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Microfilm of Alexander Nimmo’s copy of his account of the survey made by him in the summer of 1806 of the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Inverness-shire, which he undertook on Telford’s recommendation, whilst rector of Inverness Academy, for the parliamentary commission appointed to fix the county boundaries of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1395
Dates:
1806.
Microfilm of books of Assumption.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.482
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Book of Assumption of Beneficies (Adv.MS.31.3.12);
‘Assumption of the benefices’, copy, 18th century, of a book of assumptions, tax rolls of church properties, and retour of Fife, 16th century-early 17th century (Adv.MS.31.3.13);
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals, 16th century-1628, of Church and Crown lands in Scotland (Adv.MS.31.3.16).
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Microfilm of chiefly dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn on operations against Washington, and papers concerning the destruction of shipping off the American coast.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1823-1825
Dates:
1813-1815.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1117
Dates:
1812-1816
.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1076-1077
Dates:
1808-1813.
Microfilm of letter books, registers and orders and memoranda, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1058-1060
Dates:
1842-[1847, or after].
Microfilm of material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.784-785
Dates:
1574-1923.
Microfilm of minutes and records of the United Trades Delegates Association of Edinburgh & Vicinity, Council of United Trades Delegates, Edinburgh United Trades Council, Edinburgh and District United Trades Council, Edinburgh and District United Trades and Labour Council, and Edinburgh & District Trades Council.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1507-1521
Dates:
1859-1981.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion; and, copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.430
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion which belonged to Robert Mylne, the antiquary (Adv.MS.16.1.1);Copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638, including a summary of the proceedings up to the 7th of December, the acts deposing the bishops, and an index of the Assembly’s acts, apparently extracted by Archibald Johnston, clerk to the Assembly...
Dates:
1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century.
Microfilm of official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, volume 1; and, "Appendix to Lord Cornwallis's letters to Mr. Dundas", containing the documents sent by Cornwallis attached to letters in MS.3385.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.986-987
Dates:
1785-1793.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2033-2037
Dates:
1797-[circa 1825].
Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1113
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);
‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).
Dates:
1799-1800
Microfilm of papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning his office as H M Plenipotentiary in China.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1064
Dates:
1842.
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane from the time of his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1062-1063
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of report of David Dundas, concerning an expedition to Havana in 1762.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1192
Dates:
1800.
Microfilm of report on Scotland entitled, "Discorso notabile sopra le cose di Scotia, doue si sa il modo col quale si potrebbe estirpare I'heresie di quei due Regni: et habilitar ii Re di Scotia sendo catt[co] alla Successione del Regno d'Inghilterra do po la presente Regina".
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2058
Dates:
?1595-?1602.
Microfilm of reports by four factors on estates forfeited by their Jacobite owners and annexed to the Crown.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1694
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Reports, [circa 1755], on the forfeited estate of Perth (Drummond, Earl of Perth) (Adv.MS.17.1.6);
Reports, [circa 1755], on the forfeited estates of: Stratherrick (part of the estate of Fraser, Lord Lovat); Strowan [ie Struan] (Robertson of Strowan, or Struan); and, Barrisdale (MacDonnell of Barrisdale) (Adv.MS.17.1.7).
Dates:
[Circa 1755.]
Microfilm of ‘Reports of ministers’, contemporary copies of answers of ministers to queries of a committee of the General Assembly concerning the augmentation of ministers’ stipends.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.428-429
Dates:
1749-1750.
Microfilm of return, on a printed form, showing the number and disposition of ships under the command of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1828
Dates:
1813-1814.
Microfilm of 'Second report on the Jarvisfield Estate drawn up with the view for its improvement, 1828', by William Blackadder, Glamis.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1104
Dates:
1828.
Microfilm of ‘Treaties at Newcastle and London 1640-1641’; and, church papers chiefly concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.805
Dates:
1640-1641.
Microfilms of papers from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service in the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1036-1038
Dates:
1842-1847.