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Commonplace book of Mrs C E R Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, containing religious verses and transcripts of letters from her son, Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) James Adam Gordon Richardson Drummond-Hay while on active service.
Item
Identifier: MS.8907
Scope and Contents
The thirteen letters, written between February and April 1885, are addressed by James Drummond-Hay to his parents and other members of his family, and recount in diary form his experiences as a member of the Coldstream Guards contingent both on the voyage to the Sudan and on arrival there. There is much detailed description of military activity in the Suakin region.
Dates:
1868-1885.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Item
Identifier: MS.963
Scope and Contents
The comonplace book contains drafts of letters to the ‘Bee’, an inventory of the Earl of Buchan’s property, lists of Scottish portraits, an ode, ‘To the Shepherd of the Cot’, and notes and drafts of papers on the Scottish Peerage and other subjects. Included is a manuscript copy of ‘The New Order of Gooding and Manuring all sorts of Field Land with Common Salts’, by Archibald, afterwards 1st Lord Napier (said to have been printed by Robert Waldegrave), referring to the right to issue...
Dates:
1778-1791.
Commonplace book, undated, compiled by James Glasford (died 1845).
File
Identifier: MS.8493
Scope and Contents
The contents include: extracts from personal letters, biblical commentaries, poems and translations of poems.
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.