Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846) of John Hill Burton.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11927
Scope and Contents
Includes an letter of David Hume, 1773, and interleaves bearing transcripts of 16 letters of Hume to his brother John and John`s son Joseph (`Josey`), transcribed by John Turnbull, WS, circa 1872.
Dates:
circa 1773-1872.
Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
File
Identifier: Acc.10686
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Dates:
circa 1803-1821.