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Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.25
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Latin legal abbreviations, 16th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Speech in Latin addressed to `domine doctissime coeterique commilitones mei suavissimi`, in praise of modesty. Late 16th or early 17th century. (Folio 2.)(iii) Transcript, 19th century, of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3 February, 1590, concerning the slaughter of David Taillor by William Spottiswood of that Ilk and others. Cf. ‘The...
Dates: 16th century-1793.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Hutton transcripts. A collection of transcripts of the cartularies of Aberdeen Cathedral (Adv.MS.20.3.1) and Newbattle Abbey (Adv.MS.20.3.3) and of charters and other formal documents, many of which are extracts from other cartularies, of and concerning several of the medieval dioceses and religious houses of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.20.3.1-20.3.9
Scope and Contents

Most of these transcripts and extracts, which were made between circa 1794 and circa 1824, are in the hand of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton: most of the rest are in the same hand as Adv.MS.9A.1.4. Many of the transcripts were made from originals and copies in possession of William Maule of Panmure, who was created Baron Panmure in 1831: many of the rest were copied from documents in possession of Thomas Thomson and at the Scottish Record Office, General Register House.

Dates: 12th century-1661.

Microfilm of genealogical and heraldic material.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.31
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Armourial [sic] Bearings of the Bruces’ by Major William Bruce Armstrong, 1903 (Adv.MS.15.1.25);'Results of the investigation of the settlement of English families in Scotland', [?1801] (Adv.MS.16.2.9);‘Proper names with their significations’ by David Ure, minister of Uphall, late 18th century (Adv.MS.16.2.10);Collection of material on French heraldry, in several hands of the first half of the 18th century...
Dates: 1560-1903.

Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

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Identifier: MSS.21193-21198