Boswell collection : addition 1634-1960 1822-1857

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Boswell collection : addition 1634-1960 1822-1857

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The papers primarily document the administration of the debt-burdened estate of Auchinleck after the death of Sir Alexander Boswell in 1822. They include business and legal correspondence; accounts, receipts, valuations and other estate records; the process of the settlement of Sir Alexander Boswell's heritable estate; and other financial and personal papers. The papers also contain material pertaining to the related family of Douglas of Garallan, including land records, financial papers, and business correspondence. In addition, there are letters by Charles Douglas, a planter in Jamaica, concerning many aspects of his life and career, such as his ownership of slaves and opinions about slavery, immigrant life in Jamaica, and the impact of the Napoleonic Wars on the Caribbean. The letters of Patrick Charles Douglas Douglas Boswell describe his efforts to establish himself as a tea planter in India in the early 1880s.

Total Boxes: 30 + 2 broadside; Other Storage Formats: Oversize, broadside; Linear Feet: 14.0

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SNAC Resource ID: 6348935

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Gibson, Thomas, 1962-....

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Boswell, James, 1806-1857

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Sir James Boswell (1807-1857), grandson of the biographer James Boswell, inherited the barony of Auchinleck in 1822 after his father's death in a duel. He married Jessie Jane Montgomerie Cuninghame in 1830, and the couple had two daughters. As the entail on Auchinleck recognized only male heirs, Sir James brought suit to break it, and succeeded in 1852. From the description of Boswell collection : addition, 1634-1960 (bulk 1822-1857). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702144879 ...

Boswell, Hamilton Douglas.

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Gibb, Andrew, 1767-1839

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Boswell, Hamilton Douglas.

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Gibb, Andrew.

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Boswell, Alexander, Sir, 1775-1822

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Eldest son of James Boswell, the elder. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1821 Oct. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514153 Eldest son of James Boswell. From the description of Autograph letter in verse signed : Edinburgh, to Andrew Gibb, Auchinleck House, Edinburgh, 1792 [Jan.] 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270513485 ...

Douglas, Charles, 1815.

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Boswell, James, 1740-1795

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James Boswell (1740-1795) was the author of one of the most influential biographies in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. He also wrote two successful travel books: An Account of Corsica, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. He worked intermittently as a lawyer, and in 1782 succeeded his father as Laird of Auchinleck in Scotland. From the description of James Boswell letters, 1762-1795. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612839330 Boswell wa...

Gibson, Thomas

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Epithet: cabinet-maker, of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x00034a Epithet: of Add MS 23669 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x00034d Epithet: of Egerton MS 3337 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...

Boswell, Patrick Charles Douglas.

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