Copies, late 18th-century, of poems, 1769-1774, and undated, of Henry Erskine, with a few corrections by the author.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.21
Scope and Contents
There is a list of contents on folio 1.
Dates
- Creation: 1769-1774.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (2 folios + 168 pages. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.727 (manuscript may not have been filmed in full).
Bibliography
Many of the items have been wholly or partly printed by Alexander Fergusson in ‘Honourable Henry Erskine’ (Edinburgh, 1882), and Maria Riddell in ‘Metrical Miscellany’ (London, 1802); and four items (pages 106, 112, 125, 119) are printed in ‘Court of Session Garland’ [edited by James Maidment] (Edinburgh, 1839), pages 65-69.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 04 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk