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Galt, John, 1779-1839 (novelist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1779 - 1839

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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(William) Sidney Walker: Correspondence, miscellaneous verses and other papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5942
Scope and Contents The letters which form the bulk of the material catalogued here, were written by Sidney Walker over a quarter of a century to several female relations: principally, his mother (who after her husband's death lived at various addresses in London and its suburbs); his mother's sister Maria, who had married William Walker, a solicitor at Thirsk in the North Riding (and probably a brother or cousin of Sidney's father); and his unmarried cousin Margaret, a daughter of Maria Walker. The letters,...
Dates: 1809-1839
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