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Erskine, William, (1773-1852), historian and orientalist

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Surname: Erskine
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1773-1852
Biography: ODNB link for Erskine, William (1773-1852) Historian and Orientalist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P140890 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P9404 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1809-50: diary and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 26603-16, 26620-21, 39945
2
c1808-41: papers rel to India
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur A 3-5, B 4-10, C 9-10, D 26-32, E 49-50
See Select list of private collections 1985
3
1790-1842: letters received
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Adv.MS.36.1.5-7B
4
1811-34: letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Adv.MS.28.5.15-16
5
papers rel to India
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 32630-31
6
1797-1840: misc corresp with John Leyden
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 939, 971, 3380-83
7
1795-1827: letters to Robert Lundie
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.1675-1676
8
1801-26: letters to Archibald Constable
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.671
9
1795-1837: corresp with Robert and Archibald Lundie
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.9847-9848