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Documents, accounts, memorials and other estate papers, mostly 18th-19th century, relating to the lands of Monreith and the Maxwell family; also some papers relating to property in the Cowgate, Edinburgh, 1643-circa 1700.
Further papers of Jim Mearns.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas.
Jacobite papers deriving from W B Blaikie`s collection.
Including:
manuscript draft report, circa 1745, on Sir John Cope`s military operations
manuscript verses, 1745, on Gladsmuir
"A Chronological Table of Military Operations in Great Britain, 1745-1746".
Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.
Letters to, and drafts of replies of, John Cay, the Convenor of the Finance Committee of the Faculty of Advocates, and other papers.
Meteorological records, mostly concerning Scotland and England, collected by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Mossman and others.
Microfilm of books of Assumption.
The contents are as follows:
Book of Assumption of Beneficies (Adv.MS.31.3.12);
‘Assumption of the benefices’, copy, 18th century, of a book of assumptions, tax rolls of church properties, and retour of Fife, 16th century-early 17th century (Adv.MS.31.3.13);
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals, 16th century-1628, of Church and Crown lands in Scotland (Adv.MS.31.3.16).
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Microfilm of letter books, registers and orders and memoranda, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station.
Microfilm of material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion; and, copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);
‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).
Microfilm of papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning his office as H M Plenipotentiary in China.
Minute books and other records of the United Incorporation of Mary`s Chapel, Edinburgh.
Minutes, reports and financial papers of Theatre Workshop Edinburgh.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
The papers include: Minutes, Reports, Complaints 1739-1867. including those of J Hill Burtin, 1844 and 1867.