Original documents and transcriptions relating to John Galt. 1823- 1836, 1972.

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Original documents and transcriptions relating to John Galt. 1823- 1836, 1972.

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Includes unidentified leaf of manuscript of novel? (n.d.), 5 ALS (1823, 1830-1835) from John Galt to Edward Hogg, Andrew Picken (2), Henry Labouchere, John Reid; autograph page draft from a novel "A Rich Man" (n.d.), 3 manuscript pages for "Tribulations of the Rev. Cowal Kilmun" first printed in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Oct. 1835 to Jan. 1836. Also includes bound genealogy of Galt family (compiled in 1972): John Galt and sons John Galt, Thomas Galt, and Alexander Tilloch Galt.

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University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library

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John Galt Collection.

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John Galt was a novelist, traveller, friend of Byron, secretary to the British North American Land Company, and founder of the town of Guelph in Ontario. His studies of country life in Scotland make a fascinating contribution to the understanding of social change. He himself regarded his works not so much as novels as 'theoretical histories'. From the description of Original documents and transcriptions relating to John Galt. 1823- 1836, 1972. (University of Guelph). WorldCat record ...

Galt, John, 1779-1839

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Richard Bentley, 1836 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269582386 Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of John Galt research material on Benjamin West, 1788-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553142 John Galt, Scottish-born novelist. He befriended Lord Byron and Lady Blessington during travels on the Continent, and later wrote one of the first biographies of Byro...

Galt family.

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