Letter writer
Records tagged with Keywords: Letter writer
Agnes Craig McElhose
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 15 May 2013 - 9:22am
Revised: 13 December 2015 - 9:31pm — Margaret Fergus...
Other names:
'Clarinda'; nee Agnes Craig; Agnes Maclehose; Agnes MacLehose; Agnes McIlhose
Dates:
26 April 1758 - 23 October 1841
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Submitted by admin on 22 February 2012 - 3:54pm
Revised: 9 March 2012 - 2:21pm — admin
Dates:
Born 14 July 1801, died 22 April 1866
Jane Welsh Carlyle was the daughter of Grace Welsh, and Dr John Welsh, and was known during her life in the private roles of witty story teller and letter writer and as the wife of Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), the Scottish essayist and historian. Two thousand of her letters survive, plus some short prose pieces, an anecdotal notebook and her Journal (1855–6).