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Record Number: 26790


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Dear Little Crow, I duly received your Munich Letter, and your Proofsheet Package, on two successive Wednesdays; and had reason to approve your activity and sagacity in managing so many new concerns. It was a deadening and a killing Letter that of the unfranked Proofs; more especially as it was totally superfluous, and must have been sent you by mistake alone.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

19 Feb 1828

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Scotsbrig

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Carlyle

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:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jean Carlyle

Title:

Package of Proofsheets

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Proofsheets

Publication Details

N/A

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

26790

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

4

Page:

348-349

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 348-349, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26790, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to Jean Carlye, dated 30 March 1828 (by editor), written at Scotsbrig. Pages 348-350 in this edition. Dates are estimated date range based on the previous two Wednesdays, and the date of this letter

   
   
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