WILSON, John [ pseud. Christopher North] (1785-1854). Archive of letters, notebooks and other papers, c.1795-1854, casting light on his early life, in particular his sometimes rather dissolute years at Magdalen College, Oxford, on his relations with his family, and on his activities as a poet and literary critic (a leading contributor to Blackwood's Magazine from 1817), and professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (from 1820). Provenance : by descent from the author.
WILSON, John [ pseud. Christopher North] (1785-1854). Archive of letters, notebooks and other papers, c.1795-1854, casting light on his early life, in particular his sometimes rather dissolute years at Magdalen College, Oxford, on his relations with his family, and on his activities as a poet and literary critic (a leading contributor to Blackwood's Magazine from 1817), and professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (from 1820). Provenance : by descent from the author. The archive comprises: John Wilson Approximately 68 autograph letters signed to his mother and sister Jane (a few to other family members), Paisley, Glasgow, Oxford, Elleray, Edinburgh and elsewhere, many undated [c.1795 - August 1852] (mostly before 1825); 23 autograph letters signed to his uncle, James Sym (who acted as steward of his inheritance), Glasgow, Oxford, and elsewhere, 4 September 1802 - 16 October 1806, chiefly on financial matters; and approximately 17 autograph letters signed to various other recipients, mostly n.d.; with a few related letters, manuscripts and printed items, including three inventories of Wilson's house after his death; John Wilson Autograph pocket diary and account book, Edinburgh, Glasgow and elsewhere, 1 January - 26 October 1801, the last c.40 leaves comprised of literary drafts and quotations, including neat copies of ten poems (three signed, mostly light or romantic verse), a library list, observations on a ball, on hare-hunting, on suicide, the authorship of Ossian's poems, and other matters, approximately 70 leaves, 8vo , original sheep (binding worn, lower cover detached); Letters addressed to John Wilson by William Blackwood (discussing a forthcoming number of the magazine, n.d.), Thomas Tod Stoddart (n.d. 'You will receive a tiny libellum upon angling'), John Gibson Lockhart (to Wilson's brother Robert), Sir John McNeill James Fillans, and four others; with two receipts signed by James Hogg for subscriptions 'for the Queen's Wake', 1 June 1819; Thomas GRAY (1716-1771). Autograph notes on Scottish place-names (' Moss is a Peat-bog, in Earse Mona ...'), one page, 8vo , on the inside lower cover of a pocket journal for 1765 ( The Gentleman's New Memorandum Book ), annotated on the inside upper cover 'This Pocket Book belonged to the Poet Gray and contained some very interesting Memoranda made by him during a tour in Scotland. All these were feloniously torn out at Elleray while the book was in the possession of John Wilson Esq ...' (leaves corresponding to 5 August - 20 October extracted), original sheep (covers detached).
WILSON, John [ pseud. Christopher North] (1785-1854). Archive of letters, notebooks and other papers, c.1795-1854, casting light on his early life, in particular his sometimes rather dissolute years at Magdalen College, Oxford, on his relations with his family, and on his activities as a poet and literary critic (a leading contributor to Blackwood's Magazine from 1817), and professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (from 1820). Provenance : by descent from the author.
WILSON, John [ pseud. Christopher North] (1785-1854). Archive of letters, notebooks and other papers, c.1795-1854, casting light on his early life, in particular his sometimes rather dissolute years at Magdalen College, Oxford, on his relations with his family, and on his activities as a poet and literary critic (a leading contributor to Blackwood's Magazine from 1817), and professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (from 1820). Provenance : by descent from the author. The archive comprises: John Wilson Approximately 68 autograph letters signed to his mother and sister Jane (a few to other family members), Paisley, Glasgow, Oxford, Elleray, Edinburgh and elsewhere, many undated [c.1795 - August 1852] (mostly before 1825); 23 autograph letters signed to his uncle, James Sym (who acted as steward of his inheritance), Glasgow, Oxford, and elsewhere, 4 September 1802 - 16 October 1806, chiefly on financial matters; and approximately 17 autograph letters signed to various other recipients, mostly n.d.; with a few related letters, manuscripts and printed items, including three inventories of Wilson's house after his death; John Wilson Autograph pocket diary and account book, Edinburgh, Glasgow and elsewhere, 1 January - 26 October 1801, the last c.40 leaves comprised of literary drafts and quotations, including neat copies of ten poems (three signed, mostly light or romantic verse), a library list, observations on a ball, on hare-hunting, on suicide, the authorship of Ossian's poems, and other matters, approximately 70 leaves, 8vo , original sheep (binding worn, lower cover detached); Letters addressed to John Wilson by William Blackwood (discussing a forthcoming number of the magazine, n.d.), Thomas Tod Stoddart (n.d. 'You will receive a tiny libellum upon angling'), John Gibson Lockhart (to Wilson's brother Robert), Sir John McNeill James Fillans, and four others; with two receipts signed by James Hogg for subscriptions 'for the Queen's Wake', 1 June 1819; Thomas GRAY (1716-1771). Autograph notes on Scottish place-names (' Moss is a Peat-bog, in Earse Mona ...'), one page, 8vo , on the inside lower cover of a pocket journal for 1765 ( The Gentleman's New Memorandum Book ), annotated on the inside upper cover 'This Pocket Book belonged to the Poet Gray and contained some very interesting Memoranda made by him during a tour in Scotland. All these were feloniously torn out at Elleray while the book was in the possession of John Wilson Esq ...' (leaves corresponding to 5 August - 20 October extracted), original sheep (covers detached).
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