The John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland.

The article discusses the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland. The history of the library beginning with its inception in 1689 is traced. The famous collections that it owns includes the papers of author Sir Walter Scott. The John Murray Archive contains works by authors such as Baron George Gordon Byron and authors from the U.S., such as the novelist Herman Melville and the correspondence of actress Fanny Kemble.