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Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1373
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);

Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).

Dates: 1822-1829.

Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.54
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);

Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).

Dates: [1548-1550, 1827, or before].