Autograph letter signed : Mainhill [near Melrose], to Thomas Carlyle, [ca. 1849] Mar. 17.

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Autograph letter signed : Mainhill [near Melrose], to Thomas Carlyle, [ca. 1849] Mar. 17.

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Saying that she hopes to see him to thank him for all his kindness; reporting that she is "in tolerable good health and richer than ever"; asking him to give her a "faithful account" of himself ("tell me all, everything is interesting to me"); telling him about a neighbor who died; asking him what church he attends; noting that she has been "busy reading Cowper's letters" and thinks them "very clever"; comparing Cowper's style of writing to Carlyle's.

1 item (4 p.) ; 21.8 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986

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Carlyle, Margaret Aitken, 1771-1853.

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