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Microfilm of official correspondence, 1813-1814, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station; and, copies of letters, 1814-1815, of Cochrane to the First Lord of the Admiralty.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.988
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Official correspondence, 1813-1814, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station (MS.2326);

Copies of letters, 1814-1815, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane to the First Lord of the Admiralty (MS.2345).

Dates: 1813-1815.

Microfilm of papers, 1624-?1625, early 18th century, concerning the erection of baronetcies in Nova Scotia; and concerning the Dukes of Atholl.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.436
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Papers, 1624-?1625, early 18th century, concerning the erection of baronetcies in Nova Scotia (Adv.MS.16.2.3);

Papers concerning the Dukes of Atholl (Adv.MS.16.2.4).

Dates: 1624-?1625, early 18th century.

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.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.54
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: [1548-1550, 1827, or before].

Microfilm of the Glenriddell Manuscripts, copies of poems and letters of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.203
Scope and Contents

Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);

Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).

Dates: 4th quarter of 18th century.

Microfilm of two books, 1692, 1697, of household recipes of Katherin Smith and correspondence and papers, 1818-1831, undated, of Sir John Sinclair on agriculture.

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Identifier: MS.15553 [Mf.MSS.41]
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers of Sir John Sinclair includes translations and copies of letters on his ‘Code of agriculture’ and letters of him to Sir Patrick Murray Threipland.

Dates: 1692, 1697, 1818-1831, undated.

Minute-books of the committee of Larkhall Miners’ Association kept by the general secretary, Robert Smillie.

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Identifier: MSS.8023-8025
Scope and Contents

The committee met weekly, but the minutes for the period 22 June 1891-24 October 1893 are missing.

Dates: 1890-1894.

Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.12
Scope and Contents The principal works are:(i) Copy of ‘Genealogical Account of the Family of Maclean from its first settlement in the Island of Mull and parts adjacent’, undated (folio 2). An earlier version, dated 1716, which corresponds more or less with folios 2-10 of the present manuscript, appears among Walter Macfarlane`s ‘Genealogical Collections’, Adv.MS.35.4.8, volume I, page 175.(ii) Descriptions of several Western Isles (Lewis, Skye, Iona, Tiree etc.) by various authors,...
Dates: 1532-18th century, and undated.

Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.20768
Dates: 16th century-1914, undated.

Miscellaneous documents and letters.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.35
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Papers connected with the reduction of the process of forfeiture of George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, William Douglas, Earl of Angus, and Francis Hay, Earl of Errol, 1597. See also Ch.B.40, and ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, volume iv, pages 124-130. (Folio 1.)(ii) Mock petition to the Lords of Session, in verse, beginning:`The Humble Petition of Mr Robert Cook,Having lost all His Means in following his...
Dates: 1597-1752.

Miscellaneous historical and topographical tracts, copied in the 17th and early 18th centuries.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.20.6.1(i)-(xv)
Scope and Contents

There is a list of contents (folio i) in the same 19th-century hand which drew up the contents list in Adv.MS.22.2.10.

Dates: 17th century-circa 1754.

Miscellaneous items.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.12
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Abstract in English of Gerard Goris`s treatise on mercury, ‘Mercurius Triumphator’, probably made from the Leyden edition of 1717. Written in three hands of the early 18th century (folio 1).(ii) `The Dyet of Poland, A Satyr. Lib. J.H. Aug. 27. 1705.` A copy in two hands, of Daniel Defoe`s verse satire, published anonymously in London (with the false imprint `Dantzick`) in 1705 (folio 20). It is followed (folio 41) by a...
Dates: 16th century-18th century.

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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 5
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 4
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 3
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 2
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 2
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Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Campbell, Sir Colin, 2nd Baronet, of Glenorchy, 1577-1640 2
Cuthbert, Walter Robertson, Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, husband of Gwendoline Emily Meacham, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1887-1970 2
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 2
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 2
Adolphus, John Leycester, barrister and author, 1795-1862: recipient 1
Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling, founder of Nova Scotia, c 1577-1640 1
Alpine Club 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Anne, Queen Consort of James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1574-1619 1
Armistead, John, commentator on occupation of Newcastle by Scottish army, fl 1641 1
Armstrong, Robert B, antiquary, fl 1880 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Bain, Margaret I, correspondent of Henry W Meikle, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, fl 1932 1
Bain, Robert, dramatist and poet, 1865-1955 1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 1
Ball, Sir Alexander John, Baronet, Rear-Admiral, 1756-1809 1
Ballantyne, Charles K N, Secretary of the New Club, Edinburgh, 1903-1985: recipient 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell-, Prime Minister, 1836-1908 1
Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell-, Prime Minister, 1836-1908: recipient 1
Barnett, David, Curator of Lady Stair's House Museum, Edinburgh, fl 1918-1936 1
Beattie, George, poet, 1786-1823 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre René, poet and author, 1870-1953: recipient 1
Boswell, Euphemia, wife of Alexander, Lord Auchinleck, née Erskine, 1718-1766 1
Boswell, John, Lieutenant, 21st (Royal North British Fusilier) Regiment of Foot, 1743-c 1798 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Braithwaite, Joseph Bevan, barrister, 1818-1905: recipient 1
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 1
Brown, T Gordon, correspondent of Michael Roberts, poet and mountaineer, fl 1946 1
Bruce, James, of Kinnaird, traveller in Africa, 1730–1794 1
Bruce, Robert, Cape May, New Jersey, fl 1933-1983 1
Bruce, Robert, Cape May, New Jersey, fl 1933-1983: recipient 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campbell, George William, 6th Duke of Argyll, 1768-1839 1
Canning, George, statesman, 1770-1827: recipient 1
Carey, William (Baptist missionary in India) 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881: transcriber 1
Chapman, Sir Stephen Remnant, Knight, Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers, 1776-1851: recipient 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Cochrane, Hon Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis, Knight, Admiral, 1758-1832: recipient 1
Cochrane, Jane, wife of Thomas, 8th Earl of Dundonald, née Stuart, d 1808 1
Cockburn, John M, Sergeant, 23rd London Regiment, fl 1915 1
Connel, John, emigrant to Quebec, fl 1845-1860 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645: recipient 1
Cripps, Sir Richard Stafford, Knight, politician and lawyer, 1889-1952 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 1
Cunninghame, William, of Lainshaw, fl 1799-1813: recipient 1
Dallas, family, Nairn 1
Darling, Frank Moss Fraser, Sir, Knight (ecologist) 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Dickson, Sir Alexander, Knight, Major-General, 1777-1840 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Drummond, Andrew Alastair Landale, Minister of Eadie, Alva, d 1966 1
Duff, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant, Knight, Governor of Madras, 1829-1906 1
Dundas, John, Edinburgh, fl 1857-1859: recipient 1
Edmond, William, emigrant to Minnesota, fl 1845-1860 1
Elliot, Sir Walter, Knight, East India Company servant and archaeologist, 1803-1887 1
Elphinstone, Arthur, 6th Lord Balmerino, Jacobite army officer, 1688-1746 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan (poet) (1916-1995) 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Fairlie, Robert Francis, civil and mechanical engineer, 1830-1885 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Forrester, family 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, Sir William, Knight, genealogist, 1816-1898 1
Gallacher, William (politician and trade unionist) 1
Gallacher, William, political activist and politician, 1881-1965 1
Gardiner, family, Banffshire 1
Gibson, Williamina, correspondenct of George Beattie, poet, fl 1821-1823: recipient 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008: recipient 1
Gordon, D A, correspondent of Sir Compton Mackenzie, author, fl 1969: recipient 1
Gordon, George Huntly, amanuensis to Sir Walter Scott, 1796-1868 1
Gordon, Sir James Willougby, 1st Baronet, of Niton, 1772-1851 1
Gordon, Sir James Willougby, 1st Baronet, of Niton, 1772-1851: recipient 1
Graeme, Elizabeth, sister of Robert, of Redgorton, Advocate, fl 1857-1859 1
Graeme, Patrick, of Murrayshall, fl 1752: recipient 1
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