Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott)

Letters of John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray II. Included is the agreement, 1825, between Lockhart and John Murray II by which Lockhart was appointed to the editorship of the "Quarterly Review"., 1814-1826.

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Identifier: MS.42445

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...

Dates: 1814-1826.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning John Gibson Lockhart. / Letters of, to and concerning John Gibson Lockhart; including letters concerning the death of his wife, Sophia. / Letters of John Gibson Lockhart, mostly to John Murray II and to John Murray III.

Miscellaneous papers concerning "The Representative" newspaper., 1891-late 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.42631

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence;

legal and financial papers;

a history of the newspaper; and,

some miscellaneous papers concerning the newspaper.

Dates: 1891-late 20th century.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers concerning the establishment, publication and demise of "The Representative" newspaper.

Papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and his literary property.

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Identifier: Acc.13422

Scope and Contents

Agreements, memoranda, letters, notes and drafts of Sir Walter Scott with his publishers Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell, and his printers, James Ballantyne, concerning Scott`s literary property. Included are a draft of the deed of 1819 selling the copyright of Scott`s novels and poems to Constable, and a letter of John Gibson Lockhart to Archibald Constable concerning his proposal for a Scott edition of Shakespeare, 1823.

Dates: 1817-1826

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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Letters of John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray II. Included is the agreement, 1825, between Lockhart and John Murray II by which Lockhart was appointed to the editorship of the "Quarterly Review"., 1814-1826.

Miscellaneous papers concerning "The Representative" newspaper., 1891-late 20th century.

Papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and his literary property.

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