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`Adversaria`, being miscellaneous notes and copies of correspondence of Sir Robert Sibbald, with scholars such as William Nicolson, Edward Lhuyd and John Smith of Durham on Scottish history and antiquities.
Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Correspondence and papers concerning research for, and the writing and publication of "Benjamin Fawcett Engraver and Colour Printer" (1988) by Ruari and Antonia McLean.
Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Drafts and notes of and for the two volumes of ‘The life and letters of James Hogg’ by Alan Lang Strout, Professor of English in the Texas Technological College.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Manuscript of `The Lief of the Holy Kinge St Edwarde the Confessor translated into Englishe by G.L. accordinge to the wrytten copye thereof`, being a translation of the work by Ailred of Rievaulx.
The work is preceded by a note on Ailred`s life and works, and is followed (folio 67) by a table of contents. The translator has noted a number of other sources for the history, such as John Bale, William of Malmesbury, and the Polychronicon; he has also made a few remarks, mostly opposing William Lambarde`s objections to the miracles, in the latter`s ‘Perambulation of Kent’.
Inside the front cover is the name Richard Chenery in a 17th-century hand.
Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Microfilm of schoolbook, transcribed in the early 12th century, containing notes and glosses (in Latin and German) on authors studied in schools and other texts which could be used in teaching.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Notes and drafts of articles by David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
Obituaries, funeral orations and biographical notes of and concerning James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender, his wife and sons, and of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, daughter of Prince Charles Edward.
Includes modern historical notes.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.
Papers of and concerning the Reverend George Murray Reith.
Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary, comprising drafts and notes for `The History of the Life and Reign of James the Third, the King of Scots, 1460-1488`; and, ‘An Historical Account of Printing in Scotland from 1507 to 1707.`
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Typescript of Malcolm Murray, "Överslöjtnant Alexander Irvings Skotska Bördsbrer av den 16 Maj 1642".
With an English translation, notes and correspondence, 1986.