Carlyle (Thomas)

Autograph letter signed ('T. Carlyle'), possibly to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum of Hardwick, saying "We are out here, among the Sunny hayfields, since Saturday last, - probably till Saturday next. It is a real grief to us, both on your score and Mr Sterling's, [sic] that we are not at home. You we have not seen for a long time; him, with whom there was more opportunity, not for a long time. If both or either of you remain in Town after Saty evg next, pray do not neglect to come down straightaway, morning or night", two pages, glue residue from mount adhering, small 8vo, Addiscombe Farm, Croydon, 26 July 1847.

The recipient is not named, but the item is from an album compiled by Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875) of Hardwick House, and the letter may well be addressed to her husband Sir Thomas Gery Cullum (1777-1855), 8th Baronet.