Autobiographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Biographies of individuals written by themselves.
Found in 294 Collections and/or Records:
'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, book II: 'Toulon', containing chapters 3-5, with a map., June-December 1793.
Item
Identifier: MS.1837
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The text begins after the siege of Gibraltar (of which there is much discussion), and describes the writer's experiences at Gibraltar, 1787-1789 and later, in France (especially Toulon), 1791, in Elba and Corsica, 1793-1796, and at Naples, 1797, with intervals in England, to the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.Colonel Drinkwater apparently intended to publish at least the earlier part of these as a sequel to his ‘History of the late Siege of Gibraltar’ (London, 1785) (see...
Dates:
June-December 1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Autobiographical writings of Colonel John Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune.
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'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, covering the years 1783-1797.
'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, book III: 'Hieres Bay, Elba, Corsica, St Florenzo', containing chapters 6-9., December 1793-May 1794.
Item
Identifier: MS.1838
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The text begins after the siege of Gibraltar (of which there is much discussion), and describes the writer's experiences at Gibraltar, 1787-1789 and later, in France (especially Toulon), 1791, in Elba and Corsica, 1793-1796, and at Naples, 1797, with intervals in England, to the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.Colonel Drinkwater apparently intended to publish at least the earlier part of these as a sequel to his ‘History of the late Siege of Gibraltar’ (London, 1785) (see...
Dates:
December 1793-May 1794.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Autobiographical writings of Colonel John Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune.
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'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, covering the years 1783-1797.
'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, book IV: 'Corsica, Bastia, Calvi, Corte, Bastia', containing chapters 10-13., May 1794-February 1795.
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Identifier: MS.1839
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The text begins after the siege of Gibraltar (of which there is much discussion), and describes the writer's experiences at Gibraltar, 1787-1789 and later, in France (especially Toulon), 1791, in Elba and Corsica, 1793-1796, and at Naples, 1797, with intervals in England, to the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.Colonel Drinkwater apparently intended to publish at least the earlier part of these as a sequel to his ‘History of the late Siege of Gibraltar’ (London, 1785) (see...
Dates:
May 1794-February 1795.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Autobiographical writings of Colonel John Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune.
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'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, covering the years 1783-1797.
'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, book V: 'Corsica, Bastia, Corte', containing chapters 14-16., February 1795-October 1796.
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Identifier: MS.1840
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The text begins after the siege of Gibraltar (of which there is much discussion), and describes the writer's experiences at Gibraltar, 1787-1789 and later, in France (especially Toulon), 1791, in Elba and Corsica, 1793-1796, and at Naples, 1797, with intervals in England, to the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.Colonel Drinkwater apparently intended to publish at least the earlier part of these as a sequel to his ‘History of the late Siege of Gibraltar’ (London, 1785) (see...
Dates:
February 1795-October 1796.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Autobiographical writings of Colonel John Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune.
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'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, covering the years 1783-1797.
'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, book VI: "Elba, Porto, Ferajo, Naples, Gibraltar, Battle off St. Vincent's", containing chapters 17-18., October 1796-March 1797.
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Identifier: MS.1841
Scope and Contents
Includes the printed ‘Narrative’ of the battle of Cape St Vincent, which Colonel Drinkwater published anonymously in 1797, followed by the manuscript on which he based the matter, on pages 77-97, in the second edition, 1840.
Dates:
October 1796-March 1797.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Autobiographical writings of Colonel John Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune.
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'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, covering the years 1783-1797.
'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, covering the years 1783-1797., [1797, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1836-1842
Scope and Contents
The text begins after the siege of Gibraltar (of which there is much discussion), and describes the writer's experiences at Gibraltar, 1787-1789 and later, in France (especially Toulon), 1791, in Elba and Corsica, 1793-1796, and at Naples, 1797, with intervals in England, to the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.Colonel Drinkwater apparently intended to publish at least the earlier part of these as a sequel to his ‘History of the late Siege of Gibraltar’ (London, 1785) (see...
Dates:
[1797, or after.]
Recollections of events in the life of Mary E Haldane from 1850 until about 1860, concerning her marriage and the birth of her older children, written in her own hand between 1919 and 1922, with a few later additions and alterations., 1919-1922.
Item
Identifier: MS.20150
Scope and Contents
The volume continues the account started in MS.20149.
Dates:
1919-1922.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Diaries, a few notebooks and some miscellaneous papers chiefly of Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson, with some of her parents, brother and sisters, her husband and daughter.
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Diaries and notebooks of Mary E Haldane.
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Notebooks of Mary E Haldane chiefly containing travel and autobiographical writings.
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Account of the life of Mary E Haldane.
‘Some of the incidents of my military life', undated, by the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale., 19th century.
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Identifier: MS.14808
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
19th century.
`Some Remarks on Providence and the Lord`s dealings with me in my tender years, and progressively carried on since. Together with some Meditations on various subjects`, by Hugh Camron, a catechist and schoolmaster in Lochbroom.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.30
Scope and Contents
The first 12 chapters are mainly autobiographical. There are two later insertions however, the preface and the section between folios 49 and 53 verso, which deals with later events in his life dating from 1751 to 1763. Chapter 13 is divided into 16 sections taking the form of moralising essays on various aspects of Christian behaviour. The work is apparently unpublished.
Dates:
1746-1763.
Transcript in a contemporary hand, of the ‘Autobiography’ of Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk.
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Identifier: MS.3732
Scope and Contents
This version of the ‘Autobiography’, the same as that found in MS.3462 (folios 1-371), contains also the opening pages which are missing in that manuscript. Included (as far as folio 34 verso) are numerous excerpts from Thomas Carlyle's 'Recollections', some of which were printed for the first time, perhaps from MS.3463, in the form of footnotes in the 1910 edition of the ‘Autobiography’. Thereafter, apart from minor variations in arrangement and the omission of several paragraphs, the text...
Dates:
1765, 1800, 1819.
Transcripts, 1727-1728, of autobiography, letters, and biographical notes by John Livingstone, minister of Ancrum; and of the autobiography of Gabriel Semple, minister of Jedburgh., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5746
Scope and Contents
The volume was transcribed by the same copyist as MS.5745.
Dates:
17th century.
Transcripts, 1727, of the autobiography of Robert Blair, minister of St Andrews, and of a biography of William Leitch, minister of Dumfries., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5745
Scope and Contents
The volume was transcribed by the same copyist as MS.5746.
Dates:
17th century.
Type-written autobiographical account of Morrison and the families of his father and his mother., ca. 1930
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/11
Scope and Contents
Typewritten account beginning "For a long time how, I have had in my mind, writing a sketch of my family and its connections …". 22 pages. The original is loosely inserted into a notebook containing notes and material collected on Morrison family history (entitled on the first page: "Morrison"). This notebook, including the typewritten family history, remains in private hands.
Dates:
ca. 1930
Typed copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, with further revisions., [?1927.]
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Identifier: MS.20063
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
Dates:
[?1927.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Autobiographical writings of Richard Haldane.
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Various versions of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane.
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Typed copy of MSS.20061-20062: Early version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, as revised, with several small amendments throughout, and a few additional leaves written in his hand.
Typed copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, with further revisions., [?1927.]
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Identifier: MS.20064
Scope and Contents
A copy of the 'Memorandum as to events in December, 1905' (MS.20049, folio 11) is incorporated into this text (folio 11).
Dates:
[?1927.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Autobiographical writings of Richard Haldane.
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Various versions of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane.
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Typed copy of MSS.20061-20062: Early version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, as revised, with several small amendments throughout, and a few additional leaves written in his hand.
Typed copy of MSS.20061-20062: Early version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, as revised, with several small amendments throughout, and a few additional leaves written in his hand., [?1927.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20063-20064
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
Dates:
[?1927.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Autobiographical writings of Richard Haldane.
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Various versions of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane.
Typescript autobiography of Mary M Couper, "Zest for Life".
Item
Identifier: Acc.11184
Dates:
circa 1992.
Typescript by Richard Burdon Haldane entitled 'Memories'., [1917, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.5920
Scope and Contents
There is an inscription (folio 1) in Richard Burdon Haldane's hand: 'To his mother from her son, the writer, Christmas 1917'. This is a brief, early version of Haldane’s 'Autobiography'.
Dates:
[1917, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Papers of Richard Burdon Haldane.
Typescript by Richard Haldane entitled 'Memories’, being an earlier version of MS.5920., 1917.
File
Identifier: MS.20059
Scope and Contents
In typescript with many small amendments in pencil, compiled doubtlessly in 1917.
The main difference between the two versions of the text is the transposition of the first two chapters.
Dates:
1917.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Autobiographical writings of Richard Haldane.
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Typed copies of Richard Haldane’s recollections of various parts of his life.
Typescript carbon copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, with further revisions., [?1927, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20065
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The most substantial of the alterations are the additions at folios 97-101, 125, 163-164 and 253-254. The chief difference between this final copy and the printed book is the deletion of folios 199-242.
Dates:
[?1927, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Autobiographical writings of Richard Haldane.
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Various versions of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane.
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Carbon copy of MSS.20063-20064: Typed copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane", as revised, containing a few further alterations.
Typescript carbon copy of "Early version of ‘Autobiography’ by Richard Haldane"., [?1927, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20066
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The most substantial of the alterations are the additions at folios 97-101, 125, 163-164 and 253-254. The chief difference between this final copy and the printed book is the deletion of folios 199-242.
Dates:
[?1927, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Autobiographical writings of Richard Haldane.
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Various versions of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane.
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Carbon copy of MSS.20063-20064: Typed copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane", as revised, containing a few further alterations.
Typescript copy of chapters i-xv of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith., 1895.
Item
Identifier: MS.23191
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The 'Recollections of a long and busy life' was written apparently about 1895.
Dates:
1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of George Smith (1824-1901), publisher, and founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, and his successors as heads of the firm of Smith, Elder and Company.
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Papers of George Smith relating chiefly to the publication of articles in the 'Cornhill Magazine', and of books published by Smith, Elder and Company.
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Typescript copy of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith.
Typescript copy of chapters xvi-xxvi of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith., 1895.
Item
Identifier: MS.23192
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The 'Recollections of a long and busy life' was written apparently about 1895.
Dates:
1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of George Smith (1824-1901), publisher, and founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, and his successors as heads of the firm of Smith, Elder and Company.
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Papers of George Smith relating chiefly to the publication of articles in the 'Cornhill Magazine', and of books published by Smith, Elder and Company.
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Typescript copy of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith.
Typescript copy of 'Green days in forests. Some recollections and reflections of a timber merchant' by James Begg, with original photographs.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14520
Scope and Contents
The volume contains photographs, pasted in, of loggers and timber merchants and their horses and machinery at work in and around Glasgow; farm animals and birds; landscapes and scenery encountered in the course of Begg's work; and a portrait photograph of the author's father.
Dates:
[Circa 1944.]
Typescript copy of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith., 1895.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23191-23192
Scope and Contents
The 'Recollections of a long and busy life' was written apparently about 1895.
Dates:
1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of George Smith (1824-1901), publisher, and founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, and his successors as heads of the firm of Smith, Elder and Company.
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Papers of George Smith relating chiefly to the publication of articles in the 'Cornhill Magazine', and of books published by Smith, Elder and Company.