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'A collection of the best reciepts in cookery, pastery and confectionary taken from the best authors by Margt Hume Campbell, with a dedication to the Right Honourable Lady Diana Scott’.
The collection was probably intended for Lady Diana, the author's younger sister, on her approaching marriage to Walter Scott of Harden in 1754. There are a few later additions and an index (folio iii) but no section on confectionery. Some of the sources of the recipes are named.
Accounts, day books, and recipe books of Milton printworks near Dumbarton.
Book of household and medical recipes marked 'Given to Lady Mary Murray, Sept. 5th 1787', written in several hands, and apparently compiled in the household of her father, the third Duke of Atholl.
The first fifty folios contain kitchen recipes. These are followed (folio 51) by a medical section, which includes some veterinary remedies, and (folio 124 verso) by a few recipes for home-made wines.
Book of household recipes compiled by a Mrs William Spence.
The larger part consists of kitchen recipes, but a few medical remedies are contained in the inverted pages. Many of the informants appear to be Scottish.
Book of recipes, started by Anna, Lady Elcho (died 1649), and continued by her daughter Jean, Countess of Sutherland.
‘Collection of recipes’, being a book of household recipes.
Commonplace book containing poems, household and medical recipes, riddles and notes, written in several hands.
Folios 1-20 contain a collection of verses, most of which are dated 1789.
Commonplace book of Fife provenance, containing household and medical recipes, verse, and proverbs.
Commonplace book of George Anderson, Glasgow.
As well as poetry, recipes and miscellaneous notes, the book includes instructions for road-making (page 3) and designs for a pump and a building for making lamp-black (pages 37, 66).
Correspondence and papers of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, and of his own and allied families: Hays, Thomsons, Tods, Lothians.
A table of the relationships of the various families has been placed in MS.3116, folio i.
Culinary and household recipe book of Anne Susanna Hope, wife of Charles Hope, Commissioner at Chatham.
Included are culinary recipes of Anne Susanna Hope's mother-in-law, Lady Anne Johnston Hope, wife of Admiral Sir William Johnston Hope.
Culinary and household recipe book, titled, 'Kinfauns Castle Family Receipts', probably of a member of the family of Baron Gray.
Culinary and medical recipes.
The recipes, which are both culinary and medical, are in several hands, and there are lists of the contents at the beginning and end of the volume. The initials M I M are stamped on the covers and written inside the front cover.
Culinary recipe book of the Honourable Margaret Stewart, wife of Andrew Stewart, Minister of Erskine.
Despatch books of Howietoun Fishery, Stirling recording deliveries of trout, with instructions and comments.
Examples of lettering and correspondence of the calligrapher Edward Johnstone (1872-1944).
'Famous Tippermallochs System of Physick’, being a manuscript, written in 1710, of the collection of medical recipes compiled by John Moncrieff of Tippermalloch.
Formal documents and miscellaneous papers of the family of John Taylor, rector of Musselburgh Grammar School.
Instructions, 1579, of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Knight Lyon King at Arms, to heralds, and a minute-book of executions, 1608-1609, by Thomas Lamb, Messenger-at-arms.
Instructions for making fireworks, probably intended as part of a scientific work.
The text refers to figures which are not included. The manuscript also contains household and pharmaceutical recipes (folio 52), and a list of books and equipment of an army officer (folios 1 inverted).
'Instructions to Master David Erskine by his Father The Earl of Buchan 29 March 1784'.
The instructions were drawn up by the Earl of Buchan when his son (afterwards Sir David Erskine) entered Mr de Ribouville's Academy, Old Cavendish Street, London. Before the precepts, the Earl gives a brief account of his son's life up to that date. He gives the date of his birth as December 1771 (not 1772, as in the Dictionary of National Biography).
Interleaved and annotated copy of ’Hamlet … by William Shakespeare … printed from the acting copy, with remarks and critical, by D G … as performed at the Theatre Royal, London’ (London, [?1826-?1847]), used as a prompt book for the 1849 production at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh with Thomas Powrie in the leading role.
There are notes, instructions and sketches throughout by Thomas Powrie and by the stage manager, J H Smith.
Journal, 1729, of George Skene, containing ‘An Account of a Journey to London, with the particular rout by Thomas Burnett of Kirkhill, George Skene of that ilk, and David Skene his brother german'.
'Large Collection of choice recipes for Cookrie, pastries, milks, sauces, candying, confectionating, and preserving of fruits, flowers, etc', dated Dumfries, 1722.
There are later additions of medical and household recipes in the same hand on the end-papers of the volume up to 1764. The compiler of the recipes is unidentified.