Stillie manuscripts, ca. 1889.

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Creator

Smith, Alexander Howland.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• .5 linear foot (3 v.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection known as the Stillie Manuscripts consists of 202 numbered forgeries. Volume 1 (items 1-49) contains documents related to Scottish history, including those signed by James VI, Charles I, Mary Stuart, and John Knox.Volumes 2 and 3 (items 50-202) contain forgeries of letters and manuscripts of Robert Burns. Complete list of the manuscripts in the three volumes can be found in the Lenox Library's Twenty-first Annual Report for the Year 1890 which accompanies Volume 1.

Biographical/Historical Note

Alexander Howland Smith, known as "Antique" Smith, was a forger from Edinburgh, Scotland. Before he was imprisonedin 1893, he had made hundreds of forged documents, in particular, letters and manuscripts of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott.

Controlled Access Terms

• Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 -- Forgeries -- Smith.
• Kennedy, John S. (John Stewart), 1830-1909.
• Stillie, James.
• Lenox Library.
• Forgery of manuscripts.
• Scotland -- History -- Sources -- Forgeries.