Note-books of Thomas Wilkie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.121-123
Scope and Contents
Thomas Wilkie was a collector of Border lore, and communicated much information to Walter Scott.
Dates
- Creation: 1814-1815, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
3 Volumes ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Custodial History
These manuscripts, stated to be lost in the "History of the Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club", volume xxiii (1916-1918), were afterwards found in the safe of the Presbytery of Kelso, where they had been placed for security by the Secretary of the Club.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1928, by W L Ferguson, Edinburgh, son of John Ferguson.
Bibliography
For an account of Thomas Wilkie and the history of the manuscripts see "History of the Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club", volume xv (1894-1895), page 141, and volume xxiii (1916-1918), page 50 (note by John Ferguson).
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
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk