| 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.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Feb 1828 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Scotsbrig | ||||||||||
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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: | Jean Carlyle |
| Title: | Package of Proofsheets |
| Genre: | n/a |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Proofsheets |
| Publication details: | N/A |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 26790 | |
| 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: | 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26790, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| 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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