Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)
Dates
- Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832
Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of typescript MA dissertation, by Frances Sterling Ellis, entitled "Unity in "The Heart of Midlothian"".
Copy of typescript PhD dissertation, by Frances Stirling Ellis, entitled "Progression as Retrogression: the Stuart Tragedy in the Waverley Novels."
Correspondence and papers concerning figures of Scottish historical interest.
Includes:
charter, 1316, of Robert the Bruce
royal letters, 1537-1645
contemporary description, 1587, of the death of Mary, Queen of Scots
letters, 1716-1821 and undated, of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his family
letters, 1764 and 1793, of James Boswell
letters, 1810 and 1828, of Sir Walter Scott
letter, 1843, of Thomas Carlyle
Correspondence and papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family., 1681-1853.
Correspondence between Sir Walter Scott and John and Thomas Smith.
The letters mostly concern building work and developments at Abbotsford carried out by the Smith brothers. A number of the letters concern Scott's financial predicament, in relation to payment for work, following the market crash of 1825.
Correspondence of John Leycester Adolphus and his family.
With a manuscript of Adolphus, concerning Sir Walter Scott.
Correspondence of Sir Walter Scott and of Elizabeth Scott., 1817-1832.
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`.
Correspondence of the Huxley family with the Public Archives of Nova Scotia., 1937-1993.
Included are extracts from Walter Scott’s Journal and photocopies of Canadian newspaper articles on Huxley’s death.
Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House., 1796-1832.
Draft of letter to Sir Walter Scott., 1830
Draft of letter to Sir Walter Scott., 1807
Eight letters to John Forbes Mitchell.
Correspondents include Sir Alexander Boswell, Thomas Campbell and Sir Walter Scott, concerning a monument to Robert Burns.
Engraved portraits of Sir Walter Scott, evidently from published works., 19th century.
Facsimile of the "Peroration" to the manuscript of Walter Scott`s "The Tale of Old Mortality" (1816).
Forged letter, spuriously dated`1801` purporting to be of Walter Scott but actually by Alexander Howland Smith, pseudonym Antique Smith.
Fragment of letter of Sir Walter Scott.
Letter mentions books in the Advocates` Library and at Abbotsford.
Fragment of Sir Walter Scott, "History of Scotland".
Fragment of the autograph manuscript of "The Abbot" in hand of Sir Walter Scott
Fragment of the border ballad 'Outlaw Murray'.
In Sir Walter Scott's hand and collected for Scott's 'The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' with variations from teh published version.
French prose translation of "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott: "La Dame du Lac" by Etienne-Aulède-Sophie Fevret de Saint-Mesmin, Vicomtesse de Juigné
Galley proof sheet of Sir Walter Scott`s "History of Scotland".
Sheet has been revised heavily.
Incomplete manuscript of 'Waverley'.
The manuscript comprises the greater part of `Waverley`. Of the parts not included in the manuscript some exist as fragments in the Library`s manuscript collection, fifteen folios are in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and others are missing.
The first fifty folios of the manuscript are on quarto paper, watermarked 1805, the rest on folio paper, watermarked 1813.
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.
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.
Journal of `A few weeks among the Blue-bells of Scotland, memoranda of men, manners and mountains above the Tweed`
'Lay of the Last Minstrel' (London: John Sharpe, 1809) by Sir Walter Scott; with notes of William Beckford., 1809.
Beckfords's notes for the volume appear on i only. The rest of the copy is clean.
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- Letters. Correspondence. 116
- Photocopies. 31
- Correspondence. 27
- Notes. 17
- Manuscripts. 14
- Copies. Derivative objects. 11
- Novels. 10
- Poetry. 8
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 5
- Abbotsford House (historic house). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. 4
- Accounts. 4
- Albums. 4
- Drawings. Visual works. 4
- Research notes 4
- Transcripts 4
- Typescripts. 4
- Bonds. Legal instruments. 3
- Drafts. Documents. 3
- Facsimiles. Reproductions. 3
- Illustrations. Layout features. 3
- Publications. 3
- Receipts. Financial records 3
- Sketches 3
- Annotations. 2
- Articles. 2
- Books 2
- Commissions. Permissions. 2
- Dissertations. 2
- Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
- Engravings. Prints. 2
- Excerpts. 2
- Fragments. 2
- Indexes. Reference sources. 2
- Journals. Accounts. 2
- Legal documents. 2
- Newspapers. 2
- Reports 2
- Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 2
- Scripts. Documents 2
- Watercolours. Paintings. 2
- Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
- Auction catalogues. 1
- Caricatures. 1
- Catalogues. 1
- Certificates 1
- Charters 1
- Circulars. Fliers. 1
- Commonplace books. 1
- Declarations. 1
- Dryburgh Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.6667. Latitude: 55.5667. 1
- Envelopes. 1
- Fiction. 1
- Forgeries. Derivative objects. 1
- Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
- Genealogies. 1
- Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833. 1
- Histories. 1
- India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 1
- Inscriptions. 1
- Interleaves. 1
- Invitations. 1
- Isle of Man. Europe - Isle of Man. Island. Longitude: -4.5000. Latitude: 54.2500. 1
- Labels. Identifying artifacts. 1
- Lake District. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
- London. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Greater London. Inhabited place. Longitude: -0.1667. Latitude: 51.5000. 1
- Marginalia. Annotations. 1
- Melrose Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.7500. Latitude: 55.6167. 1
- Microfilms. 1
- Miniatures. Paintings. 1
- Northern England. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region. 1
- Notebooks. 1
- Orders. Records (documents). 1
- Pamphlets. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Prompt books. Scripts. 1
- Prose poems. 1
- Prospectuses 1
- Publishers and publishing. 1
- Registers (lists) 1
- Reviews. Document genre 1
- Sales catalogues. 1
- Scottish Borders. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Region (geographic). 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Seals. Artifacts 1
- Selkirk. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. County. 1
- Songs. Musical compositions. 1
- Synopses. 1
- Transcriptions. Documents. 1
- Translations. Documents. 1
- Travel journals 1
- Trossachs. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. General region. 1 + ∧ less