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Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

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Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, undated.

Heavily corrected manuscript of chapters I-XVII of Thomas Reid, "Treatise on Clock and Watchmaking" (1826).

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Identifier: Acc.8787
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With printed text and plates (with corrections) for Reid`s entry on horology in the "Edinburgh Encyclopedia".

Dates: circa 1826.

Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.

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Identifier: Acc.7723
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...
Dates: 1836-1863 and undated.

Papers concerning Denys Hay`s introductory essay, "Fiat Lux" to "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967).

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Identifier: Acc.7684
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Including correspondence, typescript drafts and proofs.

Correspondents include John Carter, Percy Muir and Stanley Morison.

Dates: 1964-1967.

Papers of Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, of Dunglass.

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Identifier: Acc.10065
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Includes rough drafts of essays, notes and drawings of Hall`s work on perspective.

Dates: 1812-1816.

Papers of Thomas Aitken.

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Identifier: Acc.8839
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Includes manuscript drafts of antiquarian, scientific and medical discourses, many of which were read at meetings of Inverness Scientific and Field Club.

Dates: circa 1867-1880.

Small collections of correspondence and manuscripts of the author and essayist Thomas De Quincey, acquired at different times.

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Identifier: MS.21239
Scope and Contents Thomas De Quincey's own letters are written to his family and friends about his work and other activities, finance, and family matters. Letters addressed to him include one from an unnamed American admirer, 1853, (folio 18) which was published in ‘Thomas De Quincey’, pages 103-105, the catalogue of an exhibition held at Dove Cottage and the National Library of Scotland.Most of the manuscripts are fragmentary drafts of unidentified essays, but they include parts of "The English...
Dates: 1800-1855, undated.

Unpublished memoir of George Douglas Brown, probably by David S Meldrum.

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Identifier: Acc.10420
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With draft essay, undated, of Brown on Hamlet.

Dates: early 20th century.

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Aitken, Thomas, Medical Superintendent, District Asylum, Inverness, fl 1867-1880 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1