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Letters to Robert Beatson concerning his proposed work on the English peerage (see Adv.MS.33.5.9).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.10

Scope and Contents

The letters are mainly from a variety of British peers and several include genealogical accounts of their families.

Dates

  • Creation: 1782, 1801-1804.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (ii + 123 folios. Quarto)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.31.

Related Materials

Adv.MS.33.5.9: Volume of manuscript material for a proposed publication on the English Peerage by Robert Beatson.

Bibliography

The letter of Lord Gardner, 1802 (folio 118), was published in ‘Genealogical Fragments’ by James Maidment (Berwick, 1855), page 7.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
22 07 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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