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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Letters, 1829-1833 and undated, of James Ballantyne to John Hughes.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11815
Scope and Contents

Letters of Ballantyne to Hughes concern printing and publishing and also the health of Ballantyne and Sir Walter Scott.

Includes:

six letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1822 and undated,

two letters of Walter Scott, WS, father of Sir Walter Scott, undated,

three letters of John A Ballantyne, 1837-1838.

Dates: 1822-1838 and undated.

Letters and documents to and concerning Sir Walter Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11878
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1812-1831.

Letters of Elizabeth Scott., 1832.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11407/3
Scope and Contents

Letters concern Sir Walter Scott`s last journey from London to Edinburgh.

Dates: 1832.

Letters of Sir Walter Scott., 1817-1824.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11407/2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, 1817-1827, of Sir Walter Scott, John Wilson Croker, Jessie Huxley (née Scott) and his sister-in-law Mrs Thomas Scott (Elizabeth McCulloch). Of the nine letters, seven are to Elizabeth mainly about affairs in Canada, and on Walter’s visit to Ireland.

Transcriptions of the letters have been tipped in.

Dates: 1817-1824.

Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Alexander Macdonald.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14459
Scope and Contents

On Scott's use of documents, transcripts, proofs, drawings and charters.

Dates: 1828-1831.

Letters, press-cuttings, printed catalogues and articles of and relating to Charles K N Ballantyne, Secretary of the New Club, Edinburgh.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13342
Scope and Contents

Many of the letters relate Charles Ballantyne’s scholarly interests particularly Sir Walter Scott, Marc Raffalovich, John Gray and Aubrey Beardsley. As well as personal letters, some of the correspondence relates to requests to borrow paintings from the collection at the New Club, Edinburgh, the acquisition of which he had been in no small measure responsible for.

Dates: 1925-1984, undated.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Edgcumbe to Edward VII., 1818-1927.

 File
Identifier: MS.40363
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce.Letters, 1901, of Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-4.Edgcumbe, Richard John Frederick.Letters, 1872, 1875, 1884-1887, 1895-1896, 1898-1900, 1908, 1910-1912, 1914, 1916-1917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1927 and undated to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates: 1818-1927.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Godwin to Goldschmidt, E., 1813-1916.

 File
Identifier: MS.40455
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Godwin, George Nelson.Letters and postcard, 1879 and 1899, of George Nelson Godwin to John Murray III. Folios 1-5. Further letters of this correspondent can be found at folios 68-69 of this manuscript.Godwin, William.Letters, 1813-1814, 1823 and 1832, of William Godwin to John Murray II. Folios 6-25.Folio 25. Note with the proposed title,...
Dates: 1813-1916.

Additional filters:

Type
Browse Resources 174
Archival Object 149
 
Subject
Letters. Correspondence. 116
Photocopies. 31
Correspondence. 27
Notes. 17
Manuscripts. 14
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Copies. Derivative objects. 11
Novels. 10
Poetry. 8
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 5
Abbotsford House (historic house). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. 4
Accounts. 4
Albums. 4
Drawings. Visual works. 4
Research notes 4
Transcripts 4
Typescripts. 4
Bonds. Legal instruments. 3
Drafts. Documents. 3
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 3
Illustrations. Layout features. 3
Publications. 3
Receipts. Financial records 3
Sketches 3
Annotations. 2
Articles. 2
Books 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Dissertations. 2
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
Engravings. Prints. 2
Excerpts. 2
Fragments. 2
Indexes. Reference sources. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Legal documents. 2
Newspapers. 2
Reports 2
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 2
Scripts. Documents 2
Watercolours. Paintings. 2
Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
Auction catalogues. 1
Caricatures. 1
Catalogues. 1
Certificates 1
Charters 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Declarations. 1
Dryburgh Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.6667. Latitude: 55.5667. 1
Envelopes. 1
Fiction. 1
Forgeries. Derivative objects. 1
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
Genealogies. 1
Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833. 1
Histories. 1
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 1
Inscriptions. 1
Interleaves. 1
Invitations. 1
Isle of Man. Europe - Isle of Man. Island. Longitude: -4.5000. Latitude: 54.2500. 1
Labels. Identifying artifacts. 1
Lake District. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
London. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Greater London. Inhabited place. Longitude: -0.1667. Latitude: 51.5000. 1
Marginalia. Annotations. 1
Melrose Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.7500. Latitude: 55.6167. 1
Microfilms. 1
Miniatures. Paintings. 1
Northern England. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
Notebooks. 1
Orders. Records (documents). 1
Pamphlets. 1
Photographs. 1
Prompt books. Scripts. 1
Prose poems. 1
Prospectuses 1
Publishers and publishing. 1
Registers (lists) 1
Reviews. Document genre 1
Sales catalogues. 1
Scottish Borders. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Region (geographic). 1
Scrapbooks 1
Seals. Artifacts 1
Selkirk. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. County. 1
Songs. Musical compositions. 1
Synopses. 1
Transcriptions. Documents. 1
Translations. Documents. 1
Travel journals 1
Trossachs. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. General region. 1
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