Manuscripts
Sir David Murray letters
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Sir David Wilkie letters
Manuscripts
The collection contains a series of letters written by Wilkie to his friend and fellow artist, Abraham Raimbach. Raimbach was an engraver and produced several etchings of Wilkie's paintings. Some letters in the collection refer to the men's collaborative artistic endeavors while others discuss art of the period more generally. Subjects addressed within the letters include the work of Wilkie and Raimbach and the artistic scene of the period. Individuals mentioned in the letters include: John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford; Sir Francis Chantrey; Francis Engleheart; Benjamin Robert Haydon; Sir Thomas Lawrence; Francis Graham Moon; John Romney; George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland; Joseph Mallord William Turner; and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
mssHM 21042-21094
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Sir Robert Murray Keith letterbook
Manuscripts
Volume consists of 99 letters written by Keith, British ambassador to the court of Vienna (1772-1787), to his cousin Frances Maria Murray, daughter of Lt. Gen. Thomas Murray. Contains gossip about Keith's and Frances Murray's circle of friends, relatives, and acquaintances, personal news, and remarks on international affairs, especially the British conflicts with France and the American colonies.
mssHM 18940
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The tragicall death of Sophinisba. Written by Dauid Murray. Scoto-Brittaine
Rare Books
59390
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David Coverstone letters
Manuscripts
Set of letters written to David Coverstone in Shenandoah County, Virginia, by acquaintances in California. The first 8 letters were sent by Andrew Cullers between 1874 and 1887, when he was living in Colusa, Leesville, and Little Stony, California. Cullers writes throughout of life in California, including his first impressions, land he has purchased, agricultural prospects, and the price of produce and livestock. He also comments frequently on Southern politics, including his refusal to take an oath of allegiance in Missouri ("I refused to swallow the damnable teste [sic] oath," he wrote on May 10, 1874), his firm stance as a Democrat and hatred of Republican politics and Ulysses S. Grant in particular, and a poem he composed on the death of Robert E. Lee. There are also 9 letters sent by Milton M. Ritenouer to David and Harvey Coverstone from 1853-1856. Ritenouer writes from Virginia of securing passage to California, from the Isthmus of Panama about his journey, and from Columbia, California, about working in the gold mines, lacking enough water to run his claims, and how much profit his fellow miners have made. One of the letters is also signed by Joseph Keyser. Also included is a letter from Morgan, Charles and Sons in New York, written on New York Steamship Line via Nicaragua letterhead and regarding a sea voyage (1857).
mssHM 16840-16857