Letters. Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House., 1796-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.50703
Scope and Contents
LettersArchibald, Joseph JamiesonLetter, 8 November 1825, of Scott to Joseph Jamieson Archibald on his admiration for Robert Burns and the progress of John Gibson Lockhart in London. Folio 1.Ballantyne, JamesLetter, 8 July 1826, of Scott to James Ballantyne on his work for ‘The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte’. Folios 2-3.Bell, JohnLetter, 7 March 1816, of Scott to John Bell on collecting Jacobite songs. Folios 4-5....
Dates:
1796-1832.
Interleaved copy of the introduction to 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, with the author’s manuscript annotations; and some additional, related content., 1823.
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Identifier: MS.50704
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter, 18 December 1793, of Scott to Robert Shortreed on collecting old ballads. Folios i-ii.
Note indicating that the corrections made by Scott to the text remained unpublished. Folios iii-iv.
Note containing the words 'This might perhaps be improved though not enlarged'. Folio v-viii.
Interleaved copy of the introduction of 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland'. Folios 1-130.
Dates:
1823.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Edgcumbe to Edward VII., 1818-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40363
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce.Letters, 1901, of Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-4.Edgcumbe, Richard John Frederick.Letters, 1872, 1875, 1884-1887, 1895-1896, 1898-1900, 1908, 1910-1912, 1914, 1916-1917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1927 and undated to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates:
1818-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Godwin to Goldschmidt, E., 1813-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.40455
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Godwin, George Nelson.Letters and postcard, 1879 and 1899, of George Nelson Godwin to John Murray III. Folios 1-5. Further letters of this correspondent can be found at folios 68-69 of this manuscript.Godwin, William.Letters, 1813-1814, 1823 and 1832, of William Godwin to John Murray II. Folios 6-25.Folio 25. Note with the proposed title,...
Dates:
1813-1916.
Selected manuscripts of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House., 1796-1832.
Series
Identifier: MSS.50702-50705
Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.43341
Scope and Contents
There are here two volumes. The first contains a number of manuscripts of the poetry of Byron, with some correspondence of and to Byron.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated; pencil notes are in an unidentified hand.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by...
Dates:
?1811-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Working autograph of ‘Rob Roy’ by Sir Walter Scott, with some associated papers., 1817.
Item
Identifier: MS.50702
Scope and Contents
Complete working manuscript of 'Rob Roy'.Associated content.Letter, circa 1817, of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne on the completion of 'Rob Roy'. Folio i.Fragment of a sales catalogue, 4th quarter of 19th century. Folio ii.Card from Honresfield, Littleborough, marked 'Scott original manuscript of 'Rob Roy''. Folio iii.Newspaper clipping from 'The Times', 19 March 1901, on the effect of 'Rob Roy' on James Russell Lowell. Folio...
Dates:
1817.