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Letters of Jane Carlyle Aitken, four of her daughter, Mary, and others of the Carlyle family.

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Identifier: Acc.6267
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With a copy of "The Saints` Everlasting Rest (1833), inscribed by Thomas Carlyle, and an engraved portrait of him.

Dates: 1833, 1858-? 1866, and undated.

Letters of literary and historical figures.

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Identifier: Acc.12605
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This accession comprises:

letter, 1837, of Lady Burnett to Mr Banting;

letter, 1845, of Thomas Chalmers to Sir David Brewster;

letter, 1857, of William Baring, Lord Ashburton, after the death of his wife, to Thomas Carlyle;

letter, 1876, of Ellen Wood to Ann Sansome;

letter, undated, of Adelaide Drummond to Mr Gaskell.

Dates: circa 1837-1876.

Manuscript of an incomplete work of fiction of Thomas Carlyle.

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Identifier: Acc.11254
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Concerns a character Peter Lithgow of Drumbrash.

Dates: circa 1827.

Notebooks of Thomas Carlyle.

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Identifier: Acc.14412/1-5

Papers of Robert Herdman.

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Identifier: Acc.4541
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Comprising:

1. photocopy of "Picture Book", 1870-1887, recording pictures painted by Herdman

2. notes of Herdman, on Thomas Carlyle, made while painting his portrait

3. correspondence of R Duddingstone Herdman, 1897, concerning the mounting of an exhibition.

Dates: 1870-1897.

Photocopies of a letter, 1870, of R W Emerson to the President of Harvard.

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Identifier: Acc.7928
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Concerning Thomas Carlyle`s intended bequest of books to Harvard College.

With a catalogue, undated, of the library in the Land of Mary Aitken.

Dates: 1870 and undated.

Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".

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Identifier: Acc.8022
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With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.

Dates: 1839-1920 and undated.

Photocopies of correspondence and papers concerning Thomas Carlyle and his family.

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Identifier: Acc.11656
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Includes commissions of John Welsh and letters of Edward Fitzgerald and William Graham.

Dates: 1786-1883.

Presentation note, undated, of Thomas Carlyle to Mrs Welsh (apparently torn out of a printed work).

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Identifier: Acc.8405
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With copy of verses, 1924, of John Masefield.

Dates: 1924 and undated.

Scribal copy of letter, 1643, of Oliver Cromwell to Lawrence Crawford

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Identifier: Acc.5003
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With annotated transcript and notes, circa 1840-circa 1845, of Thomas Carlyle.

Dates: 1643-circa 1845

"The Wellmer Correspondence", letters of Thomas Carlyle and family to Meta Wellmer.

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Identifier: Acc.9207
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With associated papers.

Dates: 1865-1879.

Three letters of Thomas Carlyle.

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Identifier: Acc.9936
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Includes letter to Peter Cunningham on literary matters.

Dates: 1844-1866.

Three letters of Thomas Carlyle to the Marchioness of Lothian.

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Identifier: Acc.11439
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Letters concern health of Carlyle`s wife, Jane, and life alone after her death.

Dates: 1865-1866.

Two letters of Thomas Carlyle.

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Identifier: Acc.14423
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References Carlyle's work on Robert Burns.

Dates: 1853.

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Letters. Correspondence. 56
Correspondence. 9
Notes. 6
Photocopies. 6
Fragments. 5
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Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 16
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 6
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866. 4
Aitken, Mary Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, historian and essayist, fl 1877-1932 3
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 3
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Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881: transcriber 2
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, essayist, 1803-1882 2
Hope, David, Glasgow, merchant, d 1857: recipient 2
Kerr, Lady Cecil Chetwynd, wife of 7th Marquess of Lothian, née Chetwynd-Talbot, 1808-1877 2
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 2
Müller, Friedrich Max, sanskritist and philologist, 1823-1900 2
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 2
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Jane Carlyle, sister of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, née Carlyle, 1810-1888 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
Althaus, Friedrich, Professor at University College, London, 1829-1897 1
Austin, Mary, sister of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, née Carlyle, 1808-1888: recipient 1
Ballantyne, Christina Alice, wife of John, artist, née Hogarth, fl 1845-1897. 1
Banting, Thomas, upholsterer to Kings George III and William IV, fl 1811-1837: recipient 1
Baring, William Bingham, 2nd Baron Ashburton (succeeded 1848), 1799-1864 1
Blewitt, Octavian, writer and literary administrator, 1810-1884 1
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868: recipient 1
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 1
Burnett, Lady, correspondent of Thomas Banting, upholsterer to Kings George III and William IV, fl 1837 1
Carlyle, James, brother of Thomas, essayist and historian, 1805-1890: recipient 1
Carlyle, Mary, niece of Thomas Carlyle, née Aitken, 1848-1895 1
Chalmers, Thomas (Principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Constable, Archibald (publisher) 1
Constable, Thomas, publisher, 1812-1881 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645: recipient 1
Creech, William (bookseller and magistrate, pseudonym 'Theophrastus') 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 1
Cunningham, Peter, author, 1816-1869 1
Dickens, Charles John Huffam (novelist) 1
Donald, Henry, playwright, fl 1974-1986 1
Drummond, Hon Adelaide, wife of Maurice, née Lister, 1827-1911 1
Eliot, Charles William, President of Harvard University, 1834-1926: recipient 1
Erskine, Thomas, of Linlathen, theologian and Advocate, 1788-1870 1
Faculty of Advocates, Library, Edinburgh 1
Fergus, John, Kirkcaldy, politician, d 1865 1
FitzGerald, Edward, poet, formerly Purcell, 1809-1883 1
Forbes, George (Professor of Natural Philosophy) 1
Forster, John, biographer, 1812-1876 1
Fraser, James, publisher, d 1841 1
Froude, Charlotte Maria, wife of James Anthony, Historian, 1818-1894, nee Grenfell, d.1860: recipient 1
Froude, James Anthony, historian and man of letters, 1818-1894: recipient 1
Gaskell, Mr, correspondent of Hon Adelaide Drummond, wife of Maurice, fl 1847-1870: recipient 1
Geikie, Sir Archibald, Knight, geologist and historian, 1835-1924 1
Geological Society of Glasgow 1
Gilchrist, Anne, writer, née Burrows, 1828-1885 1
Gomm, Elizabeth Ann, Lady, wife of Sir William, army officer, née Kerr, 1807-1877: recipient 1
Gomm, Sir William Maynard, army officer, 1784–1875 1
Gomm, Sir William Maynard, army officer, 1784–1875: recipient 1
Graham, William (philosopher and political economist) 1
Grote, Harriet, biographer, née Lewin, 1792-1878 1
Hanning, Janet, sister of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, née Carlyle, 1813-1897 1
Herdman, Robert Duddingstone, painter, 1863-1922 1
Herdman, Robert, painter, 1828-1888 1
Hope, family 1
Hunterian Club 1
Inglis, Henry, of Torsonce, Writer to the Signet, 1806-1885 1
Irving, David, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, 1778-1860 1
Keill, John, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1849 1
Kerr, Constance Harriet Mahonesa, wife of William Schomberg Robert, 8th Marquess of Lothian, née Chetwynd-Talbot, 1836-1901 1
Kingsley, Charles (author) 1
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (historian) 1
Lewes, George Henry, miscellaneous writer, 1817-1878 1
MacDonald, George, poet and novelist, 1824-1905 1
Maccall, William, author, 1812-1888 1
Maclise, Daniel, d 1870, painter 1
Martineau, Harriet, miscellaneous writer, 1802-1876: recipient 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 1
National Library of Scotland 1
Neuberg, Joseph, mathematician, 1840-1926 1
Newman, John Henry, Cardinal, 1801-1890 1
Owen, Sir Richard, Knight, naturalist, 1804-1892 1
Peacock, George, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1844 1
Redwood, Charles, of Boverton, solicitor, 1802-1854: recipient 1
Richardson, George Fleming, geologist, 1796-1848: recipient 1
Robertson, William, historian, 1721-1793 1
Ronca, Domenico, carpenter, fl 1853 1
Russell, John Rutherford (physician and homoeopathist) 1
Sansome, Ann, governess, fl 1876: recipient 1
Schlapp, Otto, Emeritus Professor of German, University of Edinburgh, 1859-1939 1
Scott, Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry , 1806-1884 1
Somerset, Lady Geraldine, daughter of 7th Duke of Beaufort, 1832-1915 1
Stanley, Mrs, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, fl mid 19th century: recipient 1
Strange, William, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, fl 1839 1
Sumner, Charles Richard, Bishop of Winchester, 1790-1874 1
Tait, William, publisher, 1793-1864 1
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907 1
Walker, Mary, correspondent of Margaret Carlyle Aitken, niece of Thomas Carlyle, fl 1920: recipient 1
Warren, Samuel, novelist, 1807-1877 1
Watts, John Hunter, political activist, 1853-1923: recipient 1
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