Letters from John Buchan to Benjamin Consitt Boulter ('Taff' or 'Taffy')
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 8330
Held in our offsite storage facility
The letters are autograph unless stated otherwise. Comprises:
- (fols. 1-40) twenty letters from Buchan to Boulter, 1895-1900 [fols. 11-12, 31-34 are conjecturally dated]
- (fols. 41-42) typescript letter from Buchan to Boulter, sent from Government House, Ottawa, 1939
- (fols. 43-44) letter from an unidentified correspondent to Buchan's sister, Anna Masterton Buchan [the novelist O. Douglas], commiserating on the death of her brother, William Buchan, 1912
- (fol. 45) incomplete letter to Buchan, 'My dear Tweedsmuir' from an unidentified correspondent, on the subject of genealogy, 1935
Dates
- 1895-1939
Extent
45 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8330, fols. 1-2].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 8330
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10834
Abstract
Letters from John Buchan to Benjamin Consitt Boulter ('Taff' or 'Taffy')
Biographical / Historical
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and politician.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Blackwell's Rare Books, 2014.
- Title
- Letters from John Buchan to Benjamin Consitt Boulter ('Taff' or 'Taffy')
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk