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Album, containing autograph letters of celebrities, chiefly literary, dating chiefly from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, with some portraits.
Several of the letters are addressed to the two Thomas Cadells, publishers.
Album containing correspondence, chiefly relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, with transcripts (not wholly accurate), portraits, and views.
Album containing portraits of Sir Walter Scott, with papers of and concerning him.
Alexander "Antique" Smith forgery of letter of Rob Roy MacGregor.
With portrait of Rob Roy MacGregor and engraving of Sir Joseph Banks.
Collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Copy, 17th century, of `The Life, Araignment, and Death of the famous and learned Sir Thomas More Knight, sometimes Lord Chauncellor of England. Together with his Vision`.
Correspondence and papers of and relating to James Hogg.
The contents include: letters of James Hogg, 1814, 1820, 1826, 1831, 1835; an unpublished poem, 'The Fall of Idumea', written by him shortly before his death; letters and verses of his literary acquaintances in Scotland and London and his family; information supplied to his daughter and biographer, Mary Garden; portraits of Hogg; and a receipt, 1819, for duty paid by him on 'one work horse', on which someone has written, 'Mr. Hogg has no Horse nor never had one' (folio 333).
Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Four letters, 1828-1829, 1832, of Thomas Campbell, bound with a copy of his ‘Inaugural discourse ... on being installed Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow’ (Glasgow, 1827).
There are also two portraits of Thomas Campbell.
Letter, 1835, of Thomas Carlyle to James Fraser.
Concerning the destruction of his manuscript of "The French Revolution".
With portrait, 1825, of Carlyle by Daniel Maclise, and a copy of Cardinal Newman, "Lead, Kindly Light" (1872).
Letter of Archibald Menzies to Dr James Edward Smith.
Includes an engraved portrait of Menzies.
Letter of George Dempster of Dunnichen to George Chalmers.
With an engraved portrait of Dempster.
Letters and portraits of friends and other contemporaries of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Wilfred Partington for a grangerized copy of his ‘Private letter-books of Sir Walter Scott’.
Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and miscellaneous papers concerning him.
Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.
The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.
Letters of celebrities, some accompanied by transcripts (not wholly accurate), notes, printed matter, and portraits.
Letters of Jane Carlyle Aitken, four of her daughter, Mary, and others of the Carlyle family.
With a copy of "The Saints` Everlasting Rest (1833), inscribed by Thomas Carlyle, and an engraved portrait of him.
Letters of Sir Walter Scott to William Laidlaw, his friend and secretary.
'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits.
This material was collected by the author, Allan Cunningham, and his son with a view to a new edition. Loose papers have been pasted into the interleaved volumes or collected in a separate volume (MS.832).
Manuscript of `The Life and Tragedy of the roiall Lady Mary, late Queene of Scotts. Together with the speeches and accidents at her Execution in Fotheringham Castell the 8th day of February 1586`.
Microfilm of a volume, 1859, concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club; and, letters and poems, 1785-1867, of and concerning, Robert Burns gathered by Adam Sim of Coulter.
The contents are as follows:
A volume, 1859, concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club (Acc.10847);
Letters and poems of, 1785-1867, and relating to, Robert Burns gathered by Adam Sim of Coulter; including letters of Allan Cunningham and of Robert Tannahil (MS.23150).