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First draft of parts of ‘Ten thousand a year’ by Samuel Warren, and a manuscript of an apparently unpublished play based thereon., [1839, or before-1841, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.4881

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) First draft of Parts I-V and XIV-XVIII of 'Ten thousand a year'. (Folio 1.)

(ii) Manuscript, undated, of an apparently unpublished play based on 'Ten thousand a year'. There are two versions of act III, scenes ii and iii, and an additional scene in another hand, which has been inserted after act IV, scene i. (Folio 62.)

Dates

  • Creation: [1839, or before-1841, or after.]

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

107 Leaves ; Quarto.

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: Undetermined

Arrangement

107 folios.

Bibliography

'Ten thousand a year' was published in "Blackwood's Magazine" between October 1839 and May 1841.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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