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Collection of holograph manuscripts of authors of the early 20th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.812-816
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Copy, possibly the holograph, of the report by Thomas Tucker on the customs and excise of Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.6.5
Scope and Contents
Tucker had been sent to Scotland in the autumn of 1655 to set up the customs and to re-establish the excise, and his report, dated 20 November 1656, was written after his return to London. The report is followed by an unmarked copy of ‘Rules, Orders and Instructions, Made and Published by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in Scotland ...’ (Edinburgh, 1656) (folio 54), and by `The forme of the Cash or Day Booke to be kept by the severall Collectors of Customs and Excise in...
Dates:
1655-1656.
Holograph manuscript of Ewen Maclachlan or McLachlan, the Celtic scholar, containing Irish literature.
File
Identifier: MS.3281
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Essay on the Antiquity of Irish Literature', followed by an account of the Irish alphabet and contractions, 1814 (folio 1);(ii) Transcripts of the five stories in Gaelic MS.XXXVIII in the National Library (‘A descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' Library’, page 146): 'Oigheadh Gcoinchuloind', "Ar-amach Mhic Con'an aghaidh Airt mhic-Cuinn, Righ Eirionn", 'Oigheadh ChloinneLir', 'Ar-amach Mhic Colgain an aghaidh...
Dates:
1813-1814.
Holograph manuscripts of Allan Ramsay.
Series
Identifier: MSS.804-805
Dates:
[1721, or after-1728, or after.]
Holograph will of Francis Jeffrey dated 29 March 1848.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.28
Scope and Contents
The will appears to have been registered at the General Register House in 1850 (folio 1 verso). Preceding it is a letter, 1909, of John Smart, Writer to the Signet, forwarding the manuscript to W K Dickson.
Dates:
1848.
Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.67
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Receipt, 1575, of Archebault Betun (Archibald Bethune), an archer of the French King`s Scots Guard (Ch.872);Account, 17 February 1552, of the provisions supplied to the Royal Household at Amboise. Includes a translation (Ch.2059); Bill, 1553, concerning expenses of the French royal household (Ch.2593);Holograph poems, [1931, or before]; and, 'The secret of the heather ale', a tale, 1892, by Neil Munro. (MS.816);...
Dates:
1552-[1931, or before].
Original manuscript in Sir Walter Scott's autograph of 'The Eve of Saint John. A Border Ballad'.
Item
Identifier: MS.818
Dates:
1799.
Page of holograph manuscript by James Hogg, probably from his "Young Lady`s Sabbath Companion".
Item
Identifier: Acc.12746
Dates:
circa 1834.
Scrapbook of Lady Isobel Scott
Item
Identifier: Acc.13515
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by Lady Isobel Scott, consisting largely of autographs, drawings and photographs of places visited. Most are country houses including Monteviot, Woodburn, Beaulieu, Newbattle Abbey, Kiplin in Northumberland, Fountains Abbey, Bishop`s House, Kennington, Boughton House, Kettering, Falconhurst in Kent, Drumlanrig Castle and Douglas Castle. In addition, there are a number of entries relating to visits to Admiralty House, Devonport, a series of photographs taken on visit to...
Dates:
1899-1904