TC TO COLIN RAE BROWN ; 1 December 1858; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18581201-TC-CRB-01; CL 34: 247
TC TO COLIN RAE BROWN
Chelsea, 1 decr, 1858—
Dear Sir,
I yesterday received your Volume of Poems;1 for which kind Gift be pleased to accept from me many thanks.
As to the Centenary Birthday of Burns,2 I am sorry to answer that it will not be at all possible for me to attend on that occasion.
With many acknowledgments to you and the other Gentlemen concerned,
I remain /Yours sincerely
T. Carlyle
C. R. Brown Esq
&c &c