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Letter, 1634, to William Drummond of Hawthornden, and draft, undated, of part of Drummond`s `History`.
Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Manuscript and typescript working papers of Prof Archibald A M Duncan for his books: "Scotland: the Making of the Kingdom" (1975), the third edition of W C Dickinson, "Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603" (1977) and "The Acts of Robert I, King of Scots, 1306-1329" (1986).
Manuscript, by John Gibson junior, a canon of Glasgow, of an abridged copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', a version of the 'Scotichronicon' of Walter Bower.
Manuscript, in a late sixteenth-century hand, containing the whole of the 'Description of Scotland' and part of the 'Historie of Scotlande', corresponding to pages 1-82 of that portion of 'The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande' by Raphael Holinshed.
The remainder of the manuscript has been cut away.
Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Manuscript of "Cours de I'Histoire Général" by Claude François Henry.
A work intended as a universal history from the earliest times to the French Revolution, but which, from the 11th century onwards, is confined to the history of France. The text begins (folio 28) with a description of the work and material on the planetary system and world geography. It is preceded by geographical and chronological tables (folio 2). The work was compiled while Henry (1773-1820), a French army officer, was a prisoner of war near Jedburgh.
Manuscript of 'The history and chronicles of Scotland', John Bellenden's translation of Hector Boece's ‘Scotorum historiae’.
Manuscripts, typescripts and printed books of Eric Linklater.
Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, plays, translations, and historical and critical works.
Material concerning the history of Geneva.
The contents are as follows: (i) “Reponse aux questions de Milord Townsend sur l’histoire et le gouvernement de Geneve par Monsieur Chouet conseiller et secretaire d’etat”; (ii) “Etat présent du gouvernement de Geneve en 1734”; (iii) ‘Remarques dur la ville et la Republique de Geneve; (iv) “Rôle des Sindics de la République de Genéve depuis l’an 1530”, ‘Les noms des anciens comtes de Genéve …’ and ‘Liste de Evêquas de Genéve…’.
‘Memoires for compiling the History of the Royall College of Physitians at Edinburghe’, with an account of the establishment of the Medicine Garden, in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
The memoirs are taken from the records of the Royal College of Physicians.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: W.5.34.
Microfilm of 11th and 12th century manuscripts.
Microfilm of abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
Microfilm of Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland'.
The contents are as follows:
Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', early 16th century (Adv.MS.19.2.4);
Abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower, [circa ?1450-circa ?1480](Adv.MS.35.1.7).