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Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
File
Identifier: MS.2960
Scope and Contents
The printed matter is recorded in the Catalogue of Printed Books. In addition to some forgeries, the manuscript material is as follows:(i) Letter, undated, of John Stevenson, James Maidment's publisher, probably to Maidment (folio 2);(ii) A version, in a hand of about Maidment's time, of part of the poem on Lord justice Clerk Whitelaw, 'Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell,' printed by Maidment in ‘A book of Scotish pasquils’ (Edinburgh, 1827), page 73 (folio 2...
Dates:
1696-1891, undated.
Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vols. I-II
Scope and Contents
The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.
Dates:
1793-1794.
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1548-1641.
Contemporary copies of correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Smith, mostly concerning the proposed marriage of Queen Elizabeth with the Duc d`Anjou (later Henri III) and the Duc d`Alençon.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.11
Scope and Contents
Also included is some material related to Smith`s ‘De Republica Anglorum’, books 2-3 (folio 8 verso), and a report on affairs in Germany by Sir William Waad, circa 1583 (folio 99).Much of the material is known from papers in the Public Record Office (see ‘Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series’ for the reign of Elizabeth). For Smith`s Dialogue on the Queen`s marriage (folio 63), cf. ‘ The Life of ... Sir Thomas Smith’, pages 184-259. A list of material on the arraignment of the...
Dates:
1551-1572, and undated.
Copies of letters and reports from Captain John Barlow and other officers commanding detachments of the Buffs in the Western Isles and the Laggan and Loch Rannoch areas.
File
Identifier: MS.10691
Scope and Contents
Captain Barlow reports on his searches for arms and Catholic priests in the islands, and on shipping in the area. He also comments on the topography and social conditions, and puts forward suggestions for a permanent garrison, the building of schools and customs houses, etc. Reports from the mainland are chiefly concerned with cattle thieving and the power of the chiefs. The inverted folios contain tables of military posts in the Highlands and Scotland generally.
Dates:
1753-1754.
Copy of the official report, 31 January 1725 [i.e. 1726], by Major-General (later Field-Marshal) George Wade, of his proceedings in disarming the Highlands; followed by copies of several papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.17.1.21
Scope and Contents
The report is signed by Major General George Wade, folio 15.A copy of each of the following papers follows the official report:a list of the arms surrendered by the clans between August and October 1725 (folio 15 verso);Wade’s instructions to the Officers Commanding the Highland Companies, 22 September 1725 (folio 16 verso);letters of submission of persons attainted of high treason, written between August and October 1725 (folio 17 verso);...
Dates:
1726.
Correspondence and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library buildings.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/46
Dates:
1824, 1832, 1846, 1896-1900.
Correspondence and papers of Charles Stuart, then a member of the Bengal Council, and later a professor of Oriental Languages at the East India College, Haileybury.
File
Identifier: MS.9368
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of private letters from Charles Stuart to Henry Dundas, lst Viscount Melville, and to his friend William Dundas, the latter's nephew, with extensive enclosures, largely minutes and reports by Stuart, and copies of official correspondence and dispatches. The private correspondence contains particular detail on fiscal policies and the internal politics of the Bengal administration.
Dates:
1784-1792.
Correspondence and papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, Professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian, 1966-1974, 1974-1978.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.323- is now Acc.13476.
Dates:
1944-1978.
`History of the Subscriptions for the Erecting of the Monument to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh compiled from the Minute Books and Vouchers of the original and Auxiliary Committees by John Castle, secretary to the Joint Committee. 1852`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.15
Scope and Contents
At the beginning of the volume is inserted a letter of James Ballantine, glass painter and song writer to the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, 1865, giving an extract of John Castle`s will 1864, bequeathing the manuscript to the Advocates` Library. At the back of the volume are recorded financial statements concerning the monument. The rest of the volume is comprised of copies of reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence, 1832-1853.
Dates:
1832-1853.
Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).
File
Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso).
(ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates:
1804-1817.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1076-1077
Dates:
1808-1813.
Microfilm of material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.784-785
Dates:
1574-1923.
Microfilm of official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, volume 1; and, "Appendix to Lord Cornwallis's letters to Mr. Dundas", containing the documents sent by Cornwallis attached to letters in MS.3385.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.986-987
Dates:
1785-1793.
Microfilm of ‘Treaties at Newcastle and London 1640-1641’; and, church papers chiefly concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.805
Dates:
1640-1641.
Microfilms of papers from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service in the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1036-1038
Dates:
1842-1847.
Office records of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.301
Dates:
1726-1888.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.10
Dates:
1797-1807.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the case of Messrs Tait against James A Maconochie.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/19
Dates:
1823, undated.
Records, 1877-1954, of the Association of Sheriff and Commissary Clerks of Scotland; with earlier papers, 1808-1879, relating to sheriff clerks, deputes and procurators.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.371
Dates:
1808-1954.
Series of large folio volumes with copies of documents, including legal opinions, accounts and warrants relating to the administration of the customs and excise in England and Scotland; and copies of Scottish Court of Exchequer correspondence, minutes, reports and accounts relating to the Court`s administration of the forfeited estates.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.1.2-28.1.7
Dates:
1705-1773.