Correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe concerning his antiquarian and literary interests, and his social life., 1746-1747, 1809-1848, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19406, folios 1-258
Scope and Contents
Most of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’s own letters are in the form of drafts. The correspondence is followed (folio 216) by a collection of poems in different hands and 20th-century transcripts of letters to Alicia Baird of Newbyth, 1746-1747.
Dates
- Creation: 1746-1747, 1809-1848, undated.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
258 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1973.
Bibliography
Some of the correspondence has been published in ‘Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’, edited by Alexander Allardyce, (Edinburgh, 1888).
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk