Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832
Found in 149 Collections and/or Records:
Amended stanza from `The Field of Waterloo`, with Scott`s comments., ? 1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.23141, f 127
Dates:
? 1815.
Copies of letters to Walter Scott and James Ballantyne., 1816.
Item
Identifier: MS.30001, folio 28
Copy of letter to Samuel Warren., 1823.
Item
Identifier: MS.30002, folio 124
Copy of letter to Walter Scott., 1817.
Item
Identifier: MS.30001, folios 63-64
Correspondence and papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family., 1681-1853.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12092/87-101
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates:
1681-1853.
Correspondence of Sir Walter Scott and of Elizabeth Scott., 1817-1832.
File
Identifier: Acc.11407/2-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers concern the affairs of Thomas Scott, brother of Sir Walter, his family, and particularly his son-in-law Colonel Thomas Huxley.
Includes nine letters of Sir Walter Scott, and manuscript concerning the Isle of Man compiled by Thomas Scott, used by Walter Scott in `Peveril of the Peak`.
Dates:
1817-1832.
Correspondence of the Huxley family with the Public Archives of Nova Scotia., 1937-1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.11407/9
Scope and Contents
Included are extracts from Walter Scott’s Journal and photocopies of Canadian newspaper articles on Huxley’s death.
Dates:
1937-1993.
Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House., 1796-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.50703
Scope and Contents
LettersArchibald, Joseph JamiesonLetter, 8 November 1825, of Scott to Joseph Jamieson Archibald on his admiration for Robert Burns and the progress of John Gibson Lockhart in London. Folio 1.Ballantyne, JamesLetter, 8 July 1826, of Scott to James Ballantyne on his work for ‘The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte’. Folios 2-3.Bell, JohnLetter, 7 March 1816, of Scott to John Bell on collecting Jacobite songs. Folios 4-5....
Dates:
1796-1832.
Draft of letter to Sir Walter Scott., 1830
Item
Identifier: MS.23118, ff 63-64
Draft of letter to Sir Walter Scott., 1807
Item
Identifier: MS.23141, ff 60-61
Engraved portraits of Sir Walter Scott, evidently from published works., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.23141, ff 7-8, 89
Dates:
19th century.
Interleaved copy of the introduction to 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, with the author’s manuscript annotations; and some additional, related content., 1823.
Item
Identifier: MS.50704
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter, 18 December 1793, of Scott to Robert Shortreed on collecting old ballads. Folios i-ii.
Note indicating that the corrections made by Scott to the text remained unpublished. Folios iii-iv.
Note containing the words 'This might perhaps be improved though not enlarged'. Folio v-viii.
Interleaved copy of the introduction of 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland'. Folios 1-130.
Dates:
1823.
'Lay of the Last Minstrel' (London: John Sharpe, 1809) by Sir Walter Scott; with notes of William Beckford., 1809.
Item
Identifier: MS.50705
Scope and Contents
Beckfords's notes for the volume appear on i only. The rest of the copy is clean.
Dates:
1809.
Letter and fragment of letter to John Shepart., 1809
Item
Identifier: MS.23118, ff 36-37, 45-46
Letter possibly of Jane Porter to Sir Walter Scott., ca. 1820.
Item
Identifier: MS.23118, ff 22-23
Dates:
ca. 1820.
Letter possibly to Francis Freeling., 1811
Item
Identifier: MS.23118, ff 53-54
Letter, probably spurious, to James Law., 1819
Item
Identifier: MS.23141, ff 44-45
Letter probably to Cadell and Davies., 1800
Item
Identifier: MS.23118, f 52
Letter probably to Frederic Mansel Reynolds, addressed in error to Louis George Law Lauriston., 1828
Item
Identifier: MS.23118, ff 102-103
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- Newspapers. 2
- Novels. 2
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 2
- Publications. 2
- Annotations. 1
- Auction catalogues. 1
- Catalogues. 1
- Commonplace books. 1
- Drawings. Visual works. 1
- Excerpts. 1
- Fragments. 1
- Interleaves. 1
- Labels. Identifying artifacts. 1
- Marginalia. Annotations. 1
- Miniatures. Paintings. 1
- Northern England. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
- Notebooks. 1
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