Letter from John Buchan to Herbert Grierson, relating to his work on the Marquis of Montrose

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1788
• Dates of Creation:7 March 1928
• Name of Creator:
  Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature)
  Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940 (Scottish novelist and historian)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.05 linear metres 1 x folder

• Scope and Content

  This letter from John Buchan to Professor Herbert J. C. Grierson was written from Elsfield Manor, Oxford, 7 March 1928. It is addressed to Grierson at his home on Regent Terrace, Edinburgh.

  The letter refers to Buchan's work on James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose. The Duke of Montrose had sent him verses 'which he believes were written by the Great Marquis'. He had gotten them from 'some old book which he cannot now identify, and in which they were so attributed'.

  Buchan wonders if Grierson, with his 'great knowledge of seventeenth century poetry' could offer him a clue.

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• Archivist's Note

  Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie

• Personal Names

  Graham, James, 1612-1650 (5th Duke of Montrose)

  Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature)