Two letters of Bruce, Shaw, & Company, wine-merchants, Leith, to Sir Walter Scott, presenting their account, 1822-1823, and other papers., 1818-[1831, or after].
Scope and Contents
Includes a burlesque appreciation of ‘Who Killed Cock Robin?’ dated Lichfield Cathedral, 1818, but written on paper watermarked 1830 (folio 112); notes by David Laing on sources for the 'Good Devil of Woodstock', on paper watermarked 1831 (folio 114). In the 1832 edition of ‘Woodstock’ Walter Scott gives the whole of one tract cited by Laing, but makes no mention of Laing.
Dates
- Creation: 1818-[1831, or after].
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Extent
8 Leaves
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1941, by Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, C.B., D.S.O.
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