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Microfilm of an early draft of chapter 2 of ‘The wealth of nations’ by Adam Smith, with a summary of chapters 3-5, undated.
Microfilm of chiefly letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of correspondence, 1726-1800, lecture notes, 1787, and an early manuscript draft, [?1767], of ‘Case for the respondents', which concerns the Douglas Cause.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1726-1800, of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee (MS.3431, folios 225-226);
Early manuscript draft, [?1767], of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail, written by Professor Hugh Blair (MS.5356, folios 59-122);
Notes, 1787, of a series of lectures on rhetoric (MS.9974).
Microfilm of correspondence, papers, charters and other formal documents of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) and of his son Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1880), and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, American and West Indian Merchant in London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Microfilm of Drafts and notes [1801-1802] of Joseph Strutt for the novel, ‘Emma Darcy, or, the Manners of Old Times’, which Sir Walter Scott completed and published as ‘Queenhoo-Hall’ in 1808.
Microfilm of drafts of parts of volume 2 and volume 4, chapters 1-7 of ‘Caledonia’ by George Chalmers.
Microfilm of drafts of the ‘Topographical Dictionary’ by George Chalmers.
Microfilm of drafts of works of George Chalmers; and, papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Microfilm of final draft of an unpublished appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary’, by Edward Dwelly (1864-1939), Fleet, Hants; and, lexicographical fragments originally loosely enclosed in the draft, written by Dwelly and various of his informants.
The contents are as follows:
Final draft, early 20th century, of an unpublished appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English dictionary’ by Edward Dwelly (MS.14957);
Lexicographical fragments, early 20th century, found loose in MS.14957, written by Edward Dwelly and various of his informants (MS.14958).
Microfilm of journals, notebooks, and draft letters of George Combe.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
The contents are as follows:
Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);
Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).
Microfilm of letters to the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale, with a few letters concerning them; and, letters of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, chiefly rough drafts, and nearly all in his own hand.
Microfilm of manuscripts and drafts of and concerning George Douglas Brown.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers of the Scots and Irish Colleges, Paris, and English College, Douai, chiefly concerning the Scots College's defence of their property during the French Revolution.
Microfilm of notebook of A J Cronin containing drafts of ‘Dr Findlay’ short stories.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).