Scope and Contents Letters addressed to Rev. Dr Alexander Irvine, and drafts of letters in his own hand. See John Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts in selected libraries in Great Britain and Ireland', 2 volumes (Boston 1973), volume 1, page 338, numbers 8-17 (quoted below as Mackechnie).Draft of a letter, 11 October 1808, of Irvine to an unnamed correspondent, mainly reporting on his Ossianic investigations. 2 folios, quarto, partly cross-hatched. Mackechnie, no. 8.Draft of a...

Scope and Contents A folder of loose sheets of various sizes, written in various hands, and mostly undated. 45 folios. The names of the scribes are identified where possible. The contents are:[Black Prince]. Poem entitled on docket "Black Prince", beginning ''N cuala tu Sheamais ruaig aite / Nan Uaislin achduineach armach'. At the head is written: 'S fad 's gairrid a rithis am Buinsgeal. Large single sheet, paper date 1825, folded lengthwise into a bifolium. See also the following two items....