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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 116 Collections and/or Records:

Seven letters of Eric Linklater.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6756
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

With typescript notes of Linklater, for a projected television programme on Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1954-1966.

"The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" (1812, 5th edition) by Walter Scott, with three tipped-in letters of Scott to Charles Erskine of Shielfield.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11706
Scope and Contents

The tipped-in letters of Scott are 1803, 1816 and undated.

Dates: 1803-1816 and undated.

Transcripts of letters of Joanna Baillie to Sir Walter Scott in the collection of the National Library of Scotland.

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Identifier: Acc.11484
Scope and Contents

Includes introduction and notes by Judith B Slagle.

Dates: circa 1997.

Two letters, 1824, of George Ticknor and George Huntly Gordon.

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Identifier: Acc.11580
Scope and Contents

Letters concern portraits of Sir Walter Scott. Also includes:

1. unrelated letter, 1812, of Sir David Wilkie

2. autograph note, 1816, of Walter Scott to James Ballantyne about "The Antiquary"

3. printed letter, 1829, of Scott

Dates: 1812-1824.

Two letters, 1827-1828, of Mrs Thomas Hughes to Edward Copleston.

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Identifier: Acc.8582
Scope and Contents

Concerning ecclesiastical preferment and a visit to Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford with a tour of Scotland.

Dates: Undated

Two letters of David Douglas, publisher, on his edition of Walter Scott`s "Familiar Letters", and on Scott`s life and work.

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Identifier: Acc.12638
Scope and Contents

In the letters the writer hints at his distaste for Scott`s money values and business affairs.

Dates: 1893-1894.

Two letters of J G Lockhart to James Ballantyne.

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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.

Two letters of J G Lockhart to John Ballantyne.

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Identifier: Acc.11060
Scope and Contents

Lockhart gives favourable opinions on Walter Scott`s "The Abbot" and "Kenilworth".

Dates: ? 1820-1821

Two letters of Thomas Faed.

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Identifier: Acc.11362
Scope and Contents

One letter is illustrated with a sketch discussing his 1849 painting of Sir Walter Scott and his literary friends at Abbotsford.

Includes a sketch, with key, by John Faed of his picture of Shakespeare and his friends at the Mermaid Tavern.

Dates: circa 1849-1900.

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.

Working autograph of ‘Rob Roy’ by Sir Walter Scott, with some associated papers., 1817.

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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.