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Editorial correspondence and papers of Derick S Thomson.
Papers concern Thomson`s "Companion to Gaelic Scotland" and "Gairm" magazine
Grangerized copy of ‘A large new catalogue of the Bishops of...Scotland’ by Robert Keith (Edinburgh, 1755).
The volume contains additional notes and information (taken chiefly from the Acts of the General Assembly) written in a contemporary hand in the margins of many of the pages and on small sheets of paper tipped in at various places throughout.
Also enclosed are a printed prospectus of the work, dated Edinburgh, 1753, receipted by the author (folio 3), and a letter, 1925, returning the volume to its owner.
Illustrated letter of James Sant.
Describing a visit to Scotland and his painting activities.
Illustrated letters of H Wilson, pseudonym Hall Tweed, to Mrs C Whalley, London.
Wilson describes life in Greenock and Glasgow.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly of the seventeenth century, relating to private, domestic, and public matters.
Included are letters to John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, various members of the Townshend family, George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow, and Sir Michael Stanhope, son of Sir Michael Stanhope (died 1552).