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Mary, Queen of Scots. Copy of a letter from Mary to Elizabeth, Later copy of letter dated 1582

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Identifier: De.1.12/6

Scope and Contents

This is a copy letter from Mary, Queen of Scots to Elizabeth I, in which she justifies her actions. The original was dated 8 November 1582.

Dates

  • Creation: Later copy of letter dated 1582

Creator

Language of Materials

French

Extent

6 Leaves

Related Materials

See Mary, and Agnes Strickland. Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots : Now First Published from the Originals, Collected from Various Sources, Private as Well as Public : With an Historical Introduction and Notes / by Agnes Strickland. Henry Colburn, 1843, Vol. 2. LRA.S.129.

Bibliography

Drummond, William, and Robert H. (Robert Hugh) MacDonald. The Library of Drummond of Hawthornden / Edited with an Introduction by Robert H. MacDonald. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971). Item no. 1375.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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