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Letters addressed mostly to Dr Robert Anderson, editor of ‘The Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britian’, ‘The Edinburgh Magazine’, etc.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.3.11

Scope and Contents

The writers include Thomas Percy, Thomas Park, and William Preston.

Dates

  • Creation: 1760-1830.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (111 folios. Folio.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

The letters were presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1898, with Adv.MSS.22.4.10-22.4.17, by Surgeon-General James Irving.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Separated Materials

This is volume IX of the collection Adv.MSS.22.4.10-22.4.17, containing letters folio in size and placed separately because of their size.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
08 05 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

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