Found 3 collections related to Poets, Scottish -- 18th century -- Correspondence

John Pinkerton, Scottish historian and poet. · To David Steuart Erskine, eleventh earl of Buchan, antiquarian and political reformer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Dec 1794 : (MISC 0477) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Hampstead : begins, "I am infinitely obliged to your Lordship for the numerous, and veru interesting drawings sent ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Jan 1795 : (MISC 0476) : 7 pages (2 double sheets) : from Hampstead : begins, "In addition to former favors I have recently received Sir Alexander Erskine, Fletcher of Salton, Zachary Boyd, young Scougal a finished drawing, Jameson the painter, Bishop Forbes, and General David Lesly: all very interesting portraits.". less

Robert Burns, Scottish poet. · Holograph poem, "On turning up a Mouse in her nest with the plough" : Nov 1783 : (MISC 2598) : 2 p.; begins, "Wee, sleeket, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie! / Thou need na start awa sae hasty / Wi' bickerin brattle." With a note in ink, in an unidentified hand, on the verso, "The original sketch of the 'Wee Mouse' by Burns presented by Earl of Shaftesbury to Elliott Cresson.". less

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was a 19th-century American poet, essayist, and journalist. His copy of Poems Songs and Letters, Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns... edited by Alexander Smith (London: Macmillan, 1879), contains annotations and material dating from 1879 to 1902, including Whitman's holograph annotations of the text; annotated newspaper clippings about Burns; a tear sheet copy of Whitman's "Robert Burns as Poet and Person" from the North American Review with Whitman's corrections; a silk ribbon; and a letter from John H. Johnston to Andrew Carnegie. less