Letters

Archibald, Joseph Jamieson

Letter, 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, James

Letter, 8 July 1826, of Scott to James Ballantyne on his work for ‘The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte’. Folios 2-3.

Bell, John

Letter, 7 March 1816, of Scott to John Bell on collecting Jacobite songs. Folios 4-5.

Ellis, George

Letter, postmarked 29 July 1810, of Scott to George Ellis on a recent trip to the highlands and islands of Scotland. Folios 6-7.

Erskine, William

Letter, 26 September 1796, of Scott to William Erskine on local activities and events. Folios 8-9.

Letter, 13 July 1814, of Scott to William Erskine on a forthcoming hunting visit and requesting Erskine to look over the Advocates’ opinion on the Polwarth peerage. Folio 10.

Letter, 20 October ?, of Scott to William Erskine on looking forward to seeing him soon. Folios 11-12.

Galt, John

Letter, 7 July 1812, of Scott to John Galt on the recent publication of Galt’s ‘Life of Cardinal Wolsley’ and Scott’s favourable opinion of it. Folios 13-14.

Hamper, William

Letter, 9 February 1830, of Scott to William Hamper on the progress of the new edition of 'Kenilworth' and the notes that Hamper provided for Scott on the subject. Folio 15.

Jerdan, William

Letter, 9 June 1821, of Scott to William Jerdan on his approval of Mr Mackay playing the role of Baillie Nicol Jarvie from ‘Rob Roy’ on the stage. Folio 16.

Letter, 28 February 1821, of Scott to William Laidlaw on personal matters including being asked by the king to sit for a portrait. Folios 17-18.

Smith, Sarah

Letter, 9 September 1807, of Scott to Sarah Smith on her health and Scott’s advice to protect her voice. Includes a description of the letter contained in a sales catalogue. Folios 19-21.

Spencer, William Robert

Letter, 16 September 1809, of Scott to William Robert Spencer on poetic works recently sent by Spencer and Scott’s response. Folios 22-23.

Letter, c.1805, to Scott from John Home on Home visiting Scott’s house to obtain a copy of the ballad ‘Chevy Chase’. Folios 24-25.

Letters of Sir Walter Scott to John Murray

Letter, 24 March 1809, of Scott to Murray asking for discretion in a matter concerning a Mr Richardson [William Greenfield]. Folio 26.

Letter, 19 March 1809, of Mr Richardson [William Greenfield] to Andrew Rutherford on potentially contributing an article to ‘The Quarterly Review’ Folios 27-28.

Letter, 25 March 1809, of Scott to Murray on further matters concerning Richardson [Greenfield] and setting up a meeting between Richardson and Murray. Folio 29.

Letter, 23 March 1809, of Richardson [Greenfield] to Rutherford on setting up a meeting with Murray while in London. Folios 30-31.

Letter, 16 April 1806, of Scott to Murray asking Murray for a favour. Folio 32.

Letter, 20 November 1813, of Scott to Murray on various payments and transactions. Folios 33-34.

Letter, May 1815, of Scott to Murray asking Murray if he would like a share in ‘Don Roderick’. Folio 35.

Letter, 21? February 1817, of Scott to Murray on an article Scott is writing for Murray and a request by Scott for Murray to publish an article of James Hogg. Folios 36-37.

Letter, 19 January 1816, of Scott to Murray on the completion of his article on ‘Emma’ and noting that he had recently written to Lord Byron. Folio 38.

Letter, 25 January 1816, of Scott to Murray on an article on the highlands which Scott notes is becoming overly long. Folio 39.

Letter, 17 July 1818, of Scott to Murray on the delay of an article owing to the recent general election. Folios 40-41.

Letter, 3 July 1819, of Scott to Murray on Patrick Carey’s ‘Trivial Poems and Triolets’ for which Scott provided an introduction. Folios 42-43.

Letter, 26 October 1810, of Scott to Murray on the proposals for a number of articles that Scott could write for Murray. Folio 44.

Letter, 16 January 1816?, of Scott to Murray on an almost completed article, possibly on Waterloo, for Murray. Folio 45.

Letter, July 1819?, of Scott to Murray asking Murray to receive Scott’s son who is in London and about to join his regiment. Folio 46.

Letter, April 1809, of Scott to Murray on Mr Richardson [William Greenfield] and the need for Murray to keep his meeting with him to a minimum. Folios 47-48.

Letter, 10 March 1809, of Scott to Murray asking him to employ William Greenfield [Scott calls him Greenshields] as a writer and the need to keep his identity a secret. Folios 49-50.

Poems and Prose

Poem, c.1822, of Sir Walter Scott ‘Epilogue’, which was written for a play and to be spoken by Sarah Siddons as Mary, Queen of Scots. Includes a description of the ‘Epilogue’ contained in a sales catalogue. Folios 51-52.

Four leaves, 1820, of Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘The Abbot’ comprising pages 29-31 and 45 from volume two of the manuscript with printed pages from ‘The Abbot’ relating to the leaves. Includes a description of the leaves contained in a sales catalogue. Folios 53-59.

Sir Walter Scott’s manuscript essay on George III which appeared in 'The Edinburgh Weekly Journal', 8 February 182., Folios 60-68.

Sir Walter Scott’s manuscript essay, c.1821, on Clara Reeve which appeared in 'Ballantyne’s Novelists Library' (1825). Folios 69-77.