Record Number: 19920
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He has written to me twice since his departure; he insists that I shall take a little pony of his with all its furniture; ride home on it thro' the Peak country in Derbyshire, and keep the steed in remembrance of him.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:3 Mar 1825
Country:London
Timen/a
Place:city: Birmingham
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:London
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Letter
Genre:n/a
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:19920
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:3
Page:297
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 297, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19920, accessed: 28 September 2023
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Carlyle to John A. Carlyle dated 7th March 1825, written at Birmingham. Pages 296-300 in this edition. See also TC's letter to Alexander Carlyle dated 4th March 1825 (pp. 291-295) for another reference to the same letter. It is not clear exactly which member of the Badams family Carlyle is referring to.