Transcripts of letters in the possession of Mrs Clephan, the Cottage, Monkseaton, Northumberland.
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged as follows.
From a volume entitled ‘A Collection of Autographs, etc., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9th September, 1832. G. H. Gilchrist': letters of John Ross, the explorer, 1833, James Hogg, 1834, and James Montgomery, the poet, 1836.
From a volume entitled ‘Letters from Kirkpatrick Sharpe, James Hogg and others to Robert Surtees. From 1804 to 1833’: letters of Hogg to Surtees, 1817, of Thomas Thomson to Sir Walter Scott, undated, and of Charles Kirikpatrick Sharpe to Surtees, 1804-1819, undated.
There is also a letter of John Gibson Lockhart to Robert Southey, 1830.
Dates
- Creation: 1804-1834, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
38 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
38 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transcripts made, 1933, in the National Library of Scotland, with Mrs Clephan's permission.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
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