Autograph letter signed from Joseph Ritson, Grays Inn, to George Ellis, Wimpole St., [London] [manuscript], 1803 April 9.

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Autograph letter signed from Joseph Ritson, Grays Inn, to George Ellis, Wimpole St., [London] [manuscript], 1803 April 9.

Has heard from Walter Scott that Ellis needs some information from him, Ritson, before completing his free translation of a French ballad. Also, notes on passages in Medieval literature.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7109631

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Ellis, George, 1753-1815

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Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803

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Joseph Ritson (1752-1803), antiquarian and literary scholar, is best known for his concern for textual accuracy and as the editor of several poetry anthologies, including The Northumbrian Garland (1793). He also published Observations on...the History of English Poetry (1782) and the Bibliographia Poetica (1802). From the description of Joseph Ritson collection, 1782-1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132840 English literary antiquary. From the description o...

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...