeit, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1859 (folio 7); of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1866 (folio 16); and of the Prussian order, Pour le Mérite, 1874 (folio 18); with a letter forwarding an article published in the ‘Deutscher Reichs- und Königlich-Preussischer Staats-Anzeiger’ in honour of Thomas Carlyle's birthday, 1875 (folio 28).
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1875.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
30 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Separated Materials
For the diplomas themselves and other formal documents presented by the same donors, see Ch.880-888. For other papers of Thomas Carlyle, see MSS.787, 1763-1778, 1796-1800.
- 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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