| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: an additional printed page, printed by the Buchan Portable Press, titled "Letter from Princess Mary to Lord Buchan" has been inserted after p.196 and has the ms annotation 'This message is the last (as is believed) that his Majesty was capable of dictating in his right mind' . This appears to be in the same hand as the ms note at the end of the preface 'To Edwards [? deleted] Constable Esq. as a mark of my regard, Buchan: Edr. October 25th 1816' as does the ms poem pasted in facing the Contents page. Part Latin, part English, it begins 'Quanti est ostimanda [?] Virtus ...'. Page 195 has the line 'On literary envy ..' marked * and the ms note '*In honour of the unfortunate ... George III'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1816 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | David Steuart Erskine, Lord Buchan |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1742 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Identity of reader is speculative, based on signed note in Preface and comparison of handwriting of other annotations |
| Author: | David Steuart Erskine, Lord Buchan |
| Title: | Anonymous and fugitive essays of the Earl of Buchan |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Edinburgh: J. Ruthven and Co., Constable and Co., Manners and Miller, and J. Greig, 1812 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7732 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of, "The anonymous and fugitive essays of the Earl of Buchan; collected from various periodical works ? Vol. I", (Edinburgh, 1812), various pages, [DH LIB 712]., |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of, "The anonymous and fugitive essays of the Earl of Buchan; collected from various periodical works ? Vol. I", (Edinburgh, 1812), various pages, [DH LIB 712]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7732, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
| Lord Buchan was a very distant relative but there is no indication of how this item came into Erskine ownership. |
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