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Collection of autographs formed by William Finlay Watson (died 1881), bookseller, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.577-600
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters and documents in the autograph of literary, political, social, artistic, naval, military, and legal celebrities, chiefly covering the period from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth.
The first 2,300 items bear numbers given in the National Galleries. Certain letters, etc., have been retained for exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery; the series is therefore not continuous (see MS.595).
Dates:
16th century-19th century.