Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)
Dates
- Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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 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.