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 Series
Identifier: MS.15941

'Some terrible letters from Scotland communicated by The Ettrick Shepherd.’

 File
Identifier: MS.3810
Scope and Contents

Descriptions, in the hand of James Hogg, of real or imaginary incidents of the cholera plague of 1832 in Lothian, on the West Coast, and in Fisherrow, in letters purporting to have been written to him by Andrew Ker, alias Clapperton, Alexander McAlister, mate of the ‘Jane Hamilton’ of Port Glasgow, and James McL-- respectively.

Also printed proofs of an article by James Douglas, titled, 'The three plagues of Bombay' (folio 11).

Dates: 1832, 1899.

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Correspondence. 46
Typescripts. 37
Speeches. Documents. 32
Manuscripts. 31
Drafts. Documents. 28
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Poetry. 20
Photographs. 19
Notes. 17
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 17
Letters. Correspondence. 13
Copies. Derivative objects. 11
Lectures. 11
Diaries. 10
Notebooks. 10
Plays. 9
Reviews. Document genre 9
Translations. Documents. 9
Photocopies. 8
Essays. 7
Documents. 6
Legal documents. 6
Reviews. Document genre. 6
Scripts. Documents 6
Scripts. Documents. 6
Short stories. 6
Obituaries. 5
Reports. 5
Accounts. 4
Novels. 4
Offprints. 4
Professional papers. 4
Proofs. Printed matter. 4
Publications. 4
Biographies. 3
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 3
Excerpts. 3
Lists. 3
Maps. Cartographic materials. 3
Memorandums. 3
Negatives. Photographs. 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Reports 3
Research notes. 3
Sketches 3
Transcripts 3
Autobiographies. 2
Calculations. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Decisions. Judicial records. 2
Financial records. 2
Genealogies. 2
Interviews. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 2
Memoirs. 2
Microfilms. 2
Pamphlets. 2
Personal papers. 2
Petitions. 2
Prefaces. 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Research. Documents. 2
Rules. Instructions. 2
Travel journals. 2
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annals. Histories, without comment. 1
Annotations. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Bankbooks. 1
Bibliographies. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Charts. Graphic documents. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Cookbooks. 1
Declarations. 1
Dedications. Documents. 1
Descriptions. Documents. 1
Dialogues. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Engravings. Prints. 1
Ephemera. 1
Estimates. Financial records. 1
Exercise books. 1
Extracts. 1
Faroe Islands. Europe. Dependent state. Longitude: -7.0000. Latitude: 62.0000. 1
Folklore. 1
Fragments. 1
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
Histories. 1
Invitations. 1
Lecture notes. 1
Magazines. periodicals. 1
Memorials. Legal documents. 1
Mining. 1
Minute books. 1
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Language
English 64
Undetermined 14
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 4
Latin 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 4
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 3
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
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Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 2
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Althaus, Friedrich, Professor at University College, London, 1829-1897 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, James, Minister of Colmonell, b 1896 1
Burness, Robert, translator, fl 1948 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Cokayne, George Edward, formerly Adams, genealogist, 1825-1911 1
Cooper, Thomas Mackay, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge, 1892-1955 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 1
Haldane, John Scott, physiologist and philosopher, 1860-1936 1
Hamilton, Douglas Douglas-, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, nobleman and aviator, 1903-1973 1
Honeyman, Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, 1891-1971 1
Honeyman, Thomas, father of Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, fl 1877-1934 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
MacNeacail, Aonghas, poet, b 1942 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Macleod, Robert Duncan, Editor of the "Library Review", d 1973: recipient 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Mirror, Edinburgh, newspaper 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968. 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Murray, John George Stewart-, 7th Duke of Atholl, 1840-1917 1
Murray, Keith William, Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, 1850-1922 1
Murray, family 1
Nazhivin, Ivan Fedorovich, writer, 1874-1940 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971. 1
Paul, Sir James Balfour, Knight, historian, 1846-1931 1
Pirie-Gordon, Charles Harry Clinton, journalist, naval intelligence officer and genealogist, 1883-1969 1
Powell, Reginald (physicist) 1
Power, William, journalist, 1873-1951 1
Sang, Edward, engineer, Edinburgh, 1805-1890 1
Schlapp, Otto, Emeritus Professor of German, University of Edinburgh, 1859-1939 1
Scottish National Party 1
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 1
Small, William, Lanarkshire miners' leader, founder member of Scottish Labour Party and Independent Labour Party, d 1903 1
Smith, W Gordon (photographer, broadcaster and playwright) 1
Stamp, Alexandra Frances, journalist and author, née Artley, fl 1982-2004 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Tannahill, Andrew, poet and translator, 1900-1986 1
Taylor, Wilfred (journalist and author) 1
Teissier du Cros, Janet (nee Grierson, writer) 1
The Robert Burns World Federation Limited 1
Thomson, John Maitland, Curator of the Historical Department, Scottish Record Office, 1847-1923 1
Watt, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-, Knight, developer of radar, 1892-1973 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 1
Yeats, William Butler, poet, 1865-1939 1
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