Burton, John Hill, historian, 1809-1881
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846) of John Hill Burton.
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Identifier: Acc.11927
Scope and Contents
Includes an letter of David Hume, 1773, and interleaves bearing transcripts of 16 letters of Hume to his brother John and John`s son Joseph (`Josey`), transcribed by John Turnbull, WS, circa 1872.
Dates:
circa 1773-1872.
Correspondence between Isabella Black Lauder and John Hill Burton.
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Identifier: Acc.9571
Dates:
1842-1843.
Correspondence between Isabella Black Lauder and John Hill Burton.
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Identifier: Acc.9572
Dates:
1842-1843.
Essay: The Broken Stem. On Scottish sculptor William Brodie.
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Identifier: Acc.14343
Scope and Contents
Description of 11 works by the 19th-century Scottish sculptor William Brodie that were commissioned by the Scottish historiographer John Hill Burton. Burton was the first and perhaps most significant of Brodie's patrons. The sculptures were moved in the first decade of the 20th century to the home in South Australia of Burton's grandson, John Burton Cleland.The article describes the family mythology that had arisen around some of these sculptures that have not been seen publicly...
Dates:
2022.
Letter of John Hill Burton presenting his articles on Lord Fountainhall and William Lauder in "Chambers`s Biographical Dictionary" to Sir Thomas Dick Lauder.
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Identifier: Acc.11179
Dates:
1836.
Transcripts of correspondence between John Hill Burton and his first wife, Isabella Lauder.
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Identifier: Acc.9557
Dates:
1843.
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- Letters. Correspondence. 2
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- Biographies. 1
- Essays. 1