Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee (Historian and Lawyer)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace book of Alexander Fraser Tytler., ?1778-1802.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/5
Scope and Contents
Includes observations and anecdotes on contemporary Enlightenment figures including Dugald Stewart, James Boswell, Tobias Smollett and Lord Kames, and an inventory of Fraser Tytler’s publications up to 1793. Also included are copies of letters sent by David Dalrymple (Lord Hailes), and a number of verses by William Shenstone, Allan Ramsay, James Beattie and William Shakespeare translated into Latin by Fraser Tytler.
Dates:
?1778-1802.
Notebook of Alexander Fraser Tytler., 4th quarter of 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/3
Scope and Contents
Records an account of a visit to a house of an unidentified lady. Includes sketches of the landscape.
Dates:
4th quarter of 18th century.
Notebook of Alexander Fraser Tytler containing transcriptions of Latin, Greek and English verse., 4th quarter of 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/2
Scope and Contents
Included in the notebook are financial calculations for repairs of buildings. There are several sketches relating to building design.
Dates:
4th quarter of 18th century.
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