Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Scott Huxley papers.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11407/1-13
Scope and Contents
Papers concern the affairs of Thomas Scott, brother of Sir Walter, his family, and particularly his son-in-law Colonel Thomas Huxley.
Includes nine letters of Sir Walter Scott, and manuscript concerning the Isle of Man compiled by Thomas Scott, used by Walter Scott in `Peveril of the Peak`.
Dates:
1811-1939.
`The Antient customary laws of the Isle of Mann`., 1811.
File
Identifier: Acc.11407/4
Scope and Contents
`The antient laws of the Isle of Mann` copied by Thomas Scott during his stay on the Isle of Man. The documents were seen by Walter Scott who used them as part of his inspiration for the novel `Peveril of the Peak` (1823), and referred to them in his introduction. Thomas includes a letter to Walter, 11 April 1811, from the Isle of Man.
Dates:
1811.