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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Collection of twenty-one documents relating to the Stuart family and the French royal family.
‘Collections’ made by Robert Beatson, Doctor of Laws, containing a number of genealogical papers and copies of military documents which he probably used when engaged on compiling ‘Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain from 1727 to 1783’.
`Collections of the most remarkable accounts that relate to the families of Scotland drawn from ther own charters and other authentick writts ... with ane account of ther armes’.
Commentaries on the Book of Job, and copies of letters.
Many of the letters concern James Hervey`s "Theron and Aspasio", all apparently of Glasite tendency.
Commonplace book, 1863-1896, of Robert Dickson Glover, a merchant at Roslin and later in Portobello.
The book contains verses, historical and literary material, notes of events in Roslin, 1869-1873, and fragments of a diary for 1895-1896. A later hand has added copies of poems and of the will, May 1927, of John Glover who died in 1933 (folio 96).
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Composite manuscript consisting of two volumes (folios 1, 75) of copies, circa 1585, 1607, of papers, 1537-1606, in Italian and Latin concerning attempts to restore Roman Catholicism in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Composite volume consisting of several commonplace books of William Thoirs of Muiresk, born 1666, covering the years 1705-1724, but also containing earlier material.
Contemporary copies and translations of letters, mainly from Italy, reporting on European and Turkish affairs.
Most of the documents are dated 1596. The subjects include Spanish policy in June and July of that year, leading up to the capture of Cadiz by the English (cf. ‘Calendar of State Papers, Domestic series ... 1595-1597’); a rising of janissaries in Constantinople; and events in Italy and eastern Europe. These are followed (folio 33) by miscellaneous papers, mostly concerning the siege of Montauban in 1621.
Contemporary copies of correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Smith, mostly concerning the proposed marriage of Queen Elizabeth with the Duc d`Anjou (later Henri III) and the Duc d`Alençon.
Contemporary copies of letters apparently written by a high-ranking member of the Army party, taking the form of a weekly newsletter from 12 December 1648 to 29 June 1649.
Contemporary copies of state papers, concerning the negotiations between Charles I and the Covenanters, which led up to the Pacification of Berwick and the Covenanters` protestation of 1 July.
Also included are the petition of the Scots living in Ireland to the Lord Deputy and Council of Ireland, 1639 (folio 9), and an incomplete treatise `A distinction betweene the Ecclesiasticall Lawe and the Common Lawe`, undated (folio 18).
Contemporary copy of a document concerning the expenses of the French royal household, entitled `Estat et menu général de la dépense ordinaire bouche de la chambre aux deniers du Roy’, the Prince de Condé`s authorisation of the year`s expenditure.
The document includes a list of persons entitled to eat at the King`s table; food, wine and other commodities required throughout the year, with special allowances for feast days and other occasions; and expenses for the dukes of Burgundy, Anjou and Berry. It is followed (folio 119) by a similar authorisation for the household of the Dauphin.
Contemporary copy of a letter, 1823, of Henry Brougham of Zachary Macaulay.
With associated letter, 1925.
Contemporary copy of a letter of Alexander Dickson, Inspector of Artillery, to Colonel Stephen Chapman.
Concerns the battle of Waterloo.
Contemporary copy of a letter of John Armistead.
Concerning the occupation of Newcastle by the Scottish army.
Contemporary copy of a letter of Thomas Savage describing the Clifton Moor Skirmish.
Contemporary copy of `Discoverie and Historie of the gold mynes in Scotland` by Stephen Atkinson.
Contemporary copy of oath sworn by 14 Covenanters adhering to the Rutherglen Testimony, 1680
Contemporary copy of part of a letter describing the execution of Lord Balmerino.
Contemporary copy of Sir Ralph Sadler`s correspondence during his embassies to Scotland in 1539-1540 and 1543.
Contemporary copy of specifications by John Rennie and others for the Crinan Canal.
Also included are John Rennie's estimate for the work (folio 33 verso) and notes on the cost of the Forth and Clyde Canal in 1789 (folio 47).
Contemporary copy of the Apology of Humphrey Chambers, rector of Claverton to the Church of England, for omitting to read the king`s declaration concerning the use of lawful sports on Sundays; Chambers was consequently imprisoned, but later became rector of Pewsey.
On folio v verso is the inscription `Edinr Febr 1739 a + l + n + o`.