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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.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.19
Scope and Contents
Smith`s letters (folios 47-61), some of which are originals, concern the records of Scottish history surviving at Durham. Other contents are as follows:(i) Notes on historical manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (folio 2).(ii) The life of Robert Morison copied from his ‘Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis’, part 3, with notes on the same volume (folio 4 verso).(iii) `A list of Gold Scotch Coyns` (folios 13 verso, 18).(iv) `The...
Dates:
Circa 1682-1706, and undated.
Notes and drafts of articles by David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.17
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Sketch of the character of John, Earl of Hopetoun`, 1781. The correct order of folios should be 1, 3 verso, 4, 2 (folio 1).(ii) List of contributions by Buchan to ‘The Bee’, 1791-1793 (folio 3).(iii) Biographical sketches of James Anderson, economist and editor of ‘The Bee’, 1790 (folio 8).(iv) Biography of Walter Minto, the mathematician, 1801. This was intended for the ‘Edinburgh Magazine’,...
Dates:
1781-1801.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates:
Late 17th century-?1829.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents
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).
Dates:
1959-1990.