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Add. MS c/92
Title
Letters from Thomas Carlyle to Rev. Edleston and replies to an invitation to a dinner at Trinity in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Vice-Chancellor
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- 1843-1857 (Creation)
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1 box
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(1816-1895)
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Gift of Miss Edleston, 1954.
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There are 10 letters from Thomas Carlyle, and mixed in with the dinner invitation replies, three other letters to Joseph Edleston: from William Edleston, A. A. Vansittart, and "Carolus Priamus". The dinner invitation replies are all for the dinner held in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the new Vice-Chancellor of the University on 6 July 1847, and are mostly addressed to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College.
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Other papers relating to the visit of the Queen and Prince Albert may be found in William Whewell: papers relating to royal visits, Add.MS.a.52.