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Microfilm of letters and documents concerning 'The works of Jonathan Swift’ by Sir Walter Scott.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.868
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters, 1808-1817, of the Reverend Edward Berwick, Matthew Weld Hartstonge, Theophilus Swift, and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’ (MS.881);

'Cursory Remarks' by Theophilus Swift and other material, supplied by Matthew Weld Hartstonge and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’, 1808-1817 (MS.882).

Dates: 1808-1817.

Microfilm of letters and other papers, of, amongst others, David Hume and Scottish clubs, of the 18th century.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.170
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letter, 1757, of David Hume to Charles Binning, Vice-Dean of the faculty of Advocates, resigning the Curatorship of the Advocates’ Library (Adv.MS.20.2.21); Minutes, 1754-1762, of the Select Society of Edinburgh (Adv.MS.23.1.1);A brief account of the formation of the Belles-Lettres Society, Edinburgh, in January 1759 (folio 1) and minutes of its meetings until 29 May 1761 (Adv.MS.23.3.4);Copy of `An Account of the Number of People in...
Dates: 18th century.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates: 1805-1845.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.419
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letters, [1823-1875], of Thomas Carlyle to various persons, with some written to him (MS.1796);Letters, [1833-1868], of Jane Welsh Carlyle to various persons, with some of Geraldine Jewsbury to Lady Amberley and of Margaret Welsh and Dr John Aitken Carlyle to William and Mrs Dods (MS.1797);Articles, notes, and fragments, 1767, [1832-?1871], in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph (MS.1798);‘Thomas Carlyle, Eine biographisch-literarische...
Dates: 1767-[1875].

Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1373
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);

Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).

Dates: 1822-1829.

Microfilm of letters, chiefly of Sir Douglas Haig, and other papers.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1157
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Copies of letters, 1914-1917, of Sir Douglas Haig to Rothschild (Acc.3155/214(a));  Letters, 1914-1922, of Sir Douglas Haig to his brother John A Haig (Acc.3155/214(b));

Letters, 1898, of and to Sir Evelyn Wood, and other papers (Acc.3155/6(g)); Report, 1908, on a conference of General Staff Officer (Acc.3155/81 (part)).

Dates: 1898-1922.

Microfilm of 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery; and, ‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.420
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript produced in 1484, a 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery (Adv.MS.18.2.1);

‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland, ?1490 (Adv.MS.18.2.8).

Dates: 1484, ?1490.

Microfilm of literary papers of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1842
Dates: 4th quarter of 18th century.

Microfilm of Livingstonia Mission Archives (1874-1934). Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew Publications).

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1993-1998
Scope and Contents

The microfilms in this series have been described to a basic standard.

The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on each microfilm.

Dates: 1874-1934.

Microfilm of Livingstonia Mission Archives (1874-1934). Reels 8-28 (Adam Matthew Publications).

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2003-2023
Scope and Contents

The microfilms in this series have been described to a basic standard.

The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on each microfilm.

Dates: [?1874-?1934.]

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