TC-DA, [17 Feb.]. Addr: 35 George-street. MS: Edinburgh University. Pbd: Ritchie, p. 120. Aitken was to marry Jane Carlyle's friend Eliza Stodart in July 1836. David Aitken (1796–1875) studied at Edinburgh University, 1811–15, was licensed in 1821, and was presented to the parish of Minto, Teviotdale (perhaps partly as a result of Carlyle's recommendation), by the Earl of Minto in 1827. He became Doctor of Divinity at Edinburgh University in 1843 and, in the same year declined its chair of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History.

1. The letter of recommendation for Aitken which follows.