Certified copy, dated 1712, of an account of the court-martial held on John, Master of Sinclair, for the murder of Ensign Hugh Schaw and Captain Alexander Schaw, 1708., 1708, 1710, 1823.
File
Identifier: MS.1572
Scope and Contents
Included are copies of the relevant correspondence of Sir John Schaw of Greenock, 1708, 1710.
This is the manuscript edited by Sir Walter Scott for the Roxburghe Club in 1828 and described by him in that edition. It contains a note by Scott, different from his published preface (folio 2), an unsigned note of 1823, and one of R Scott Moncrieff (folio 41).
Dates
- Creation: 1708, 1710, 1823.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
45 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
ii + 43 folios (including several blank).
The manuscript was received bound.
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk