Typescripts.
Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of Frederick Blackwood to John Murray III and to John Murray IV. Included are a typescript copy of an extract from a letter of Blackwood; a letter of Helen Hay to John Murray III, and an advertisement for "Chappell and Cos New and Popular Songs"., 1890-1902.
The typescript is of an extract from a letter of Blackwood in which he expresses fully the merits of his trusted servant, Frederick Nowell.
Letters of Henry Fox and of Elizabeth Fox to John Murray II., 1812-1825, 1948.
Letters of J B S Haldane to his parents and his sister, including a number of copies in another hand and in typescript., 1912, 1914-1918.
Many of the letters were written whilst J B S Haldane was on active service (folio 2).
Letters of John Gibson Lockhart to Henry Milman; with typescript transcriptions, ?mid 20th century, of letters, 1829-1849, of Milman to Lockhart., 1824-1970.
Letters of John Manson concerning Victor Serge and letters of D W Dörrbecker, Duncan Glen, T S Law and William Neil.
Includes typescripts of George Hardie and Neil Mathers.
Letters of John Taaffe to John Murray II, with typescript transcriptions of the letters., 1822-? 1970.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II; with a note relating to these letters., 1819-1820, 1830, undated.
The letters have been arranged in chronological order.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II including a letter wrapper watermarked 1819, and a typed note and typescript transcription of one of the letters, 1819: folios 1-44;
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II, 1820: folios 45-120;
Note relating to the letters of Lord Byron, 1830: folio 121.
Letters of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray II; with typescript transcriptions of the letters., 1821-1843, ?mid 20th century.
There are 28 letters of novelist Maria Edgeworth to John Murray [II]. Murray was one of her publishers and they shared many acquaintances. Edgeworth writes to introduce friends, discuss copyright, comment on the situation in Ireland, and recommend works. There are also typescript transcript copies of the letters.
Letters of members of the Walker family of Dundonald, Ayrshire.
Includes letters from relations in America and one reporting on anti-Catholic riots in Edinburgh 1779, also includes a 19th century transcript (and 20th century typescript copy) of a journal of Josiah Walker, originally written in 1780.
Letters of Ronald Campbell Macfie to Mairi Campbell Ireland., 1930-1931, undated.
Ronald Campbell Macfie writes about mutual friends and acquaintances and discusses poetry at some length, both his own and that of others. Drafts of two of his poems, 'High Lands and High Ladies' and 'The Aberdonian' are included (folios 65-72). The correspondence is followed (folio 123) by other manuscript, typescript and printed poems, most of which were published in ‘The complete poems of Ronald Campbell Macfie’, 1937.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge to John Murray II; with typescript transcriptions, 1949, of the letters, 1812-1817., 1812-1825, 1949.
Letters of Sir Charles Maitland to his mother, with related material., 1854-1855.
The letters concern the Crimean War, describing Sir Charles Maitland's journey to Sebastopol, the actions in which he took part, and his convalescence after being wounded. There is a rough plan of the battle of Balaclava at folio 226 verso. At folio 281 is a letter, 1855, from General Sir George Higginson to Maitland. Some of the letters are incomplete, and each is followed by a typed transcript.
Letters of Sir Compton Mackenzie to Douglas Ainslie, 1912-1913, and St John Adcock, 1926, with the typescript of a brief article, 'What I would rather do', undated., 1912-1913, 1926, undated.
Letters of Sir Compton Mackenzie to L E Berman at the Royalty Theatre concerning one-act plays by Sir Compton Mackenzie., [1911], 1928-1930.
Also included are the typescripts of two plays, 'Self-consciousness', produced at the Apollo Theatre in 1911, and 'The babes in the zoo', 1930, adapted from the novel ‘Poor relations’.
Letters of Sydney Durward Tremayne to John Smith, the poet and literary agent, discussing Tremayne's relations with the Poetry Society., 1961-1965.
The letters are followed (folio 14) by corrected typescripts of some of the poems published in ‘The turning sky’ (London, 1969), and ‘The swans of Berwick’ (London, 1962).
Letters of the Honourable Sir Charles Erskine of Cambuskenneth to his wife, Mary Hope., 1643-1647, 1715-1716.
The earliest of the series of letters, June 1643-August 1644, were written from France, where Charles Erskine was probably tutor to the young Thomas Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Haddington. Erskine was then appointed a Commissioner to the Assembly at Westminster. His letters are mostly on personal matters, although he makes a few references to the work of Parliament.
Letters of the Honourable Sir Charles Erskine to his wife, Mary Hope., 1646-1647, 1715-1716.
Included are typescript copies of letters, 1715-1716, from Catherine St Clair, wife of Sir John Erskine, 3rd Baronet, to her husband during his exile after the 'Fifteen rebellion (folio 183).
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to Thomas Murray, with transcripts of each letter., 1813-1865.
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to various correspondents, including one with an amended transcript, to an unknown correspondent, concerning the writing of ‘Frederick the Great’., 1859-1870.
Letters of Thomas Hardy to Sir George B Douglas, 5th Baronet of Springwood Park, near Kelso, Roxburghshire.
As well as giving his impressions of contemporary literary figures, Hardy discusses poetry and frequently mentions both his own and Douglas's work including the reception in 1895-1896 of 'Jude the Obscure'.
The letters are followed by a typescript of Sir George Douglas's article, 'Thomas Hardy: personal reminiscences’.