Volume containing notes and speeches on some questions debated in the Theological and Belles Lettres Society, in the hand of William Lothian, Minister of Canongate Church, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.3.8
Scope and Contents
At the end of the volume are additional notes on the `Value and Proportion of Ancient and Modern Coins` and `Signification and Use of some Words` extracted from Johnson`s English Dictionary.
A scrap of paper (pages 201-202) containing draft notes of the debate on polygamy (pages 102-106) which was found loosely enclosed between pages 106 and 107 has been tipped in after page 200.
Dates
- Creation: 1761-1764.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (201 pages. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library in 1896.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Extracts from the `Charge to the Right Honourable Lord Greville at his Admission into the Belles Lettres Society`, February 1762 (page 53), were published in ‘Century of Scottish Clubs 1700-1800’, volume 1, by Davis D McElroy (Edinburgh, 1969).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 08 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
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National Library of Scotland
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk