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Boswell, Sir Alexander, (1775-1822), 1st Baronet, poet and antiquary

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Surname: Boswell
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Alexander
Gender: Male
Date: 1775-1822
Title: 1st Baronet
Biography: ODNB link for Boswell, Sir Alexander (1775-1822) 1st Baronet Poet and Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P152805 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P3032 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Alexander Boswell
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1786-1795: corresp with James Boswell and misc papers
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
GEN MSS 89
NRA 22146 Boswell
2
1813-18: letters to D Laing
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La.IV.6
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
3
1797-1817: letters (36) to James Skene
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.3854
4
1801-21: letters to G Thomson, with songs
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 35263-65 passim
5
1795-1805: letters to Sir William Forbes
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.4796