Northern England. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Southern extent of the region is roughly the River Trent and the northern boundary is the Scottish border.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Interleaved copy of the introduction to 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, with the author’s manuscript annotations; and some additional, related content., 1823.
Item
Identifier: MS.50704
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter, 18 December 1793, of Scott to Robert Shortreed on collecting old ballads. Folios i-ii.
Note indicating that the corrections made by Scott to the text remained unpublished. Folios iii-iv.
Note containing the words 'This might perhaps be improved though not enlarged'. Folio v-viii.
Interleaved copy of the introduction of 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland'. Folios 1-130.
Dates:
1823.