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Microfilm of assorted manuscripts, chiefly genealogical material.
Microfilm of assorted papers of the Committee for Equipping Ships of the Darien Company, the Gibson family, Robert Stevenson and Alexander Graham Dunlop.
Microfilm of ‘Autograph letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1800-1826’, chiefly to Charles Erskine and James Curle.
Microfilm of Autograph manuscript of `Ragionamento di Carlo V. Imperatore tenuto al re Philippo suo figliuolo In dargli la libera signoria di tutti gli stati suoi`, Giacomo Castelvetro`s translation, 1592, of Charles V`s advice to his son, 1555.
Microfilm of Cadell Collection of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, with Archibald Constable, Robert Cadell, and others.
Microfilm of catalogues of the library of Andrew Fletcher, 1st quarter of 18th century, and part of the library of Saltoun Hall, [after 1716]; and, copies of correspondence, 1821-1826, of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826).
The contents are as follows:
Copies of correspondence, 1821-1826, of Athanase J L Jourdan (Adv.MS.23.3.20);
Alphabetical catalogue, [after 1716], of 'Libri Politici et Iuridici', being part of the library at Saltoun (MS.17862);
Catalogue, early 18th century, of his books by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, the Patriot (MS.17863).
Microfilm of chiefly letters, chiefly of Sir Walter Scott.
Microfilm of chiefly letters of and to James Robert Hope-Scott.
Microfilm of chiefly letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.
Microfilm of Church of Scotland Missionary Archive. Part 1. Missions to India and China 1829-1933. Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew).
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of collection of theological works by or attributed to Saint Augustine, with a number of letters, chiefly of Saints Augustine and Jerome, written, probably in North Italy, in the fifteenth century.
Microfilm of copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
Microfilm 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.
Microfilm of copies of letters to the Admiralty, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in Chief of the North American Station.
Microfilm of copies of letters written by John Rennie to Joshua Walker and Company of Rotherham, who supplied the iron for Southwark Bridge
Microfilm of copies of private letters, 4 August 1824-24 December 1827, of Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of copies of secret orders and letters issued and received by Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.
Microfilm of copies, possibly 1831-1841, of letters, 1831-1841, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey’s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834.
The contents are as follows:
Copies, possibly 1831-1832, of letters, February 1831-April 1832 (Adv.MS.9.1.8);
Copies, possibly 1832-1833, of letters, April 1832-May 1833 (Adv.MS.9.1.9);
Copies, possibly 1833-1841, of letters, May 1833-November 1841 (Adv.MS.9.1.10).
Microfilm of correspondence, 1726-1800, lecture notes, 1787, and an early manuscript draft, [?1767], of ‘Case for the respondents', which concerns the Douglas Cause.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1726-1800, of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee (MS.3431, folios 225-226);
Early manuscript draft, [?1767], of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail, written by Professor Hugh Blair (MS.5356, folios 59-122);
Notes, 1787, of a series of lectures on rhetoric (MS.9974).
Microfilm of correspondence, [1777-1876], of Charles Cameron, Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane and the Reverend William Leslie; and, printed item, ?19th century, concerning a Florida court case.
Microfilm of correspondence and associated papers, March-December 1809, of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War.
Microfilm of correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence and associated papers, January-March 1810 (Adv.MS.46.2.4);
Correspondence and associated papers, April-August 1810 (Adv.MS.46.2.5).