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Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House

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Sir Walter Scott > Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House > (1) Folio 1 recto - Letter, 8 November 1825, of Scott to Joseph Jamieson Archibald on his admiration for Robert Burns and the progress of John Gibson Lockhart in London
(1) Folio 1 recto - Letter, 8 November 1825, of Scott to Joseph Jamieson Archibald on his admiration for Robert Burns and the progress of John Gibson Lockhart in London
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Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House
DescriptionThis volume contains a series of letters by Sir Walter Scott including a group of letters of Scott to the publisher John Murray II. The volume also has a number of loose pages from Scott’s novel “The Abbot” and prose writings including descriptions of the author Clara Reeve and George III which were later published. Donated from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the National Libraries.
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Manuscripts
Written and printed matter > Correspondence > Letters (correspondence)
Written and printed matter > Notes (documents)
Written and printed matter > Poetry
Dates / events: 1796-1832 [Date created]
Person / organisation: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 [Author]
Archibald, Joseph Jamieson (correspondent of Sir Walter Scott), fl 1825 [Recipient]
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1772-1833 [Recipient]
Bartley, Sarah (née Williamson, then Smith, actress), 1783-1850 [Recipient]
Bell, John (bookseller and antiquary), 1783-1864 [Recipient]
Ellis, George (writer), 1753-1815 [Recipient]
Erskine, William, Lord Kinedder (Senator of the College of Justice), 1768-1822 [Recipient]
Galt, John (novelist), 1779-1839 [Recipient]
Hamper, William (antiquary), 1776-1831 [Recipient]
Home, John (minister, soldier and author), 1722-1808 [Recipient]
Greenfield, William (minister, literary critic), 1755-1827 [Recipient]
Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)), 1778-1843 [Recipient]
Rutherford, Andrew (correspondent of William Greenfield), fl 1809 [Recipient]
Spencer, William Robert (poet), 1769-1834 [Recipient]
Jerdan, William (journalist), 1782-1869 [Recipient]
Laidlaw, William (poet), 1780-1845 [Recipient]

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Sir Walter Scott
DescriptionA selection of items relating to Sir Walter Scott (1771 to 1832). They include the manuscripts for 'Waverley', ‘Redgauntlet’ and 'Rob Roy', Scott's novels focusing on the Jacobite risings of 1745 and 1715. Also available are the manuscripts for ‘The Heart of Mid-Lothian’ and ‘Marmion’. A volume of 'The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' has extensive annotations by Scott. A published version of 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ has annotations by the novelist William Beckford. There is a volume of Scott's letters, poems and prose, including a series of letters to the publisher John Murray II.
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