Home, John (minister, soldier and author)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1722-1808. - 1808
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of the Home family of Whitfield and Ninewells., 1700-1933, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.6976/1
Scope and Contents
This includes two letters of John Home, the author of ‘Douglas’, concerning the sentence of execution in 1746 on David, son of George Home of Whitfield and Manderston, together with David's last letter; a letter, 1758, of David Hume, the historian, on his family history; and a letter to Alexander Home, RN, from his grandmother, concerning his behaviour and duties in life, 1780.
Dates:
1700-1933, undated.
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.
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