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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
Scope and Contents
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
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 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 Mr Rodger, early 19th century, before 1832
Item — Box CLX-A-393
Identifier: Coll-1147/18-0128
Scope and Contents
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rodger, saying that he "can by no means think of running the risque of proceeding against Henderson without a jury so one must be summoned. Any day is the same for me excepting about the 28 .... to the 3 September when I am called away by business ... ", 1 side 8vo., with direction on conjugate leaf, Abbotsford, Saturday, no date.
Dates:
early 19th century, before 1832
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
Bangour Village Probationers' Engagement Book, 1935 - 1938
Series
Identifier: LHB44/9a
Scope and Contents
Volume of form letters signed by probationer nurses and addressed to the Medical Superintendent of the Edinburgh District Asylum, Bangour Village.
Dates:
1935 - 1938
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Bank Correspondence/Info[rmation], 19 Mar 1993 - 7 Mar 1997
File
Identifier: GD61/5/3/8
Scope and Contents
Financial papers relating to the Scottish Switchboards Association (SSA), including: paperwork and correspondence about an application to open a Treasurer's Account; expenses; receipts; and correspondence.
Dates:
19 Mar 1993 - 7 Mar 1997
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive