Maidment, James, 1793-1879

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James Maidment, 1795?-1879, was a Scottish lawyer and genealogist, as well as an antiquarian, collector, and publisher, and a friend of Sir Walter Scott's. According to the bookdealer, this vol. was no 690 in Maidment's 1880 sale, probably consisting of items collected and annotated by him.

From the guide to the Poems of James Maidment, Composed: 16-- to 1808, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections)

Epithet: advocate, Edinburgh

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x000105

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creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1837 July 14, to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883,. Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various people [manuscript], 1818-1882. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1832 May 16, Princes St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1835 July 13, 10 Forres St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1847 Apr. 20, Tweedhill by Paxton, to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1795?-1879,. Sir Walter Scott album [album]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Poems of James Maidment, Composed: 16-- to 1808 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1828 May 27, 21 Howe Street [Edinburgh], to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942. Houghton Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1830 Aug. 24, 103 Princes St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1825 Aug. 1, to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942. Houghton Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1837 Sept. 22, 10 Forres St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Lacy, Thomas Hailes, 1809-1873,. Autograph letters signed from Thomas Hailes to James Maidment [manuscript], 1851-1853. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1833 Oct. 2, 10 Forres St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1831 Dec. 20, 103 Princes St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: [1825?], 24 Howe Street [Edinburgh], to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1836 Mar. 14, 10 Forres St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J.M. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Logan, W. H. (William Hugh), d. 1882. Fragmenta Scoto-dramatica : Edinburgh, 1835. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1866 May 19, 28 Royal Circus [Edinburgh], to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Vol. III.includes:f. 2 John Dickinson; and Co., paper dealers: J. Martin's accompt: 1833.f. 4 Henry Adlard: J. Martin's accompt with: 1833-4.f. 5 Archibald Leighton, bookbinder: Letter to J. Martin: 1834.f. 6 Cotton: Letter to J. Martin: 1834... British Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1831 Sept. 22, 103 Princes St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1836 June 15, 10 Forres St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1831 Sept. 2, 103 Princes St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Bell, John M., 1797-1869. John M. Bell letter : to James Maidment, 1833 Dec. 24. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1837 July 20, 10 Forres St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1835 May 1, to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1834 Dec. 17, 10 Forres St [Edinburgh], to David Laing / J. Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Logan, W. H. (William Hugh), d. 1882. Fragmenta Scoto-dramatica : Edinburgh, 1835. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1838 July 11, Advocates Library, Edinburgh, to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910. Letter: 1869 Mar. 9, 3 Old Sq., Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C., to David Laing / F.J. Furnivall. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1793-1879. Letter: 1872 Mar. 8, 28 Royal Circus [Edinburgh], to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Maidment, James, 1795?-1879. Letter: 1850 Apr. 15, Northumberland and Durham District Bank, Berwick upon Tweed, to David Laing / James Maidment. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
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associatedWith Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland). corporateBody
associatedWith Bell, John M., 1797-1869. person
correspondedWith Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, person
associatedWith Edinburgh Castle. corporateBody
associatedWith Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland). corporateBody
associatedWith Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910. person
associatedWith Houghton Library. person
correspondedWith Lacy, Thomas Hailes, 1809-1873, person
associatedWith Melville, James, 1556-1614. person
associatedWith Pitcairn, Robert, 1793-1855. person
associatedWith Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734. person
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Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
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Birth 1793

Death 1879-10-24

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