Manuscripts
The History of Scotland: manuscript
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Walter E. Scott [Death Valley Scotty] letter to Warden Woolard [Willard]
Manuscripts
"Freind Willard, got my wires cross. Had to come to Castel 9am. leaving tonite for [?]. Will phone you Wensday. Your freind Scott, Castel, Monday Morn Oct 28." Written on letterhead: "Walter Scott, The Castle, Death Valley, Goldfield, Nevada."
mssHM 30946
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Sir Walter Raleigh : first draft
Manuscripts
Manuscript (holograph), partly in pencil, of the first lecture draft of an essay on Sir Walter Raleigh, incomplete, with notes. Some pages are cut or torn.
mssHM 935
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Commonplace book. English history: manuscript
Manuscripts
Includes copies of "Leicester's Commonwealth," "Burghley's Commonwealth," Sir Francis Bacon's "Certain Observations Made Upon a Libel," letters by Sir Walter Ralegh, etc.
mssHM 267
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Walter E. Scott [Death Valley Scotty] letter to William F. Keys
Manuscripts
In this letter, Walter Scott tells his friend Bill Keys that he got his letter and is out in the mountains with the mules. He would be home in a week and wanted to drop by and tell him what was on his mind. Scott mentions that "they" are going to make a picture and will tell Bill about it when he sees him. Letter is on Walter Scott's letterhead, The Castle at Death Valley, Goldfield, Nevada. Cover is postmarked Goldfield, Nev., 7AM, June 22, 1935. A second postmark on the verso is from Banning, Calif., 8PM, June 25, 1935. Letter is addressed to Bill Keys, Desert Queen PO, White water, Calif. via Banning.
mssHM 30948
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Sir Walter Scott letter to "Dear Laidlaw,"
Manuscripts
In the letter Scott talks about greyhounds and a "Mr. Mathews." The letter is undated (the date is written as August 1822 in another hand).
mssHM 78390
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Commonplace book. English law: manuscript
Manuscripts
Extracts from Year Books, abridgements of cases and decisions, law reports, precedents and formularies, notes on the Assize of Forests and other legal matters. Owned by and [partly in the hand of?] Sir John Port.
mssHM 46980