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Letters, 1914-1941, of Lord Alfred Douglas to William Sorley Brown, editor of the ‘Border standard’, concerned chiefly with the publication of Douglas's articles, poems and speeches; with several drafts of letters chiefly written to newspapers for publication.

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Identifier: MS.9925
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Also included are a number of newspaper-cuttings, 1915-1936, undated, by or about Lord Alfred Douglas, and the manuscripts, 1915, undated, of three sonnets. "All's well with England", 'Winston Churchill' and 'A Christmas sonnet', all apparently unpublished.

Dates: 1914-1941.

Letters, chiefly of the first two Viscounts Melville and other Dundases.

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Identifier: MS.3834
Scope and Contents Many of the letters appear to have been addressed to John Wauchope, Writer to the Signet. Those of the 1st Viscount Melville are mainly drafts. The letters deal, among other matters, with family affairs, Scottish politics and appointments, the defence of Scotland, the affairs of the sons of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and work done by Sir Francis Chantrey. Other papers include a draft petition in the name of the Scottish Representative Peers against the Bill for abolishing their election,...
Dates: 1719, 1771-1820, undated.

Letters chiefly of, to, or concerning David Livingstone and his wife; and other papers.

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Identifier: MS.20312
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, 1841-1872, undated, of David Livingstone to among others Mary Moffat (his future wife), Margaret Sewell, Robert Moffat, Frank Vardon, J B Braithwaite, Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard Owen, ‘The times’, his son (William) Oswell, Sir Baldwin Walker, George E Seward and Sir George H Richards (folio 1);(ii) Letters (some drafts), 1859-1865, undated, to Livingstone and his wife from among others John Washington, Sir Baldwin Walker,...
Dates: 1841-1890, undated.

Letters of and concerning Hugh Miller and his relatives.

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Identifier: MS.7528
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, 1802-1807, of Hugh Miller, father of the geologist, to his wife (folio 1);(ii) Letters, 1844-1850, of Hugh Miller to his mother, wife, and daughter (folio 14);(iii) Letters, 1834-1857, to Hugh Miller and his wife (folio 26);(iv) Letters and documents, 1841-1872, concerning the family of John Davidson, husband of Hugh Miller's daughter Harriet (folio 38);(v) Draft of letter and of part of the...
Dates: 1802-1872.

Letters of George Richardson and of Sir David Wilkie.

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Identifier: MS.3812
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Two letters of George Richardson to Archbald Shiells, Inveresk, written from Rome, 1761-1762. Richardson, who complains of the harshness of Mr Adam, his master, is evidently the apprentice George who was with James Adam in Italy during those years, and may be the architect, author of the ‘New Vitruvius Britannicus’ (London, 1802-1808) - see John Swarbrick, ‘Robert Adam and his brothers’ (London, [1916]), pages 94, 142. Shiells was a patron of...
Dates: 1761-1762, 1827-1835.

Letters of the diplomatist Sir John McNeill to the author John Paget.

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Identifier: MS.10982
Scope and Contents

Many of the letters discuss the eastern question and particularly Russia's policies towards Turkey and Afghanistan, but there are also comments on home affairs. Some of the letters concern ‘Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort’ by Sir Theodore Martin (London, 1875-1880), which John McNeill felt to have misrepresented the Crimean Report of 1856, made by himself and Sir Alexander Tulloch. Drafts of letters to Martin on this subject, with Martin's replies, are included.

Dates: 1877-1883.

Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.

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Identifier: MSS.26672-26674

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.

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Identifier: MSS.511-518
Scope and Contents

There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.

Dates: 1821-1870, undated.

Letters of William Buchanan, the Edinburgh art dealer, to David Stewart, his associate in London, 1802-1805, with drafts of Stewart's replies, 1802-1804.

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Identifier: MS.10275
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The letters discuss in detail the buying and selling of paintings and their importation, chiefly from Italy. Many of the transactions described are mentioned in ‘Memoirs of painting, with a chronological history of the importation of pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution’ by William Buchanan (London, 1824). Most of the letters are printed in Hugh Brigstocke, ‘William Buchanan and the 19th century art trade’ (Privately printed, 1982).

Dates: 1802-1805.

Letters to, and draft letters of, David Ogilvy, merchant at the Edinburgh Ropeworks, Leith.

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Identifier: Acc.12526
Scope and Contents

Includes four financial accounts and a letter to Ogilvy`s uncle, Alexander, relating to shipping and merchandise.

Dates: 1786-1788.

Literary papers of R B Cunninghame Graham.

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Identifier: Acc.9237
Dates: circa 1915-circa 1936.

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 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.

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Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 2
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Ballantyne, John, artist, 1815-1897 1
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Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Cadell, Thomas, publisher, the Younger, 1773-1836 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885: collector 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Curtler, Gerald, protector of animals, 1909-1976 1
Curtler, Gerald, protector of animals, 1909-1976: recipient 1
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649: recipient 1
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894–1972 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1865-1936 1
George VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1895-1952 1
Gilfillan, Robert, poet, 1798-1850 1
Gordon, D A, correspondent of Sir Compton Mackenzie, author, fl 1969: recipient 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Herald, James Watterson, painter, 1859-1914 1
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873: recipient 1
MacCormick, Margaret (wife of John MacCormick, née Miller) 1
MacEwen, Sir Alexander Malcolm, Knight, solicitor, 1875-1941 1
MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin, writer and photographer, 1899-1970 1
Mackay, J D, correspondent of James Watterson Herald, painter, fl 1893-1897: recipient 1
Mackay, Lucinda Louise, Lady, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Inchcape (artist) (b 1941) 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 1
Macleod, Robert Duncan, Editor of the "Library Review", d 1973: recipient 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McCrone, David, b. 1945 (sociologist and Director of the Institute of Governance) 1
Mitchell, Sir Peter Chalmers, Knight, zoologist, 1864-1945 1
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 1
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 1
Ogilvy, Alexander, uncle of David, merchant, Edinburgh Ropeworks, Leith, fl 1787-1788: recipient 1
Ogilvy, David, merchant, Edinburgh Ropeworks, Leith, fl 1787-1788 1
Ogilvy, David, merchant, Edinburgh Ropeworks, Leith, fl 1787-1788: recipient 1
Power, William, journalist, 1873-1951 1
Rae, Janet Milne, author, née Gibb, 1844-1933 1
Rae, Janet Milne, author, née Gibb, 1844-1933: recipient 1
Rae, Lettice Milne, author, b 1882: recipient 1
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 1
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 1
Shayer, Michael (psychologist) 1
Stewart, Robert, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (statesman) 1
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 1
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 1
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