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Photostat of a letter of Sir Walter Scott to Lord Bloomfield, then ambassador to Sweden, concerning materials, later to be supplied through Bernadotte, for Scott's ‘Life of Napoleon’., 1827.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8494, folios 266-268

Dates

  • Creation: 1827.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

3 Leaves

Language of Materials

From the Series: Undetermined

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1960, by Professor N E Enkvist, Åbo Akademi, Åbo, Finland.

Existence and Location of Originals

The original letter is in the Eriksberg Collection, Riksarkivet, Stockholm.

Separated Materials

See also MSS.883, 886, 1752, 2980, 3892, 3904, 3919.

Bibliography

The letter was published, together with other items in the same correspondence, by Nils Erik Enkvist in ‘Studia Neophilologica’ volume xxxii (1960), pages 18-29.

Scott, Walter. 'The life of Napoleon Bonaparte' (Paris, 1828).

Repository Details

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