Miscellaneous letters.
Scope and Contents
The larger groups of letters concern Lord Palmerston; Thomas Telford, the engineer; Samuel Rutherford Crockett and William Fergusson, jute merchant, Dundee. The other correspondents include David Laing, Dugald Stewart, James Hogg, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, William Dyce, Sir Edwin Landseer, John Gibson Lockhart, and Oscar Wilde.
Dates
- Creation: 1804-1920, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
220 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The arrangement is basically chronological but groups of letters, of or to the same correspondent, have been kept together.
220 folios.
Custodial History
This manuscript has been formed from various accessions:
folio 143, bought, 9 April 1959, from Morrison, McChlery and Co., Glasgow, lot 10;
folio 21, bought, 9 April 1959, from Morrison, McChlery and Co., Glasgow, lot 20;
folio 105, bought, 9 April 1959, from Morrison, McChlery and Co., Glasgow, lot 21;
folio 129, bought, 9 April 1959, from Morrison, McChlery and Co., Glasgow, lot 29;
folio 67, bought, 9 April 1959, from Morrison, McChlery and Co., Glasgow, lot 33;
folio, 36, bought, 9 April 1959, from Morrison, McChlery and Co., Glasgow, lot 40;
the rest bought elsewhere at various dates, 1958-1960.
The letters were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1958-1960.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
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