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Microfilm of letters and other papers of Mary Queen of Scots; with one letter of Mary of Guise.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1197
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, on 8 February, 1587 (the night before her execution), to her brother-in-law, Henri III of France (Adv.MS.54.1.1);Marriage articles of Mary Queen of Scots and François II of France; and ‘Memoire des affaires d’escosse pour diceulx estre escript a n[?]e s[?] pere le pape de la part du Roy daulphin [François II] et Royne daulphine [Mary Queen of Scots] soubs le bon plaisir et intencion du Roy’, 1558-1559...
Dates:
1558-1587.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Item
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, 1826-1831, undated, of Sir Walter Scott and correspondence, 1831-1846, of his son Walter and Lady Scott, and some other papers.
Item
Identifier: MS.15555 [Mf.MSS.63]
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters and papers of Sir Walter Scott, consisting of notes on Malta, undated, fragments of the manuscript of an article, 'Ancient history of Scotland' in ‘Quarterly review’, volume xli (1828), instructions for his will, 1831, and some letters, 1826, undated. (The letters from this collection which are published in ‘The letters of Sir Walter Scott’, edited by Sir Herbert J C Grierson (London, 1932-1937) or copies of which are included in MSS.1750-1753, are...
Dates:
1826-1846, undated.
Microfilm of letters and papers chiefly addressed to Sir Edward Hoby, the diplomatist and controversialist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1003
Dates:
1550-1683.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, the Jacobite.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.195
Dates:
1689-1745.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
Item
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 and papers of Thomas Borthwick concerning the Greenock Articulation School for deaf children, of which Borthwick was Secretary.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1715
Dates:
[?1877-?1885.]
Microfilm of letters and papers of, to, and concerning James Augustus Grant and family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.517-518
Dates:
[?1821-?1908.]
Microfilm of letters, and transcripts of letters, of Sir Walter Scott.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1173-1175
Dates:
1793-1832.
Microfilm of letters chiefly from members of the English army in the North of England and Scotland, and addressed to Sir William Clarke, secretary to General Monck, and to Monck himself; endorsements omitted.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.349
Dates:
1648-1660.
Microfilm of letters, chiefly of; and fragments of manuscripts of Sir Walter Scott.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.667-680
Dates:
1795-1832, 1904.
Microfilm of letters chiefly of and to Thomas Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.402-412
Dates:
[?1812-?1881.]
Microfilm of letters chiefly of Ottilie McLaren to her husband William Wallace.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.550-551
Dates:
[?1892-?1940.]
Microfilm of letters, chiefly of Sir Douglas Haig, and other papers.
Item
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 letters, chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, addressed chiefly to his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1445
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1[?788-?1832], of Sir Walter Scott to his mother, his wife (before and after her marriage), and his daughters, with one perhaps to Sir George Steuart Mackenzie of Coul (MS.138);Letters [?1819-?1826], of Sir Walter Scott to his son, Walter, with one of his daughter Anne to her brother (MS.139);Letters, [?1827-?1829], of Sir Walter Scott to his son, Walter, and the latter’s wife, with one of the Duke of Wellington to Sir Walter,...
Dates:
[1788-1832.]
Microfilm of letters, chiefly semi-official, to Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station, or to his secretary, Edward Waller.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.994-995
Dates:
1844-1845.
Microfilm of letters, chiefly to; and, Admiralty Enclosures' of, Sir Thomas John Cochrane, from the time of his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.983-985
Dates:
1844-1847.
Microfilm of letters, chiefly to, and, private journal of, Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.976-977
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of letters chiefly to Oliver and Boyd, chiefly of Scottish writers.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1128
Dates:
19th century.
Microfilm of letters, notes and poems chiefly written to Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvet, by Scottish and Continental writers and scholars.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.413
Dates:
[?1617-1668.]
Microfilm of letters, notes and poems chiefly written to Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvet, by Scottish and Continental writers and scholars.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.505-506
Dates:
[?1617-?1668.]
Microfilm of letters of Alexander main, Arbroath, to George Eliot.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.540
Dates:
1871-1876.
Microfilm of letters of Alice James to Anne Richards.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1030
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the accession record for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
[1873-1908.]
Microfilm of letters of and to James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12023
Dates:
circa 1742-1766.
Microfilm of letters of and to Sir Alexander Ball, governor of Malta.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2051-2052
Dates:
1803-1807.