Letters, chiefly addressed to Archibald Constable, publisher, with a few copies of letters written by him.
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include Basil Hall, William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, Alexander Henderson, David Herd, James Hogg, John Home, Francis Horner, Rowland Hunter and Thomas Hurst. There are some annotations by Thomas Constable, who made use of the material in his ‘Archibald Constable and his literary correspondents’ (Edinburgh, 1873).
Dates
- Creation: 1801-1827.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
261 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
iv + 257 folios. The letters are arranged roughly in alphabetical order of the correspondents.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1964, by P J W Kilpatrick, of Messrs T and A Constable Limited, Edinburgh.
Separated Materials
See also MSS.319-332, and MSS.668-684.
Bibliography
- 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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