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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.

 Item
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].

Notes, circa 1840-circa 1865, of Peter Cunningham, on English actresses.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5583
Scope and Contents

With corrected proofs, 1833, of Cunningham`s "Life of William Drummond of Hawthornden".

Dates: 1833, circa 1840-circa 1865.

Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8551
Scope and Contents

Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1980-1983.

Proof copy of Dorothy Haig, "The Man I Knew".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7133
Scope and Contents

Containing numerous passages crossed through or corrected with typed past-overs.

Dates: 1935-1936.

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Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Arthur, Sir George Compton Archibald, 3rd Baronet, Private Secretary to Earl Kitchener, 1860-1946 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Cunningham, Peter, author, 1816-1869 1