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17th century letter from London to Leith, 14 April 1666
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Identifier: Coll-1383/2/3
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Letter sent to a Mr Richard Harris in Leith, signed by Francis Dashwood in London, April 14th 1666. Dashwood takes notice that Harris has received the first silk he sent from London to Leith.
Dates:
14 April 1666
'Atomic energy and its applications', c. 1949-1951
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Identifier: Coll-37/D.41
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The material consists ofdDrafts for Edward Appleton’s chapter to the book ‘Aspects of Modern Science', published in 1951, with some editorial correspondence. It is contained in its original folder, inscribed ‘Atomic Energy'.
Dates:
c. 1949-1951
Autograph formal letter from Walter Scott to an unidentified correspondent, c 1814
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/23-0081
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This is an autograph formal letter in the third eprson from Walter Scott to an illegible correspondent, possibly Mr Hurst. Abbotsford, undated, Sunday evening, ca 1814.The letter is sending "a small volume of rare tracts which must be taken great care of, the first to be copied is of "the present Miserable State of Ireland". The introduction is on paper aparte as laid in at the place. Mr Scott's servant returns to Abbotsford on Wednesday &...
Dates:
c 1814
Autograph letter signed by Thomas Carlyle to an unnamed correspondent, 9 January 1845
Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0018
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Autograph letter signed by Thomas Carlyle to an unnamed correspondent. Chelsea, 9 January 1845. In it, Carlyle thanks them "for your Copies and List - if you went to the Museum today you would find that I had been at the Ayscough ... yesterday. I got the letter (first letter) to the Mayor of Waterford copied from it, but as yet nothing more. If you have been so obliging as to copy me anything more from that or other quarters, could you send me word about it (the briefest word) tomorrow...
Dates:
9 January 1845
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
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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 Andrew Lang to Walter Leaf, late 19th-early 20th century (before 1912)
Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0038
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Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "Dear Leaf' (Walter Leaf, 1852-1927, Businessman & Banker), in which he "accept[s] and shall injest, the 'belief in' emendation, and the French Republic in your review. But do you think your society does know a lot of the historical matter? They keep their science pretty dark. I own I think that the coincidence of stories does point to sort of facts, either genuine, hallucination, or conjuring, for where conditions very so much as between Australian, New...
Dates:
late 19th-early 20th century (before 1912)
Autograph Letter Signed from David Oliphant to David Covingrie of Newark, 27 June 1748
Item — Box CLX-A-355
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0241
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Autograph letter signed from David Oliphant to David Covingtrie of Newark (Orkney), from Charles Town (nowadays Charleston, South Carolina), dated June 27th 1748.This relic of colonial America links two Scottish Jacobites across the ocean. David Oliphant, a medical man, made some impact on South Caroline society, and was tutor to Charles Pinckney - 37th Governor of South Carolina. The addressee was a member of a family of lairds and merchants in Orkney, who, in their opposition...
Dates:
27 June 1748