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Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates: 1561, 17th century-late 19th century.

Papers concerning Jane Welsh.

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Identifier: Acc.4463
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Comprising:

1. letter, 1824, of Jane Welsh to Dugald Gilchrist

2. fragment of play, undated, of Jane Welsh

3. three letters, 1824-1825, of Mrs Welsh to members of the Gilchrist family.

Dates: 1824-1825.

Papers of David Livingstone.

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Identifier: Acc.9529
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Includes three fragments of letters, a letter of his daughter, Anna Mary, his commission as Consul and a copy of his book, "Analysis of the Language of the Bechuanas".

Dates: 1849-1892 and undated.

Papers of Margaret Mackenzie Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6025
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. five letters, 1928-1930, of Walter de la Mare

2. letter, 1931, of Neil Gunn

3. letter, 1973, of Stanley Cursiter

4. two letters, undated, of Esmé Wynne-Tyson

5. autobiographical fragments, undated, of Margaret Mackenzie Scott

6. letters, 1919, to Mackenzie Scott`s mother.

Dates: 1919-1973.

Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8022
Scope and Contents

With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.

Dates: 1839-1920 and undated.

Photocopies of letters, 1859-1860, to Kenneth Morrison, from relatives in Barvas and North Tolsta, Isle of Lewis.

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Identifier: Acc.6879
Scope and Contents

With later family letter, 1874, fragments of letters, and press cuttings.

Dates: 1859-1874.

Society of Writers to Her Majesty`s Signet manuscripts.

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Identifier: Acc.4245
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Including mediaeval vellum fragments, facsimiles of letters and documents (with some original manuscripts), and annotated printed items.

Dates: circa 1200-circa 1900.

“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
Scope and Contents

The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).

Dates: 17th century.

Three letters, 1712, of William Nicolson to Archibald Campbell.

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Identifier: Acc.5915
Scope and Contents

With notes and fragments mainly of Alexander Jolly.

Dates: 1712 and undated.

Two collections of writings of Allan Ramsay, in his hand.

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Identifier: MS.2233
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Drafts of poems, of a prose treatise in defence of the theatre (fragmentary, but not ‘Some Few Hints in Defence of Dramatic Entertainments’), and of a letter to a lady, containing a poem. Some of the poems appear to be unpublished; others differ greatly from the printed version. On folio 10 there are marginal references, apparently contemporary, to the pages of ‘Poems by Allan Ramsay’ (Edinburgh, 1728), volume ii. Some of the leaves are paginated,...
Dates: Early 18th century.

Volume of Covenanting documents, containing copies of papers representing an extreme 'Cameronian' view.

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Identifier: MS.5408
Scope and Contents Some leaves are missing from the beginning of the volume.The contents are as follows:(i) Fragment of a declaration against those who accepted the Declaration of Indulgence (folio 1);(ii) A declaration of 'the poor society of Tindwall' against William III, the established Presbyterian Church, and the defection of Alexander Sheilds, William Boyd and Thomas Linning (folio 10);(iii) 'Some causes of Lords contraversie, holding forth some few steps...
Dates: [Circa 1700.]

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Names
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 2
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 2
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
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Allan, David, painter, 1744-1796 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Campbell, Archibald, Bishop of Aberdeen, d 1744 1
Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphanie, composer, 1857-1944 1
Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt, Knight, sculptor, 1781-1841 1
Cowan, Charles, of Valleyfield, 1801-1889: recipient 1
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 1
Duff, Alexander (missionary in India) 1
Duncan, George Simpson, Principal of St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, 1884-1965 1
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Flecker, Herman James Elroy, poet and playwright, 1884-1915 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Freer, Ada Goodrich, 1857-1931, folklorist and psychical researcher 1
Gilchrist, Dugald, correspondent of Jane B Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, fl 1824-1825: recipient 1
Gillies, John, historian, 1747-1836 1
Greene, Harry Plunket, singer, 1865-1936: recipient 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Guthrie, Thomas, Minister of Free St John's, Edinburgh, 1803-1873 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964: recipient 1
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, painter, 1786-1846 1
Jolly, Alexander, Bishop of Moray, 1756-1838 1
Kerr, family, Dalry, Ayrshire 1
Livingstone, Anna Mary, daughter of David, explorer and missionary, b 1858 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873: recipient 1
Lundie, Robert Henry, Minister of Fairfield Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, 1824-1895: recipient 1
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 1
Moir, David Macbeth, physician and writer, pseudonym Delta, 1798-1851 1
Morrison, Kenneth, British Columbia, fl 1859-1860: recipient 1
Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) 1
Murray, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1849-1933 1
Nicolson, William, Bishop of Carlisle, 1655-1727 1
Philadelphian Society 1
Reed, Trelawney Dayrell, author of "Rise of Wessex", fl 1908-1947: recipient 1
Ross, Alexander, divine, 1591-1654 1
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 1
Sime, John, Chaplain of Trinity Hospital, Edinburgh, fl 1823-1859 1
Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet: collector 1
Southwell, Robert, Saint, writer, 1561-1595 1
Stuart, Hon Gwendolen Mary Anne Crichton-, wife of John, 3rd Marquess of Bute, née Howard, 1854-1932: recipient 1
Tyson, Dorothy Estelle Esmé Wynne-, writer, pseudonym Esmé Wynne, née Innes Ripper, 1898-1972 1
Walker, Mary, correspondent of Margaret Carlyle Aitken, niece of Thomas Carlyle, fl 1920: recipient 1
Welsh, Grace, mother of Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, 1782-1842 1
Westmacott, Richard, Sir, Knight (sculptor) 1
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