Letters addressed to James Browne, Doctor of Laws, Advocate, author of ‘A history of the Highlands’, with a few written by him and others regarding him.
File
Identifier: MS.3700
Scope and Contents
Most of the correspondents are literary men, writing with reference to the ‘Caledonian Mercury’, which James Browne edited, but they include several other eminent contemporaries.
The letters have been bound and supplied with lists of the writers by James Grant, the novelist and historian, Browne's son-in-law, in 1862-1863.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1844.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
283 Leaves ; Various sizes.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
283 folios.
Custodial History
The letters were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 4 June 1947, lot 708.
Bibliography
Browne, James. ‘History of the Highlands’ (Glasgow, 1837).
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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk