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Contribution book of the Leith branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4342
Dates:
1897-1907.
Contribution card of William Glen as a member of the Mid and East Lothian Miners` Association.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10920
Dates:
1921.
Copies of letters of John C Hooper to his parents, during his time in the Boer War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6194
Dates:
1901-1902.
Copies of letters of William Porteous to James Linn.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7461
Scope and Contents
Mostly on personal matters.
Dates:
1860-1863.
Copies of printed books associated with James Augustus Grant.
Series
Identifier: MSS.17927-17928
Dates:
1858, 1864.
Copy of Felicia M F Skene "Use and Abuse", illustrated by eight tipped in watercolour views by the author`s father, James Skene, of Rubislaw.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10050
Dates:
circa 1849.
Copy of "Itinerarium Septentrionale" (1726) by Alexander Gordon, with notes by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, 2nd bart.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12965
Dates:
1726.
Copy of James Gillespie, "The Triumph of Philosophy; or, The True System of the Universe" (London, 1893), with associated letter and diagrams, undated, of Gillespie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6911
Dates:
1893 and undated.
Copy of John Marchfield, "Ballads and Poems" (London, 1913), with manuscript poem of Marchfield on the flyleaf.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4182
Dates:
1913.
Copy of "Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his Youngest Sister" (Boston and New York, 1899), with a letter, circa 1837-1838, of Jane Welsh Carlyle to Jenny Hanning and two letters, 1840 and 1842, of Thomas Carlyle to Jenny Hanning.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10300
Dates:
circa 1837-1899.
Copy of "Posting Book, with Tables for Calculating the Expense of Horses and Post-Boys" (1837), with annotations concerning journeys in Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10178
Dates:
circa 1837.
Copy of Robert Spottiswoode, "Practicks of the Laws of Scotland".
Item
Identifier: Acc.9313
Dates:
circa 1660-circa 1699.
Copy of S D Clough, "Backbone", with a 12-line inscription of Sir Harry Lauder on "my success".
Item
Identifier: Acc.6392
Dates:
first half of 20th century.
Copy of Sir Augustus W Franks, "Notes on Bookplates" (1887) with author`s presentation note.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10641
Scope and Contents
Includes pasted in letter, 1888, of John Lane to Walter Hamilton, with other letters loosely enclosed and pasted in.
Dates:
1887-1888.
Copy of Sir John Sinclair, "Observations on the Scottish Dialect" (London, 1782), with annotations in an unknown hand.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10163
Dates:
circa 1782.
Copy of the first volume of Sir John Leslie, "Elements of Natural Philosophy" (Edinburgh, 1823), interleaved with notes of David Milne Home of Milne Graden.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7349
Dates:
1823.
Copy of "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" (1805) by Walter Scott, with watercolour illustrations by Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12373
Dates:
circa 1805.
Copy of "Traditions of Edinburgh" (1825), by Robert Chambers, with double pages replacing cancelled leaves and the original text (concerning Hugo Arnot) supplied in manuscript.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12417
Scope and Contents
Includes tipped in notes of Arnot`s son, and an anecdote, of Walter Scott to Robert Chambers which was incorporated into "Traditions of Edinburgh".
Dates:
circa 1825.
Copy of William Shakespeare, "King Henry VI, Part III" (1936), with marginalia of J Dover Wilson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7527
Dates:
1936.
Copy, undated, of the printed text of Helen Bannerman, "The Story of Sambo and the Twins", with pencil sketches for illustrations.
File
Identifier: Acc.8884
Scope and Contents
With sketch book of Bannerman and copy of E H Aitken, "The Common Birds of Bombay" (1900), with four letters of Aitken to Mrs Bannerman who did part of the illustrations.
Dates:
1900 and undated.
Corrected manuscripts of three poems, undated, in Gaelic of Maoilios M Caimbeul.
File
Identifier: Acc.9534
Scope and Contents
With inscribed copies of Caimbeul`s poetry collections, "Eileanan" (1980) and "Bailtean" (1987).
Dates:
1980-1987 and undated.
Corrected typescripts of Malcolm Slesser, "Red Peak: a Personal Account of the British-Soviet Pamir Expedition 1962" (London, 1964).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5091
Scope and Contents
With three published works of Slesser.
Dates:
circa 1964.
Correspondence and letter books of Duncan MacKinnon.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6168/1-15
Scope and Contents
In connection mainly with the British India Steam Navigation Company.This collection consists of the incoming correspondence and letter books of Duncan Mackinnon, a partner in MacKinnon, Mackenzie, and Co, of Calcutta, the firm from which the British India Steam Navigation Compnay developed. This correspondence covers the years 1873, when MacKinnon returned to India after his marriage, to 1881, and the letter books cover a somewhat longer period from 1871 to 1887. This was the...
Dates:
1873-1887.
Correspondence and papers concerning the National Demonstration in Scotland, in honour of Arthur James Balfour.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6033/1-3
Scope and Contents
Including accounts and press cuttings.
Dates:
1889.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Thomas and J A Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20752-20753
Dates:
1833-1883, undated.