Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1771 - 1832
Biography
For a complete biography of Sir Walter Scott, please see The Walter Scott Digital Archive.
Barnaby, Paul, The Walter Scott Digital Archive (Last updated: 25/06/2019) <http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.html> [Accessed on 25 September 2023]
Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph letter signed by Walter Scott about rights to novel in dispute with Constable's trustees, 27 December 1827
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/17-0235
Scope and Contents
Autograph Letter signed by Walter Scott to John Gibson, dated 27 December 1827. Gibson was Scott's lawyer who handled all of the writer's dealing with his trustees after the financial crash of 1825/26. Transcript: " My Dear Sir, I conclude you have a copy of the enclosed but send you the original as it seems to settle our claim to one class of the novels if the Bonds are not paid See page 4. All the good wishes of the season to you and yours I am always yours Walter Scott" Also includes an...
Dates:
27 December 1827
Autograph letter signed by Walter Scott to his friend James Ballantyne, 1823
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/17-0178
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Autograph letter signed in full to Walter Scott's friend James Ballantyne, on the subject of world affairs. Also includes an engraving entitled 'The Author of Waverley', depicting Walter Scott and his dog.
Dates:
1823
Autograph letter signed by Walter Scott to R. Rushworth, 24 February 1826
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/17-0171
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One autograph letter signed by Walter Scott to R. Rushworth, with the original wax seal. Transcription: " I am honoured with the proposal to inscribe to ... uour picturesque scenery of Scotland to which I can have only one objection that I have not the privilege of being likely to benefit the book as it is the natural acknowledgement of such a favour. I live strictly retired and am obliged to see few people and thus am entirely out of the circle where literary undertakings are spoken of... ....
Dates:
24 February 1826
Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to Joseph C. Neal, 11 March 1839
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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/8
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Autograph Letter Signed from Scottish phrenologist and lawyer George Combe to Joseph C. Neal, Marshall House [i.e. Marshall House Hotel Philadelphia], 11 March 1839. In the letter, Combe tells Neal he is "obliged & gratified" by his notice of "Roget's re-publication". In 1838, Peter Mark Roget (who was hostile to phrenology) published Treatises on physiology and phrenology : from the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which was...
Dates:
11 March 1839
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, nd
Item — Box CLX-A-71
Identifier: Coll-1147/91-80
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Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
nd
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, 6 December, nd
Item — Box CLX-A-71
Identifier: Coll-1147/91-90
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Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
6 December, nd
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, 1807
Item — Box CLX-A-76
Identifier: Coll-1147/92-28
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Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
1807
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, [1819]
Item — Box CLX-A-95
Identifier: Coll-1147/93-31
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
[1819]
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, 1820
Item — Box CLX-A-95
Identifier: Coll-1147/93-61
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
1820
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, [1822]
Item — Box CLX-A-103
Identifier: Coll-1147/93-76
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
[1822]