| Evidence: | 'Mr Donaldson has seen my will too with your name written in it in great letters. No matter! why should I be ashamed of shewing an affection which I am not ashamed to feel- But we will talk over all these things when we meet- It will take all your indulgence to excuse this breathless letter- God bless you my darling.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Jul 1825 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mr Donaldson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Jane Baillie Welsh |
| Title: | Will |
| Genre: | Law |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Will |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 19957 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jane Baillie Welsh | |
| 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: | 354 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jane Baillie Welsh, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 354, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19957, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from JBW to Thomas Carlyle dated 19 July 1825, written at Haddington. Pages 353-355 in this edition. Editor's note includes a note by TC stating that this replaced the first will that JBW made in January 1824, and that it was executed on 19th July 1825. Mr Donaldson was Mrs Welsh's family lawyer. |
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