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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter of Alexander to James Ballantyne describing the last dinner of the writer with Sir Walter Scott.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11747
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript draft and cutting of letter of John Ballantyne on the same dinner with Scott, and a pencil and chalk study of Scott by John Ballantyne.

Dates: 1831 and undated.

Two letters of J G Lockhart to James Ballantyne.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11556
Scope and Contents

Letters concern Ballantyne`s relationship with Sir Walter Scott and memoranda of Scott to be supplied by Ballantyne for the use of Lockhart in his projected biography.

Includes notes on the letters by Alexander Ballantyne and transcripts of three letters of Scott to James Ballantyne.

Dates: 1832.