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Thomas Carlyle collection

Description
A collection containing manuscripts and correspondence related to Thomas Carlyle. The collection includes a fragment of "Frederick the Great" written by Carlyle as well as a quote "Paradise is under the shadow of our swords." The majority of the collection is correspondence to and from Carlyle; correspondents include John Aitken Carlyle, Robert Chambers, John Reuben Thompson, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. Subjects include Carlyle's works, The London Library, raising funds for Isabella Burns Begg, and social and political events. The collection also includes a small group of letters from Jane Welsh Carlyle to Henry Larkin, a friend of Thomas and Jane Carlyle and the author of the biography "Carlyle and the Open Secret of His Life" (1886).
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1835-1870
Call number
mssCarlyle
Creator
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
purchased from George D. Smith sale, 1915.
purchased from Anderson Galleries sale, 1915.
purchased from William K. Bixby sale, 1918.
purchased from Anderson Galleries sale, cat. 49, 1919.
purchased from American Art Association sale, May 1923.
gift of Mrs. Fred Obarr, November 1961.
provenance unknown, in library as of, Mrs. Henry A. Batten, 1974.
gift of June 1980.
Associated people
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, (1801-1866,)
Carlyle, John Aitken, (1801-1879,)
Chambers, Robert, (1802-1871,)
Larkin, Henry, (1820-1899,)
Thompson, John Reuben, (1823-1873,)
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, (1806-1867,)
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