| Evidence: | 'My dear Carlyle, I received your letter with the inclosed addressed to Mr Burns, which I had the pleasure of delivering to him about three weeks ago. I reached Edinburgh about mid-day; took the coach at three o'clock, and arrived in Haddington about seven. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 29 Jul 1825 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | James Johnston |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Unknown |
| Religion: | Unknown |
| 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: | Letter dated 4 August |
| Genre: | n/a |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 19963 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Johnston | |
| 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: | 364 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Johnston, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 3, p. 364, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19963, accessed: 09 December 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from James Johnston to TC dated 3 Sept 1825 written at Broughty Ferry. Pages 364-366 in this edition. |
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