Excerpts, in a nineteenth century hand, from the 'Appendix To the Memoirs of Dr Alexander Carlyle of Inveresk' ... 'Being the proceedings before the Church Courts against him for attending the representation of the Tragedy of Douglas [by John Home] in 1757'., 1757.
Scope and Contents
The contents consists almost entirely of excerpts from the proceedings of the Presbytery of Dalkeith. The excerpts are written on the rectos of the leaves, with additions, and some headings, written in another nineteenth-century hand on some of the versos. A leaf containing an excerpt in a hand wrongly ascribed to Sir Walter Scott which was formerly loosely enclosed is tipped in after folio 108.
Dates
- Creation: 1757.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
110 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
i + 109 + blank folios.
Custodial History
The book plate dated 1912 of Lieutenant-Colonel William Bell is pasted inside the front cover.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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