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Two speeches of the Reverend Dr Robert J Drummond.

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Identifier: Acc.5059
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Made on the occassion of the Union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland.

Dates: 1929.

Typescript, 1991, of a talk on maps delivered by Dorothy, Lady Dunnett at the launch of "The Scot and his Maps" and written by Margaret Wilkes.

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Identifier: Acc.11696
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Includes a copy of Miss Wilkes`s reply and a note by her, 1998, setting out the background to the Dunnett speech and the occasion of its delivery.

Dates: 1991-1998.

Typescript of an address on Robert Louis Stevenson delivered by R A Knox to the Stevenson Club in 1949.

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Identifier: MS.8792
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The typescript was marked by R A Knox to indicate pauses and points of emphasis.

A letter of Knox to Sir Randall Philip, Sheriff of Ayr and Renfrew, concerning the deposit of the address in the National Library of Scotland, is also included.

Dates: 1949.

Typescripts of talks of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia.

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Identifier: Acc.9426
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With two letters of the Reverend Thomas M Donn to Thomson, and cuttings.

Dates: 1965-1969 and undated.

Volume containing notes and speeches on some questions debated in the Theological and Belles Lettres Society, in the hand of William Lothian, Minister of Canongate Church, Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.3.8
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At the end of the volume are additional notes on the `Value and Proportion of Ancient and Modern Coins` and `Signification and Use of some Words` extracted from Johnson`s English Dictionary.

A scrap of paper (pages 201-202) containing draft notes of the debate on polygamy (pages 102-106) which was found loosely enclosed between pages 106 and 107 has been tipped in after page 200.

Dates: 1761-1764.

Volume of speeches, tracts and other papers.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.2
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Part of a speech to the English Parliament on the financial affairs of James I, probably by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, ?1610 (folio 1).(ii) Copy, dated 1613, of Salisbury`s speech to Parliament, 15 February 1610. For summaries, see ‘A Life of Robert Cecil’, pages 297-299, and ‘Parliamentary Debates in 1610’, pages 1-9 (folio 4).(iii) Notes on rumoured preparations by Catholic forces, by Mr Foster,...
Dates: Late 16th century-17th century.

Written copy of the last speech from the scaffold of Rev. William Paul.

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Identifier: Acc.13734
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Concerns Paul`s Jacobite sympathies and support prior to his execution at Tyburn in 1716.

Dates: 1716.

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