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Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14023/1-4

Letter of Mary of Guise to William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14024
Content Description

A letter written by Mary of Guise from Edinburgh Castle, 17 May 1560, bearing her signature ("Vostre bonne cousinne Marie R"). She is asking Marischal to hear what the bearer of her letter will tell her about the state of affairs, and to act upon it.

Dates: 1560

Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.24
Scope and Contents Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...
Dates: 1567-1596, and undated.