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Album containing copies of religious tracts, at least one of which is of John Livingstone, Minister of Ancrum, in the same hand as the 'Life' of Livingstone in Adv. MS.34.5.19.
Item
Identifier: MS.3858
Scope and Contents
The date 1673 (folio 53 verso) indicates that the manuscript was written after John Livingstone's death.The contents are as follows.(i) Livingstone's 'Memorable Characteristics' (folio 1); this is not one of the copies used for W K Tweedie's edition in ‘Select Biographies’ (Wodrow Society, 1845), volume i;(ii) 'The notes of some sermons knit together anent personall covenanting &c.' (folio 30);(iii) Questions on the duties of Christians,...
Dates:
1673.
Copies, in an eighteenth-century hand, of Jacobite tracts, in a book containing Thomas Ruddiman's bookplate and a list of contents in his autograph.
File
Identifier: MS.2258
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) 'A Letter to the Author of a Sermon entituled, "A Sermon preach'd at the Funerall of Her Late Majesty Queen Mary . . ." By Dr. Cane [Ken], late Bp. of Bath and Wells', 29 March 1695 (published, London, 1695). (Folio 1.)(ii) 'A Letter from Mr. Lesly [Charles Leslie] to a Member of Parliament in London', Bar-le-Duc, 23 April 1714 (published, [publisher not identified], 1714). (Folio 7.)(iii) Proclamation of Prince James Edward...
Dates:
1648-[circa 1719].
Copies, late seventeenth century, of anti-religious tracts, ‘Cymbalum mundi ceu symbolum sapientiae’ and 'De tribus impostoribus’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.5
Scope and Contents
1. ‘Symbolum sapientiæ, hoc est doctrina solida de Religione et vulgo sic dicta S. scriptura, superstioni Paganæ, Iudaicæ, Christianæ et Muhammedanæ opposita ex M.S. autoris Itali ... Eleutheropolis Anno 1678';
2. ‘De tribus impostoribus’, juxta exemplar impressum 1598.
Dates:
1598, 1678.
Copies of letters, tracts and other papers concerning the troubles in Scotland during the reign of Charles I.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.14
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.6.9.
Dates:
1637-1639.
Copy, 17th century, of five prose tracts of William Drummond, of Hawthornden, the poet, written between 1638 and 1642 about the time of Rebellion and Civil War in the reign of Charles I.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.5
Scope and Contents
(i) `Irene. A remonstrance for Concord Amitie and Love amongst his Majesties subjects; written after his Declaratione published 20 September 1638’ (folio 1).(ii) `The Load-Starr or Directorie to the new world and transe-formations` (folio 41).(iii) `The Magicall Mirror or A declaratione upon the arising of the N[oblemen] B[arons] G[entlemen] and B[urgesses] in Armes, 1 April 1639` (folio 48 verso).(iv) `Quarees of State`, undated (folio 58).(v)...
Dates:
1638-1642.
Copy, in a 17th-century hand, of several prose tracts of the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden, written at the time of the Civil War.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Irene. A. remonstrance for concord, amitie and love amongst his majesties subjects written after his declaration published at Edinburgh 22 of September 1638` (folio 1).(ii) `The Load-Starr on directorie to the new world and transeformations`, undated (folio 23).(iii) `The Magicall Mirror or the Declaration upon the arising of the N[oblemen], B[arons], G[entlemen] and B[urgesses] in Armes,1...
Dates:
1638-1642.
Copy of an apparently unpublished work entitled 'Practical Tracts of Artillery', written by Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Fellow of the Royal Society.
File
Identifier: MS.8185
Scope and Contents
The work was written by John Macdonald when he was Captain Commanding the Artillery at Fort Marlborough, [Sumatra]. The text is preceded by a letter to the Governor and Council of the Military Department there, an introduction to the work, and a letter to the Governor-General and the Supreme Council at Fort William.
Dates:
1787.