Letters to Sir Walter Scott; with a list of contents.
Scope and Contents
These letters, with those in the Abbotsford Collection (MSS.865-869), must make up almost the whole correspondence addressed to Sir Walter Scott.
Dates
- Creation: 1796-1831, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
47 Leaves
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The letters were originally bound in twenty-three volumes. In the earlier volumes they were numbered, in the later, foliated. On the whole they were arranged in order of date, but many were misplaced. Inside the back cover of several volumes were notes of John Gibson Lockhart, apparently made when he was writing the ‘Life’. Some of these give a reference to the number or folio of the letter.
The contents of each original volume have now been re-bound in two volumes. Misplaced letters have in some but not all cases been moved to the appropriate place; the contents of the original volume xxiii have been extensively re-arranged. John Gibson Lockhart's notes will be found at the end of the second of the two volumes into which each original volume has been divided.
Custodial History
The letters were acquired by Sir Hugh Walpole, the novelist, at Sotheby's, 12 April, 1921.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed, 1941, by Sir Hugh Walpole.
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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