Letter: 1827 Dec. 29, Newcastle upon Tyne, to David Laing / John Adamson. 1827.

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Letter: 1827 Dec. 29, Newcastle upon Tyne, to David Laing / John Adamson. 1827.

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Informs Laing that one of the volumes of Roscoe's Leo X that his father obtained from Laing has sheet missing, asks Laing to obtain an encyclopedia already mentioned, and sends two poems.

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521

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Giovanni de Medici. From the description of Autograph signature "Placet et ita mandamu" to a document, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270592012 Epithet: El gran Diavolo.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x0003c6 ...

Adamson, John, fl. 1827-1838.

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Roscoe, William, 1753-1831

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William Roscoe was born in 1753 in Liverpool. Although he trained to become an attorney and worked in that capacity for 20 years, his true passion was literature and the arts, particularly the study of Italy. In 1781, Roscoe married Jane Griffies, to whom he was happily married for over 40 years. Their family of seven sons and three daughters was a close and loving one, something that is well-reflected in the correspondence collected here. Beginning when in his teens, Roscoe had published and ci...