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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:

Papers concerning the authorship of the Waverley novels, compiled by Gilbert James French.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8906
Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlets, newspaper articles and letters.

With letters of J G Lockhart and others concerning the controversy and the writings of French, W J Fizpatrick and others, on the subject.

Dates: circa 1840-1857.

Papers concerning Torsonce Inn.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4464
Scope and Contents

With two letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1818, 1820.

Papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and his literary property.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13422
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1817-1826

Papers of Clive Wainwright.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12077
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Sir Walter Scott and Abbotsford and its furnishing and decoration.

Dates: circa 1975-1999.

Papers relating to Thomas Huxley’s death., 1826, 1937-1993.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11407/9-10
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: 1826, 1937-1993.

Photocopies and microfilm of letters of Sir Walter Scott.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6104
Scope and Contents

With associated papers.

Dates: circa 1800-circa 1832.

Photocopies of papers from Selkirk Public Library.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6207
Scope and Contents

Mostly concerning the history of Selkirk.

Including letters of Sir Walter Scott, Mungo Park and Thomas Boston.

Dates: 1608-1939.

Photocopies of ten letters of Sir Walter Scott to Sir Ilay Campbell of Succoth.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7884
Scope and Contents

On the Commission to Inquire in to the Administration of Justice in Scotland.

Dates: 1808-1810.

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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