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Laing, David, (1793-1878), antiquary

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Surname: Laing
Forenames: David
Gender: Male
Date: 1793-1878
Biography: ODNB link for Laing, David (1793-1878), antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P149876 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P16608 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La.I-V
2
1819-1850: letters (13) to Peter Buchan rel to his literary work
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
MS 2303
NRA 14147
3
1855-1878: corresp with Carlyle
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 1767-73
4
1844-1872: corresp with James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (16 items)
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
LOA
5
1865-1870: letters to WC Hazlitt
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 38898-913
6
1817-1861: corresp with John Lee
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 3434-49
7
1831-1861: corresp with Sir Frederic Madden
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Eg MSS 2838-47
8
1830-1853: letters to J Martin
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37965-67
9
1828-1856: corresp with Sir Thomas Phillipps
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Phillipps-Robinson
NRA 26260
10
1822-1831: corresp with Sir Walter Scott
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Catalogue of MSS, vol 1, 1938, vol 2, 1966
11
1820-1876: misc corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 9931-10496, 10994-11000 Passim
12
corresp
Queen's College, London
See Foster & Sheppard, British Archives, 1995