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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1850.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 16 Folder 16
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Waverley.
- Scott, Walter.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, English.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of Edgar Fahs Smith, 1926.
- Physical Description:
- 2 items (2 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 16 Folder 16
- Place of Publication:
- 1850.
- Biography/History:
- Samuel Rogers was a banker and poet. He was offered the position of poet laureate but declined.
- Summary:
- Consists of a letter dated 2 September 1850 to James Hall and an undated letter to Lady Frederick Bentinck. In the letter to Hall, Rogers discusses a Life of Sir Walter Scott that he has been reading, especially the section describing Scott's life at the time he was writing Waverley (alternate title: 'Tis sixty years since).
- OCLC:
- 191731036
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