Original manuscript of ‘My Life in Normandy’ by Walter Frederick Campbell of Islay, edited and illustrated by his son, John Francis Campbell., 1848.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.9
Scope and Contents
The manuscript volume includes two prefaces in John Francis Campbell`s hand and several letters to him from David Douglas concerning the publication of his father`s manuscript, 1862-1863. There is also a letter of John Francis Campbell to his step-mother, 1862 (folio 9). At the end of the volume are several folios of additional material ‘found after the book was published’.
The manuscript appears to have been written in three different hands and corresponds more or less with the printed version.
Dates
- Creation: 1848.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (292 folios. Folio.)
Bibliography
Campbell, Walter Frederick. ‘My Life in Normandy’, edited and illustrated by John Francis Campbell, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1863).
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk