Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)
Dates
- Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of the Huxley family with the Public Archives of Nova Scotia., 1937-1993.
Included are extracts from Walter Scott’s Journal and photocopies of Canadian newspaper articles on Huxley’s death.
Letters and documents to and concerning Sir Walter Scott.
Includes papers concerning the affairs of the Trust after 1826, including letters of Robert Cadell, James Ballantyne and John Gibson, papers on copyrights, the Magnum edition, the arbitration by Lord Newton, and a report by the Trustees to creditors, 1831. There are also earlier papers concerning plantations at Abbotsford and household records.
Papers, accounts, receipts and correspondence relating to the financial affairs of James Ballantyne and Co, and to Sir Walter Scott as partner in the firm, most being connected with John Gibson W.S., as solicitor to the Trustees.
Papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and his literary property.
Agreements, memoranda, letters, notes and drafts of Sir Walter Scott with his publishers Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell, and his printers, James Ballantyne, concerning Scott`s literary property. Included are a draft of the deed of 1819 selling the copyright of Scott`s novels and poems to Constable, and a letter of John Gibson Lockhart to Archibald Constable concerning his proposal for a Scott edition of Shakespeare, 1823.
Papers relating to Thomas Huxley’s death., 1826, 1937-1993.
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`.
Receipts for payment of the first dividend by the Trustees of James Ballantyne and Sir Walter Scott.
Includes other accounts and financial papers concerning the affairs of Scott, most being addressed to John Gibson, W.S.
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