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Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott to the Duke of Northumberland, 5 December [1824]
Item — Box CLX-A-313
Identifier: Coll-1147/01-23
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott to the Duke of Northumberland
Dates:
5 December [1824]
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott to William Monck Mason, 15 November 1816
Item — Box CLX-A-81
Identifier: Coll-1147/92-89
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott to W Monck Mason
Dates:
15 November 1816
Autograph letter, signed, from Walter Scott (cousin of the writer) to Dr. Spence, Melrose, 29 August 1825
Item — Box CLX-A-289
Identifier: Coll-1147/00-22
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Autograph letter, signed, from Walter Scott (a cousin of the writer) to Dr. Spence, Melrose.
Dates:
29 August 1825
Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott to an unnamed correspondent, c 1800-1830?
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/20-0042
Scope and Contents
Autograph Letter Signed by Walter Scott to an unnamed correspondent saying that he "is a good deal alarmed by Anne threatening to come to town. I think you can favour me with an answer to Clarkson whose letter I delivered when I came to town. I would prevent her coming even yet by going early off tomorrow morning ... ", 1 side 4to., Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, no date."Anne" refers here to Scott's unmarried daughter Anne Scott (1803-1833) who lived with him at Abbotsford until...
Dates:
c 1800-1830?
Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott to Cuthbert Sharp, 10 May [1830]
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/22-0057/2
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Autograph letter signed from Sir Walter Scott to his friend the antiquarian Cuthbert Sharp in Bishopwearmouth, Durham. From Abbotsford, dated 10th May [no year, but probably 1830].In the letter, Scott thanks Sharp for sending him some material relating to Lord William Howard (1563-1640), known as "Bauld Will Howard": "I am honoured with your letter and packet and am much flattered by your polite note". He praises Sharp for rescuing Howard "from...
Dates:
10 May [1830]
Autograph letter signed, from Walter Scott to Elizabeth Anne Scott, 22 November 1827
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/17-0239
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter to 'My Dear Eliza', from Edinburgh, 22 November 1827, signed 'your faithful & obliged friend Walter Scott'. 17 lines on first page only of folded 4to leaf, with integral address leaf. Not listed in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence. A brief playful letter to Eliza Scott, in which Walter acknowledges receipt of an 'elegant pouch' and owns to feeling 'a little flattered by the distinction it confers'. He tells his correspondent 'I must certainly...
Dates:
22 November 1827
Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott to his publisher James Ballantyne, [1824]
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/22-0016
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed in full "Walter Scott" to his publisher James Ballantyne, saying that he has "the pleasure to assure you I am well, quite well. I have walked in spite of weather for two hours every day this week to my ... refreshment. I feel no more of my disease ... You will get little more copy till I come in on Monday because I must do something to help Lockhart at his start..." (John Gibson Lockhart, 1794-1854, Biographer and Critic, Editor of the Quarterly Review 1825-1853), and...
Dates:
[1824]
Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott to Robert Smith, 5 January 1800
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/22-0057/1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Sir Walter Scott to Robert Smith Esq., St Paul’s Churchyard, from Edinburgh, dated 5 January 1800.This is a long letter to Smith in St Paul’s Churchyard,
primarily concerning the recovery of a debt, but also with family news and remarks of a general nature. Smith has evidently asked Scott to assist in the repayment of a debt, and Scott, in his role as sheriff-depute of the county of Selkirk, agrees to assist. He tells Smith, "I shall be extremely...
Dates:
5 January 1800
Card from Sir Walter Scott, nd
Item — Box CLX-A-71
Identifier: Coll-1147/91-81
Scope and Contents
Card from Sir Walter Scott
Dates:
nd
Chair in study at Abbotsford, Made of the wood of the Wallace Tree. Sir Walter Scott's Hat and Stick, 1843
piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/46(ii)
Scope and Contents
Chair in study at Abbotsford, Made of the wood of the Wallace Tree. Sir Walter Scott's Hat and Stick. Wood engraving. 1843. Dickes, William, 1815-1892, Artist; Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.
Published in: Walter Scott, Waverley Novels (Abbotsford Edition), vol. 2 (1843), The Antiquary, p.90.
Note: This state with added title letters.
Dates:
1843