Letter: 1874 Apr. 25, Harvard College [Massachusetts] to David Laing, Edinburgh. 1874.

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Letter: 1874 Apr. 25, Harvard College [Massachusetts] to David Laing, Edinburgh. 1874.

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Explains that all seven of the ballads loaned to him by the Abbotsford Club have now been printed and thanks both Laing and Hope Scott for their help .

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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Abbotsford Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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Scott, Hope, fl. 1874.

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Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...