Henry Crabb Robinson, 3 King’s Bench Walk, London, to Thomas Carlyle, Pentonville, London, 9-10 January [1824].  

Dear Sir:

       It is past One of the morning And I must rise at five but I cannot go into the country for the Sessions without expressing you to you my regret that having sent into the country for my letters And looked over my papers, I am at last quite unable to furnish you with any fact worth your notice concerning Schiller – I am not a man of observation And I cannot trust my memory on a subject and on an occasion which would render misinformation mortifying to you and me –

      I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you as soon as I return – I have been in the country lately or I should have the pleasure of calling on you before

            Very truly yours

                        H. C. Robinson

3 K B W. Temple

9-10 Jany

Address:  T. Carlyle Esqr / Pentonville. Endorsed: H.C. Robinson / 10 Jan [1824].

Text: National Library of Scotland, Letters to Thomas Carlyle, 1824-32, MS. 1765, f.  1.