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Letters to, and drafts of replies of, John Cay, the Convenor of the Finance Committee of the Faculty of Advocates, and other papers.
File
Identifier: F.R.344/12
Dates:
1833-1838.
Lists of manuscripts belonging to Sir Robert Sibbald and others.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.16
Scope and Contents
The two parts of the volume were probably bound together in the 1830s.The contents are as follows:(i) Lists, covering history, geography and natural history, of Sibbald`s own works together with manuscripts in Scotland, England and France. Some of the descriptions are very detailed. (Folio 1.)(ii) Two copies of a report by Sibbald on the manuscripts (except those on medicine) of Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, 1698. This was commissioned from him by Lord...
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).
File
Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso).
(ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates:
1804-1817.
Manuscript entitled "A Large Description of Galloway by the Parishes in it" compiled by Andrew Symson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11892
Scope and Contents
May have been for the use of Sir Robert Sibbald in his "Statistical Atlas of Scotland".
Dates:
1684.
Manuscripts from the Wordie Collection of printed books, being correspondence and papers of Sir James M Wordie, together with manuscript material owned by him.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9501-9568
Dates:
1875-1959, undated.
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
File
Identifier: MS.6297
Scope and Contents
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
Dates:
1875-1949.
Meteorological records, mostly concerning Scotland and England, collected by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Mossman and others.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.10069/1-114
Dates:
1731-1908.
Microfiche of reports of Prince Friedrich von Hessen-Cassel to his father (regent) and his uncle, the King of Sweden, concerning the Jacobite rising and events in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Acc.12213
Dates:
circa 1745.
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.