‘Letters from Sir Walter Scott to the Shortreeds’, i.e. to Robert Shortreed, Sheriff-Substitute of Roxburghshire, and his family., 1793-1831.
Scope and Contents
The letters are almost all transcripts. They are mostly in the autograph of Andrew Shortreed, son of the Sheriff-Substitute, and are accompanied by explanatory notes and a covering letter (folio 8) with which he sent them to John Gibson Lockhart in 1837. They include a letter of Sir Walter Scott to Charles Kerr, 1794 (folio 13), one of John Elliot Shortreed, 1831 (folio 68), and a poem, ‘Head and Tail’ ascribed to Scott (folio 74).
Dates
- Creation: 1793-1831.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
82 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
75 + vii blank folios. The letters are arranged on the whole in chronological order, and were received bound.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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