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Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott to Cuthbert Sharp, 10 May [1830]
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/22-0057/2
Scope and Contents
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 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
Correspondence, 1824-1827
Series
Identifier: coll-1835/16/1
Scope and Contents
This series contains the correspondence of John Urquhart with his family and some others.Correspondence with his family:
Letters from John Urquhart to his father John Urquhart Snr, 1823-1826
Letters from John Urquhart to his mother Anne Urquhart nee Mill, 1822-1826
Letters from John Urquhart to his sister Anne Urquhart, 1826
Letters from John...
Dates:
1824-1827
Incoming Correspondence, 1879-1897
Series
Identifier: Coll-1385/5
Scope and Contents
Assorted letters and registered letters (mostly in original envelopes with stamps or seals), postcards, rental postal packets and telegrams.Box 1 contains:
1879: 1 bundle of letters
1880: 7 bundles of letters
1881: 5 bundles of letters
Assorted copy letters, including a verbatim account of a meeting of Mr A W Inglis of Glencorse, Dr Alfred...
Dates:
1879-1897
Papers of Anne Urquhart (1811-1881), 1833-1847
Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-350
Identifier: coll-1835/17
Scope and Contents
This subfonds contains letters to Anne Urquhart and her settlement of deed:
Letter from Agnes Anderon to Anne Urquart, 29 May 1833
Letter from Joanna C Low to Anne Urquhart, May 1835
Letter from J. Wedderspoon to Anne Urquhart, 21 March 1839
19 letters from Anne Fleming to Anne Urquhart, 1939-1940
Letter from Eleanor Olivier to Anne...
Dates:
1833-1847