Letters to or concerning Robert Surtees from various correspondents.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1804-1819, undated, of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (folio 3);
Letters, 1807-1818, of James Hogg (folio 29);
Letters, 1807-1833, of Joseph Frank (folio 35);
Letters, [1823], of Thomas Thomson (to Sir Walter Scott) (folio 52);
Letters, 1817, 1824, of James Tate (folio 54);
Letters, 1853, of George Townsend (folio 57);
Letters, 1833, of R H Allan (folio 60);
Letters, undated, of Mrs Beckwith (folio 62).
The volume is prefaced by two engravings of Charles Sharpe, and folio 53 is a printed flysheet, ‘Lines written in the church-yard of Richmond, Yorkshire’ by Herbert [Knowles] (Richmond, 1817).
Dates
- Creation: 1804-1853, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
71 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
viii + 63 + blank folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1964, by Mrs S S Clephan, Alnwick.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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