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‘The Ogilvies of Boyne’ by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (Aberdeen, 1933), containing inserts; with further letters and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
Transcript, 1993, of letter of John Rennie to Robert Stevenson.
Transcripts of letters of or concerning John Leyden.
The letters are chiefly addressed to Richard Heber, and include some written by William Erskine regarding the collection and preservation of John Leyden's writings, 1812-[1817].
Two letters and typescripts of four poems of George Bruce.
Includes typescript recollection of George Bruce by the Rev Alasdair W Macdonell.
Two typescript letters of Douglas Young to Arthur J Beattie.
Mainly concerning Young`s "The Puddocks".
Typecripts, undated, of short stories, one with an African theme of Naomi Mitchison.
Includes:
"Housing Diary", Glasgow, 1934
letter, 1964, of Marion Campbell
verse, undated, including some of Stephen Spender.
Typed letter from Thomas Innes of Learney, advocate, to W K Dickson, Keeper of the Advocates’ library, 30 May 1921, referring to the provenance of a portrait of Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, at Kingcausie; and a typed transcript (folio 4) of an account of the duel between Sir Alexander Boswell, Baronet, and James Stuart of Dunearn, 1822, written by Mary Ann, daughter of Claud Boswell, Lord Balmuto, with a transcript of a related letter.
The originals were owned by Miss E B Irvine-Fortescue of Kingcausie in 1921.
Typed transcript of a letter of David Roberts to Wentworth Dilke.
Typed transcripts of letters to John Mackenzie of Delvine, Advocate, from the wife and son of the Reverend Dr Alexander Monro, and from Alexander Monro, Provost of St Salvator’s College, St. Andrews.
Typescript, 1920, of ‘The Gordons of Craichlaw’ by William MacMath, with corrections and prefatory notes by the author.
A letter about the work from E A Hornel, 1921, and a copy of Macmath's reply have been inserted (folio i).
Typescript, 1989, of a poem "Misprint in a Great Man`s Obit" by Gavin Ewart.
With two letters, 1977 and 1982, of Ewart, including one mentioning his poetry collection, "All My Little Ones".
Typescript and printed copies of 14 poems, 1985-1991 and undated, of W Price Turner.
With 13 letters, 1954-1981, to Price Turner from Scottish poets.
Typescript articles of James Mark Craigen, circa 1988-2009, correspondence with trade union and political leaders, 1973-1980, and related news-cuttings, 1971-1986.
Typescript 'Collected details re the Alston family (Scottish Branch)', compiled by Patrick R Alston, together with letters on the subject.
The compiler attempts to trace the history of the Saxon family of Alston from its first appearance in Scotland, before 1399. His collection, which deals mainly with Alstons of the seventeenth to nineteenth century, consists for the most part of extracts from Lionel Cresswell, ‘Stemmata Alstoniana’, 1905, other printed sources, and official records.
Typescript copies, 1964, of correspondence of Major-General Kenneth Mackenzie.
The letters are chiefly of Sir John Moore and Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, to Kenneth Mackenzie. The correspondence refers to service in the Peninsular War and in the Netherlands campaign of 1813-1814.
The typescript was taken from a transcript, made circa 1912 from the original letters, which now seem to have disappeared.
Typescript copies of letters, 1795-1797, of Mary Cecilia Gibson, daughter of Professor James Balfour of Pilrig and wife of William Gibson, of the Durie family, to her son Lewis in India.
Typescript copies of letters of Ian B C Neilson to his family, written on active service in the Boer War.
Typescript copies of letters to Hilda Wolfe Murray from her brother Arthur Alexander Wolfe Murray whilst on active service in South Africa during the Boer War, as a captain in the 71st Regiment (the Highland Light Infantry).
Typescript copies of the letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle to the Dowager Countess of Sandwich.
Typescript copies of two letters of David Livingstone, one of which is to Lieutenant Daniel Brebner.
Typescript copies of two letters of J Scott.
Describing in detail journeys in Tanzania and Kenya.
Typescript copies of unpublished letters of Thomas Carlyle.
The letters are in continuation of MS.618.
Typescript copy of letter, 1857, of David Livingstone.
Livingstone thanks the unidentified recipient for her gifts for his work.
Typescript copy of letter of John M Cockburn.
Describing trench warfare and the Battle of Festubert.