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Copies, 1727 or before, in various hands, of papers concerning Mary Queen of Scots and her reign, apparently collected by James Anderson.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.1.19
Scope and Contents
Although not published in the work, James Anderson appears to have collected the material comprising this manuscript for his ‘Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland’ (Edinburgh and London, 1727-1728). A draft of articles of co-partnery between Anderson, his son-in-law John Leitch, and his son Patrick, to publish the Collections is at folio 21. Among the papers copied are:the marriage articles of Mary and François II, 1558 (folio 13 verso);...
Dates:
1558-1620.
Genealogies, notes, formal documents and other papers of and concerning the Elphinstone family of Lopness.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8924/1-45
Dates:
1511-1951, undated.
Papers of and concerning the Holden family of Baldovie; with a document concerning Thomas Greig, and with genealogical notes on the Guthries of Guthrie.
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Identifier: MS.50266
Scope and Contents
Documents, 1753, concerning the clandestine marriage of Abraham Holden and Elizabeth Barclay (folios 1-4).Letters and documents, 1759-1776, of and to John Holden concerning Richard Holden's death, the sale of Scottish goods in West Africa, instructions for a survery and a bond (folios 6-13).Letters of Richard Holden (fl 1747-circa 1761), 1747-1758, of Richard Holden to his father and brothers concerning slaving voyages and the sale of enslaved people (folios...
Dates:
1717-1822.