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Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).

File

Identifier: MS.14883

Scope and Contents This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...

Dates: 17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.

Collection

Identifier: Acc.12591

Scope and Contents

Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.

Dates: 1529-1925.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of the families of Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and of Jordanhill.

File

Identifier: MS.20988

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Legal documents and correspondence, 1488-1789 (folio 1); (ii) Notes, ?1786-1821, on legal cases (folio 33); (iii) Genealogical papers, 1707-1731, undated (folio 65); (iv) Poetry, 18th century-19th century, including an early copy, dated 1734, of Allan Ramsay's poem, 'The Thimble' (folio 93); (v) Notes, undated, by George Crawfurd, the antiquary, and a translation of a charter, 1748, by Thomas Ruddiman (folio 107).

Dates: 1488-1821, undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division