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Correspondence, diary, verse and other papers of and relating to John Wilson ‘Christopher North’, author and journalist [1785-1854].
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13436
Scope and Contents
The bulk and principal interest of the papers lie in the letters written by John Wilson to his mother, sister Jane and his wife Jane. Many of the letters relate to Wilson’s early life and shed light on his relations with his family, his life as a student in Glasgow and later in Oxford, and also at Elleray in the Lake District.
Dates:
1798-1854, undated
Letter of J G Lockhart to John Wilson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11001
Scope and Contents
Concerns a visit by Sir Walter Scott and his party to the Lake District, and a projected meeting there with George Canning.
Dates:
1825.