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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Boswell Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 89
Abstract:

The Boswell Collection contains the correspondence, diaries, and manuscripts of author James Boswell; estate records, letters, personal and professional papers, and other materials documenting the lives and careers of ten generations of Boswells and their possession of the barony of Auchinleck; and correspondence relating to the political career of Alexander Bruce, Earl of Kincardine.

Dates: 1428-1936, bulk 1700-1795
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Boswell Collection

Horace Walpole collection

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 1
Abstract:

The collection includes approximately 3,000 letters to and from Horace Walpole as well as other manuscript materials by him, including copies of Aedes Walpolianae and The Mysterious Mother, his commonplace books, his "Books of Materials," and various miscellanies.

Dates: 1725-1797
Found in: Lewis Walpole Library > Horace Walpole collection