Part 46 - Proposed inscription in Thomas Carlyle's hand for the pillar at Naseby

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O./4.54/46

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Proposed inscription in Thomas Carlyle's hand for the pillar at Naseby

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  • [Aug. 1855] (Creation)

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'Siste Viator

Here, and for — yards to rearward, lies the Dust of Men slain in the Battle of Naseby, 14 June, 1645. On and near this spot, it appears by due investigation, was the brunt (crisis?) of the Battle. Saturday (date is not in the Book; try if you can discount it [indecipherable word])—1844 2(?), this ground was opened (not irreverently), as the last link of evidence; and the ashes of the old Dead answered mutely, Yes. Yea (See Carlyle’s “Cromwell,” in loco [crossed through and question mark in pencil], and the Authorities indicated there).

Edwd Fitzgerald
—Septr 1855'

Endorsed 'For the Pillar at Naseby'.

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      Tipped into O.4.54.

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      Originally enclosed with O.4.24/45, letter, 23 Aug. 1855, from Thomas Carlyle to Edward FitzGerald.

      O./4.54/47 is another version.

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      Published in Ryals, et al. The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Duke-Edinburgh ed., Duke University Press, 1970-. Transcriptions available online at Carlyle Letters Online (CLO): https://carlyleletters.dukeupress.edu/

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