Record Number: 26488
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I [ac]cordingly wrote off to St. Andrews; and the next day, to all the four winds in quest of recommendations. To Goethe, to Irving, to Buller, to Brewster &c &c. These same recommendations are now beginning to come in upon me: I had one from Brewster two days ago (with the offer of farther help); and this morning, came a decent testificatory letter from Buller, and a most majestic certificate in three pages from Edward Irving.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:24 Jan 1828
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
specific address: 21 Comley Bank
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Recommendation
Genre:n/a
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter of recommendation
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26488
Source: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:310
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 310, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26488, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to Margaret A. Carlyle dated 27th January 1829 (amended to 26th by editor), written at 21 Comley Bank. Pages 308-311 in this edition. Carlyle was in the process of applying for the post of Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews University
