Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Incomplete manuscript of a review for the "Quarterly Review" : "A Year in Spain. By a young American", by Washington Irving., 1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.42313
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is a review of a publication by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. It includes several pages from Mackenzie`s work, each bearing annotations in Irving`s hand.Correspondence between the folios of the manuscript and the pages of the printed article :folios 1-12 = pages [319]-323;folios 13-27 = pages 329-333;folio 28 - not included in the published article;folio 29 = page 334;folios 30-31 = page 339;...
Dates:
1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Washington Irving.
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Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving.
Manuscript, "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, by Fray Antonio Agapida", by Washington Irving., 1828-1829.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42310-42312
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in three volumes. Sections of the manuscript would appear to be in the hand of a copyist.
With the manuscript is a brief outline, by Earl Harbert of Tulane University, of the history of the manuscript.
Dates:
1828-1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Washington Irving.
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Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving.
Manuscript, "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Fray Antonio Agapida", by Washington Irving. Volume I., 1828-1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.42310
Scope and Contents
Volume I of the manuscript is made up of : Introduction; Chapters 1-24.
Dates:
1828-1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Washington Irving.
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Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving.
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Manuscript, "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, by Fray Antonio Agapida", by Washington Irving.
Manuscript, "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Fray Antonio Agapida", by Washington Irving. Volume II., 1828-1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.42311
Scope and Contents
Volume II of the manuscript is made up of : Chapters 25-65.
Dates:
1828-1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Washington Irving.
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Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving.
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Manuscript, "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, by Fray Antonio Agapida", by Washington Irving.
Manuscript, "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Fray Antonio Agapida", by Washington Irving. Volume III., 1828-1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.42312
Scope and Contents
Volume III of the manuscript is made up of : Chapters 66-99; Appendix - Fate of Boabdil el Chico; Death of the Marquis of Cadiz; The legend of the death of Don Alonzo de Aguilar.
Dates:
1828-1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
/
Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
/
Papers of and concerning Washington Irving.
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Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving.
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Manuscript, "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, by Fray Antonio Agapida", by Washington Irving.
Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving., Circa 1829-1850.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42310-42315
Scope and Contents
Irving produced many popular and successful works throughout his writing career, most of which were published in Britain by John Murray. The manuscripts in this sequence relate to some of these works, including 'The Crayon Miscellany' and three volumes of 'A Chronicle of the conquest of Granada'. In addition, there is an incomplete manuscript for a review for the 'Quarterly Review', and a letter that contains a personal outline of his life up until 1837.
Dates:
Circa 1829-1850.
Papers of and concerning Washington Irving., 1817-1946.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42307-42318
Scope and Contents
Author Washington Irving (1783-1859) had many of his most famous works published in Britain by John Murray, including 'Sketch book of Geoffrey Canon', which includes the stories of 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.The holdings here reflect the business and personal relationship between Irving and the house of Murray. There are over 60 letters of Irving to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. In addition, the sequence includes letters of George Putnam, the...
Dates:
1817-1946.