| Evidence: | 'Tell David Fergusson that I am charmed with his manuscript [a handwritten copy of Carlyle's "Life of Pascal"]; it is the prettiest [that] ever was written for the Encyclopaedia, and perfectly correct.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Jul 1821 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon: Tea-time | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: Robertson's Lodgings, 16 Carnegie Street |
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Title: | Life of Pascal |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet, Handwritten copy of Carlyle's own text |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 11491 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 1 | |
| Page: | 373 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 373, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11491, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to John A. Carlyle, dated 19th July 1821, written at Edinburgh (address as given in Editor's notes). Pages 370-374 in this edition. Date of reading experience is estimate - Carlyle does not mention this copying before and it appears that John A. Carlyle included it with his current letter to TC. |
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