Typescript copy of Thomas Mathison's ‘The Goff. An Herio-comical Poem in three Cantos’, with a commentary, 1946, by C B Clapcott, showing that the poem describes an actual golf match played on Leith Links in 1743.
Item
Identifier: MS.3999
Dates
- Creation: 1743, 1946.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
61 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
61 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1946, by C B Clapcott, through the good offices of R S Lindsay, Writer to the Signet.
Bibliography
Mathison, Thomas. ‘The goff. An herio-comical poem in three cantos’ (Edinburgh, 1743).
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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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk