Letter writer

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Agnes Craig McElhose

Other names: 
'Clarinda'; nee Agnes Craig; Agnes Maclehose; Agnes MacLehose; Agnes McIlhose
Dates: 
26 April 1758 - 23 October 1841
Sources
Birth record of Agnes Craig and death record of Agnes Craig or McIlhose

Scotland's People

Jane Welsh Carlyle

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).

Sources
The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
Based on an entry by Aileen Christianson
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