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Documents concerning Thomas de Quincey during his residence in Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: MS.972
Scope and Contents

The documents include 3 letters of Thomas de Quincey, 1838, 1841; books of accounts for rent, etc., incurred when he lodged with the Misses Miller in the Holyrood sanctuary, 1836-1841; and papers in a process at law with Robert Bauchope about monies due by de Quincey, 1837-1838; with an essay based on these documents by Tinsley Pratt, undated (typed), and a letter regarding them, 1881.

Dates: 1836-1841, 1881.

Documents relating to Lanarkshire, chiefly concerning the parish of Carluke.

 File
Identifier: MS.6296
Scope and Contents

The collection includes documents, 1694-1695, concerning the recruiting of troops in Lanarkshire (folio 14), statements, 1694, used in a lawsuit between members of the Forrest family of Braidwood over a question of thirlage (folio 9), and other legal, family, and parish papers.

Dates: 1668-1857, undated.

Douglas of Springwood Park Papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7448
Scope and Contents

Being family correspondence and legal papers of Sir John J Scott Douglas, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Scott Douglas.

Dates: 1813-1856 and undated.

‘Epistolæ Regum Scotorum’, a register of correspondence of State, including contemporary copies of royal letters.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.5.9
Scope and Contents

The description is taken from the “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. I. State Papers, part I (F.R.184)

Dates: 1505-1545, 1576-1626.

Estate and personal accounts, 1893-1933, possibly of Perthshire provenance.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7392
Scope and Contents

With draft deeds drawn up by Russell and Dunlop, "Drafts 1917 A-E".

Dates: 1893-1933.

Estate papers, legal documents and personal and household financial papers of the family of Cameron of Fassifearn.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9174/1-46
Scope and Contents Thepapers comprise letters of and to members of the Cameron of Fassifern family (chiefly John Cameron of Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, and, to a lesser extent, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and Donald Cameron of Lochiel), estate and household papers, legal deeds and accounts and other papers concerning Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron and his regiment, the 92nd Foot. A miscellaneous section includes inventories of furniture and books at Fassifern...
Dates: 1643-1901, undated.

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Legal documents. 468
Correspondence. 132
Copies. Derivative objects. 102
Manuscripts. 99
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Financial records. 76
Notes. 75
Accounts. 67
Deeds. Legal documents. 60
Charters 40
Family papers. 37
Lists. 37
Memorials. Legal documents. 34
Estate records. 33
Drafts. Documents. 29
Microfilms. 26
Discharges. Legal Documents. 25
Genealogies. 25
Inventories. 24
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 24
Petitions. 24
Opinions. Legal documents. 20
Poetry. 18
Printed materials. Object genre. 18
Diaries. 17
Photographs. 17
Excerpts. 16
Minutes. Administrative records. 16
Notebooks. 15
Reports. 15
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 14
Typescripts. 14
Wills. 14
Extracts. Legal documents. 13
Laws. Documents. 13
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Account books. 10
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Commissions. Permissions. 9
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Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 7
Letter books. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 7
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Albums. 6
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Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 5
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Indexes. Reference sources. 5
Journals. Accounts. 5
Personal papers. 5
Plans (orthographic projections). 5
Sketches. 5
Tables of contents. 5
Abridgements. Versions of documents. 4
Annotations. 4
Assignations. Legal Instruments. 4
Bequests. Gifts, property (legal concept). 4
Burgess tickets. 4
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Names
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 4
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 3
Dalrymple, James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619-1695 3
Gordon, family, of Halmyre and Gordonstoun 3
Sutherland Estates 3
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United and Incorporated Trades of St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh 3
Christie, family, of Stenton 2
Douglas, family, of Cavers 2
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 2
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 2
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Lockhart, family, of Lee and Carnwath 2
Minto, family, Earls of Minto 2
Rutherfurd, family, of Edgerston 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, 1871-1913 1
Anderson, Andrew, surgeon, fl 1804-1853 1
Anderson, David, Staff Surgeon, ? 1821-1854 1
Anderson, Henry, Minister of Tillicoultry Free Church, 1779-1845 1
Anderson, Thomas, surgeon, fl 1804-1853 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons 1
Baird, James, of Little Fiddes and Byth, Advocate, d 1655 1
Baird, Wynne, brother of Sir David, 1st Baronet of Newbyth, d c 1835 1
Balfour, James, Surinam, planter, d c 1841 1
Ballantyne (family, of Holylee ) 1
Ballingall, G N, kinsman of Thomas Patrick, Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, fl 1915 1
Ballingall, Thomas Patrick, Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, fl 1917-1920 1
Barnett, David, Curator of Lady Stair's House Museum, Edinburgh, fl 1918-1936 1
Baron Court of Delgaty 1
Barron, John, collator, fl 1832 1
Baxter, Charles, Writer to the Signet, 1848-1919 1
Black, William, novelist, 1841-1898 1
Bloxham, family, Banbury 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Borthwick, family, of Crookston 1
Boswell, John, clerk, fl 1774-1779 1
Brander, Michael (writer) 1
Bruce, Alexander Low, Deputy-Chairman of William Younger and Company, brewers, 1839-1893 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Burt, Edward, author and rent collector, d 1755 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
Caithness Flagstone Co 1
Cameron, John, of Fassifern, c 1699-1785 1
Campbell, Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1682-1761 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885: collector 1
Campbell, John, of Kilpunt, fl 1798 1
Campbell, family, of Craignish 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 1
Carnegie, family, of Craigo 1
Cauvin, Joseph, Writer to the Signet, d 1815 1
Charles II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1630-1685 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Cooper, Thomas Mackay, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge, 1892-1955 1
Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760 1
Crawford, family 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Dallas, George, trade unionist and politician, 1878-1961 1
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 1
Dawson, Thomas, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, fl 1971-1974 1
Denton, Jean Margaret Alan, daughter of Alan Stevenson, civil engineer, née Stevenson, then Thomson, 1846-1900 1
Douglas, Archibald James Edward, 1st Baron Douglas, formerly Stewart, 1748-1827 1
Douglas, Sir John James Scott-, 3rd Baronet, of Springwood Park, 1792-1836 1
Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie, politician and diarist, 1743-1823 1
Douglas, family 1
Douglas, family, of Fechil 1
Dunbar, family, of Mochrum 1
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, 1742-1811 1
Dundas, family, of Ochtertyre 1
Edger, William, brother of James, of Greenhead, fl 1619 1
Edward, Sir David Alexander Ogilvy, Knight, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, b 1934 1
Elliot, Arthur Ralph Douglas, Hon (politician and journalist) 1
Elliot, William, of Thorlishope, d 1744 1
Elphinstone, John, 4th Lord Balmerino and 3rd Lord Coupar, 1652-1736 1
Erskine, James, Cardross, fl 1798 1
Evanson, Marion, Edinburgh, fl 1733-1800 1
Fleming, family, of Wigtown 1
Forward, Glasgow, newspaper 1
Foulis, James, 5th baronet of Colinton, 1714-1791 1
Foulis, family, of Ratho 1
Fraser of Inchcoulter, Alexander (enslaver) 1
Fraser, Alexander Campbell (philosopher) 1
Fraser, Thomas Alexander, 12th Lord Lovat, 1802-1875 1
Fraser, family, of Belladrum 1
Fraser, family, of Lovat 1
Fraser, family, of Strichen 1
Galt, John (novelist) 1
Gardiner, family, Banffshire 1
Gentleman, James, merchant, Edinburgh, d 1854 1
Gerry, James, Thurso, fl 1855-1918 1
Gerry, William, Thurso, fl 1855-1918 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gordon, family, of Ellon 1
Gordon, family, of Fechil 1
Gower, Cromartie Sutherland Leveson, 4th Duke of Sutherland, 1851-1913 1
Gower, Elizabeth Leveson, Duchess of Sutherland, nee Sutherland, 1765-1839 1
Gower, George Granville Leveson, 1st Duke of Sutherland, 1758-1833 1
Gower, George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-, 2nd Duke of Sutherland 1
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