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Polwarth, Walter Hugh Hepburne-Scott, Baron, 1838-1920. Letter: 1872 June 17, Humbie House [Dalkeith, Midlothian], to David Laing / Polwarth.

Title: Letter: 1872 June 17, Humbie House [Dalkeith, Midlothian], to David Laing / Polwarth. 1872.

Concerns a copy by H. Phillips at Mertoun, of a portrait of Sir Walter Scott .

ArchivalResource: [3]p.

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Phillips, Henry Wyndham, 1820-1868,. Autograph letter signed from Phillips to Mr. Henry Wagner [manuscript], 19th century.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Phillips to Mr. Henry Wagner [manuscript], 19th century.

Phillips writes that he is unable to send a letter of his father's, so he is sending the accompanying sketch by his father, the subject of which is Shakespeare in Stratford. The letter is pasted to another sheet of paper which includes the pencil sketch by Phillips, possibly Thomas Phillips. The identity of the correspondent and the artist are not certain.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 24 x 11 cm.

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Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. Papers of William Hickling Prescott [manuscript], 1836-1858.

Title: Papers of William Hickling Prescott [manuscript], 1836-1858.

The papers are comprised chiefly of letters to Theodore Dwight, Henry Hart Milman, and American and European publishing firms. Subjects discussed include books by Dwight, Milman, George Bancroft and Thomas Babington Macauley, business relations with Richard Bentley, the anti-Catholic uprising in England, 1850, the U.S. presidential campaign of 1852, family matters, and the writing and publication of several of Prescott's books. Other topics include Prescott's trip to England, his British and American friends, and access to manuscript materials in Italian libraries and the archives of the Spanish legation. Fourteen engravings of Prescott are included.

ArchivalResource: 85 items.

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