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Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.25
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Latin legal abbreviations, 16th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Speech in Latin addressed to `domine doctissime coeterique commilitones mei suavissimi`, in praise of modesty. Late 16th or early 17th century. (Folio 2.)(iii) Transcript, 19th century, of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3 February, 1590, concerning the slaughter of David Taillor by William Spottiswood of that Ilk and others. Cf. ‘The...
Dates:
16th century-1793.
Memoranda for David Hume’s ‘History of England’, not in Hume’s handwriting except the titles which are written and signed by him.
Series
Identifier: MSS.732-734
Dates:
1745-1750.
Memorandum on Jacobite intrigues in Sweden.
Item
Identifier: MS.992
Scope and Contents
The manuscript signed by Johan Friedrich Osthoff, describes intrigues conducted in the interest of Prince James Stuart in 1719, with especial reference to a bogus expedition to Madagascar. The persons chiefly active were one Morgan, Captain Galloway of the frigate ‘Revolution’, Colonel Sebach, Clincowstrom (Klinckowstrom), and Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish Minister in London.
Dates:
18th century.
Miscellaneous letters and documents.
File
Identifier: MS.546
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Printed demand addressed to Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton, signed by King Charles I and countersigned by Sir Edward Littleton, Lord Chancellor, for a voluntary contribution to the loan raised against the Scots invasion, 1643/1644. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter to the High Sheriff of the County of Montgomery, signed by King Charles I and countersigned by Littleton, 1644. Half the loan raised in the County is to be paid to Prince Rupert for the army...
Dates:
1643-1869, undated.