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Correspondence and papers of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.26
Scope and Contents Most of the material concerns Arlington in his capacity of Secretary of State, particularly with reference to French and Dutch affairs, and much of it is dated 1669. The correspondence contains letters from foreign statesmen and diplomatists such as the Marquis de Louvois and Baron von Lisola, English politicians such as Sir Richard Temple and Sidney Godolphin, and a number of unsigned letters reporting on events in Europe, probably from Arlington`s agents. There are a few memoranda on...
Dates: 1662-1678.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

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Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

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Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Rev Dr James C. MacPhail and of his son, J R N MacPhail, Sheriff of Stirling.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12272
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers concern MacPhail Bursary scheme for Gaelic-speaking boys, other Highland matters and the Lewis (Park) Deer Raid trial, 1887.

Dates: 1860-1930.

Correspondence and papers sent by William Ross, a former Madras civil servant, Sir George Ramsay, Baronet, of Bamff, and Lieutenant (later Major-General) William Blackburne, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.

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Identifier: MS.9369
Scope and Contents

The correspondence, which includes extensive memoranda and minutes, deals in considerable detail with the policies of the East India Company's Madras government towards the Raja of Tanjore, the question of the Tanjore and Arcot debts, and dynastic disputes in the royal house.

An original letter, with translation, of the Raja of Tanjore to Dundas (folios 123-137), is included in the Blackburne correspondence.

Dates: 1786-1801.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.

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Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents

Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.

Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1895-1965, undated.

Customs book, to which has been added historical material relating to contemporary affairs in Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2263
Scope and Contents The customs book comprises:(i) Accounts of the Salt Custom on the North and South of the Firth of Forth, 1618-1630 (folio 1);(ii) 'Ane Memorandum of all the declarations, petitions, protestations ... informations to the shires with the names of ther Commissioners and Collonelis from 1637 to 1648', followed by a table of contents (folio 49);(iii) History of events, 1635-1662; at folio 93 has been inserted an account of 'The Generall Assemlie Holdin in...
Dates: 17th century.

Diaries and biographical memoranda of Archibald Palmer Douglas of Cavers.

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Identifier: Acc.8883
Scope and Contents

Includes accounts of visits to Canada, 1905-1906, and New Zealand, 1906.

Dates: 1880-1947.

Diary of Walter Scott, farmer at Nether Bonchester, Roxburghshire.

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Identifier: MS.7184
Scope and Contents

The entries date from Walter Scott's acquisition of the property in May 1730, where an account is given of the conditions of the transaction, and break off in March 1743. They consist of memoranda concerning the management of the farm, such as details of the hiring of labour and the sowing and harvesting of crops, transactions with other farmers, and miscellaneous accounts.

Dates: 1730-1743.

Documents relating to the management and improvement of the estate of Ladykirk, Berwickshire.

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Identifier: MSS.998-999
Scope and Contents

Detailed schemes of inclosing, building, stocking, planting, and general work on the farm are described.

Dates: 1758-1784.

Draft memorandum, possibly by Lord Augustus Loftus, to Lord Rosebery.

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Identifier: Acc.8151
Scope and Contents

Concerning Russian pretensions in Afghanistan.

Dates: circa 1873.

Formal documents from the papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.15348-15377
Scope and Contents

These documents relate to Professor Traill`s family the Traills of Tirlot in Orkney, his daughter`s family, the Omonds, and the Grahams of Breckness and Gorthie.

Dates: 1645-1897, undated.

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Hay, George, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, 1689-1758 1
Hermes, Gertrude Anna Bertha, printmaker, sculptor, and designer, 1901-1983 1
Kay, Katharine Cameron, painter and etcher, née Cameron, 1874-1965 1
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