Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts Collections | National Library of Scotland | NLSMSS | Miscellaneous papers chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott regarding historical and other matters, not Scottish.

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Normal access conditions apply.
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Arrangement

ii + 191 folios.
Scope and Contents

The papers include a copy of a letter of Adam Ferguson (afterwards Professor) from Vilvoorde Camp, 1745 (folio 25); an account of the Sepoy mutiny at Vellore of 1806, by an eyewitness (folio 97); notes on Rhodes ‘to save Sir Walter the trouble of looking out for information’, with sketches, by Sir William Gell, 1832 (folio 147); and notes on Indian manners supplied by Colonel James Ferguson for the “Surgeon’s daughter” [?1827] (folio 165).
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Miscellaneous papers chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott regarding historical and other matters, not Scottish. Edit