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A collection of correspondence from Mrs. Sigourney to her close friend Mrs. Mary A. Patrick. Mrs. Patrick was the widow of an army officer who died in service and the daughter of Theodore Dwight. The subjects discussed are personal, social, family, and literary.

Photograph albums containing photographs of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, their house at Cheyne Row, members of their families, and their friends in the literary and political worlds. Six of the volumes bear the notes and annotations of Thomas Carlyle. Also, there is a small group of Thomas Carlyle autographs; a seventh photograph album bearing the annotations of Carlyle's nephew, Alexander Carlyle; and copies of 33 photographs.