Jeffrey, Francis, Lord, 1773-1850 (Scottish judge)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott to Francis Jeffrey, 8 April 1805
Item — Box CLX-A-289
Identifier: Coll-1147/00-19
Scope and Contents
One-page autograph letter signed ("Walter Scott"), to Francis Jeffrey, quarto, Ashistul by Selkirk, 8 April 1805 (fold marks). Explaining that he was unable to send Fleetwood earlier due to "such a variety of things to put to rights about my farm". He hopes "he may relieve your mind and fingers from the task of purveying for the Baillies Devils" and also sends "the work on which the necesaary references are marked." In the second paragraph Scott writes "I wish Mrs Jeffery & you could...
Dates:
8 April 1805
Letter to Francis Jeffrey
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1176
Scope and Contents
Items relating to the poet, Thomas Campbell, include:
- - letter, 22 February 1834, to Francis Jeffrey, the Lord Advocate, writing that he is thinking about competing for the position of chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at Edinburgh University, at shelfmark E2009.18
- - letter, undated fragment, at shelfmark Dc.3.99/13, f.7
Dates:
1834
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