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20 letters of William Lockhart to George Lockhart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5395
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With transcripts, 20th century.

Dates: 1742-1756.

25 letters of Roderick Watson Kerr to George M Thomson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6831
Scope and Contents

Concerning the Porpoise Press.

With typescript copies annotated by Thomson.

Dates: 1925.

Album containing correspondence, chiefly relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, with transcripts (not wholly accurate), portraits, and views.

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Identifier: MS.3657
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letter of Lethington to Mary, Queen of Scots, describing an interview with Elizabeth, 1562 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Lethington to Dudley, on Mary's attitude to negotiations, apparently for her marriage with Dudley, Stirling, 1563 (folio 5);(iii) Letter of Throckmorton to Lethington, on the prospects of the marriage, London, 1565 (folio 8);(iv) Letter of Randolph to Leicester, on the same subject, Edinburgh, 1565...
Dates: 1562-1586, undated.

Album containing eight letters, 1833-1837, from Hugh Miller to Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder; and a transcript of a letter from Miller to Miss Dunbar of Boath, and of one from Miss Dunbar to Dick-Lauder, both of 1829.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9654
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The album contains (folios 13-18) a printed octavo prospectus for ‘The traditional history of Cromarty (Inverness, 1834).

Dates: 1829, 1833-1837.

Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.

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Identifier: MS.2960
Scope and Contents The printed matter is recorded in the Catalogue of Printed Books. In addition to some forgeries, the manuscript material is as follows:(i) Letter, undated, of John Stevenson, James Maidment's publisher, probably to Maidment (folio 2);(ii) A version, in a hand of about Maidment's time, of part of the poem on Lord justice Clerk Whitelaw, 'Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell,' printed by Maidment in ‘A book of Scotish pasquils’ (Edinburgh, 1827), page 73 (folio 2...
Dates: 1696-1891, undated.

Antiquarian collections of W T Johnston.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11781
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Includes transcripts of letters and papers of eminent Scotsmen and other material relating to them. Files organised by subject.

Dates: Late 20th century.

Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
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William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.

Dates: 1778-1961, undated.

Autograph transcripts of 15 of Hugh MacDiarmid`s poems.

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Identifier: Acc.10095
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Includes letter of MacDiarmid to W Gordon Smith concerning a recording of the poems.

Dates: 1962.

'Brief sketch of a correspondence with Sir Walter Scott, commencing in the year 1814', by Joseph Train.

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Identifier: MS.3277
Scope and Contents According to an 'introductory letter' to John Gibson Lockhart, 1833, Joseph Train wrote these recollections for the benefit of his children and sent them to Lockhart for use in his ‘Life of Sir Walter Scott’. The work, which includes transcripts of letters of Sir Walter Scott, some not printed in the Centenary Edition, gives an account of Train's relations with Scott, of his antiquarian researches and the objects which he presented to Scott, of Galloway traditions, some of which provided...
Dates: 1814-1841.

Collection of papers of the Warden family.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50259-50262
Content Description

The collection comprises correspondence of the Warden family, with transcripts of most of the correspondence, a travel journal written by Alexander Warden and a publication, 'Letters from St. Helena' (1816), by William Warden.

Dates: 1816; 1819-1857.

Commonplace book of Mrs C E R Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, containing religious verses and transcripts of letters from her son, Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) James Adam Gordon Richardson Drummond-Hay while on active service.

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Identifier: MS.8907
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The thirteen letters, written between February and April 1885, are addressed by James Drummond-Hay to his parents and other members of his family, and recount in diary form his experiences as a member of the Coldstream Guards contingent both on the voyage to the Sudan and on arrival there. There is much detailed description of military activity in the Suakin region.

Dates: 1868-1885.

Composite volume made up in or about 1819 (the date of the watermark of the binder`s blanks) from five folio notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.13
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Extracts, 1797, in the hand of the chief clerk, Robert Lemon, from the `Rotuli Scotiae` kept in the Tower of London (cf. folio 282). The extracts relate to the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. The manuscripts were published, in two volumes, in 1814 and 1819. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies by Hutton of charters of Newbattle Abbey (folio 32). The source is unidentified: they are in a different order from those of the cartulary...
Dates: ?1789-?1797.

Copies, 1707, from manuscripts in the British Museum of state papers and letters concerning Scotch affairs and the interference of the English government in them from about the period of Queen Mary’s arrival in Scotland to the time of her execution.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.1.1 (i)-(iii)
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The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.3.28-30.

The manuscript is in a neat hand, with a few unimportant notes by the transcriber.

Dates: 2nd half of 16th century.

Copy of ‘Hamewith’ (London, 1910) by Charles Murray, enclosing a letter of Murray to the publisher William Fordie Forrester concerning a publishing agreement with Constable.

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Identifier: MS.27286
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There are transcripts by William Fordie Forrester of Charles Murray's poems "It wasna his wyte" and "The Thraws o' Fate" on the endpapers.

Dates: ?1926

Copy of "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846) of John Hill Burton.

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Identifier: Acc.11927
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Includes an letter of David Hume, 1773, and interleaves bearing transcripts of 16 letters of Hume to his brother John and John`s son Joseph (`Josey`), transcribed by John Turnbull, WS, circa 1872.

Dates: circa 1773-1872.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates: 1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.

Description of voyage to South Africa of Trooper Charles Hunter, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry.

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Identifier: Acc.10677
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Includes transcript of description. With letter and pocket book containg active service notes.

Dates: circa 1900.

Digital copies of letters of James, Robert and William Low, emigrants in the USA.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13361
Scope and Contents

Digital copies in pdf format of ten letters, 1871 - 1884, of James, Robert and William Low of Forfar, emigrants in New Jersey, Texas and Chicago, with transcriptions of the letters in word and rich text format and family history notes in pdf format.

Dates: 1871 - 1884.

Eighteenth century transcripts of 34 letters of David Hume to Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de Sanjou, Comtesse de Boufflers.

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Identifier: Acc.10791
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Includes transcripts of 11 letters of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to the Comtesse de Boufflers. The transcripts made with publication of an edition in view.

Dates: 1761-1776.

"Heads and Notes of Certain Sermons and Discourses from Diverse Texts of Scripture; by Mr. Thomas Hog, Minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ at Killtearn in the Shire of Ross. Transcribed from the Original Coppy of the Author, which was lent me for that purpose by Mrs. Maire Relict of the deceas'd Mr. George Maire Minister of Cullross" (died 1716).

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Identifier: MS.3010
Scope and Contents Thomas Hog was a noted Covenanter (see 'The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'). The dates of the sermons, where specified, cover the period 1659-1673; in some cases the place of delivery is given. At folio vii verso is some account of Hog, taken from Robert Wodrow, ‘History’ (Edinburgh, 1722-1723), volume i, page 41. Inserted (folio i), is a letter, 1887, of Robert Cumming McDougall, Minister of Resolis, to Hog of Newliston recommending the publication of a manuscript volume of Hog's...
Dates: 1659-1673, 1887.

Hutton transcripts. A collection of transcripts of the cartularies of Aberdeen Cathedral (Adv.MS.20.3.1) and Newbattle Abbey (Adv.MS.20.3.3) and of charters and other formal documents, many of which are extracts from other cartularies, of and concerning several of the medieval dioceses and religious houses of Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.20.3.1-20.3.9
Scope and Contents

Most of these transcripts and extracts, which were made between circa 1794 and circa 1824, are in the hand of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton: most of the rest are in the same hand as Adv.MS.9A.1.4. Many of the transcripts were made from originals and copies in possession of William Maule of Panmure, who was created Baron Panmure in 1831: many of the rest were copied from documents in possession of Thomas Thomson and at the Scottish Record Office, General Register House.

Dates: 12th century-1661.

Indexes and transcripts by Robert Mylne, the antiquary.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.9
Scope and Contents Mylne`s pagination and the size of paper show that the volume is composed of seven separate parts: section (i), section (ii), section (iii), sections (iv) and (v), section (vi), sections (vii)-(xiii), section (xiv). None are exactly dated, but (v) must be later than 1705, (xiv) later than 1700; and probably all were compiled in the early 18th century.The contents are as follows:(i) `Ane Alphabeticall Index [A-C only] To the Book of Collections of Notes of Charters...
Dates: Early 18th century.

Journal of a tour to Scotland by Clement Mansfield Ingleby.

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Identifier: MS.8926
Scope and Contents The journal is made up from transcripts of letters to his mother written on the journey between 26 August and 8 September 1842. Among the main places visited are Glasgow, Inveraray, Oban, Glencoe, Callander and Edinburgh. The text is ornamented with thirty-three engraved views, several dried plant specimens, and a few pencil sketches. The journal is followed by a 'Dissertation on the Gael and their language' (folio 49), dealing with regional variations in language, intonation,...
Dates: 1842.

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Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 2
McGeoch, A J, poet, b 1900: recipient 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
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Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Boufflers, Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de, wife of Comte Édouard de Boufflers-Rouverel, née de Campet de Sanjou, 1724-1800 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, John, Minister of Whitburn Secession Church, 1754-1832 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 1
Brown, Samuel, founder of "itinerating libraries", 1779-1839 1
Bryant, Jacob, antiquary and classical scholar, d 1804 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Burton, John Hill, historian, 1809-1881 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881: transcriber 1
Carmichael, Alison Charles, wife of John Wilson, née Stewart, author of 'Tales of a Grandmother', ? 1796-1885 1
Cary, Arthur Joyce Lunel, novelist, 1888-1957 1
Chantal, Marie du Rabutin-, Marquise de Sévigné, 1626-1696 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649: recipient 1
Cragg, Violet Emily, wife of William Gilliat, Major, née Andrews, d 1934 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645: recipient 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Dalrymple, Janet, daughter of James, 1st Viscount Stair, d 1669 1
Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, 1st Baronet, art patron, 1810-1869 1
Dow, John, Minister of Methven, 1746-1823: recipient 1
Eglisham, George, physician, fl 1601-1642 1
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 1
Flynn, Laurie, journalist and writer, fl 1975-2011 1
Fothringham, family, of Powrie 1
Foulis, James, 5th baronet of Colinton, 1714-1791 1
Foyle, William Alfred Westropp, bookseller and book collector, 1885-1963 1
Gairdner, David, assistant to John Alpine, Minister of Skirling, d 1837 1
Gordon, John William, Sir, Knight (Major-General) 1
Graham, Robert Maxtone, advocate, b 1931. 1
Graham, Robert Maxtone, advocate, b 1931: recipient 1
Gray, Sir Alexander, Knight, Professor of Political Economy, University of Edinburgh, 1882-1968: recipient 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Hastings, Warren (colonial administrator) 1
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 1
Heelis, Helen Beatrix, author, née Potter, 1866-1943 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Hervey, James, divine, 1714-1758 1
Home, John, of Ninewells, 1709-1786: recipient 1
Home, Joseph, of Ninewells, d 1832: recipient 1
Horsburgh, family 1
Hunter, Charles, Corporal, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, fl 1900-1902 1
Hutton, George Henry, Lieutenant-General, antiquary, d 1827 1
Ingleby, Clement Mansfield (Shakespearean scholar) 1
Inglis, Henry David, traveller and author, 1795-1835 1
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 1
Johnston, William Thompson, antiquarian, b 1934 1
Kerr, Roderick Watson, poet and author, d c 1973 1
Lennox, Barbara Charlotte, c 1730-1804, novelist and writer, née Ramsay: recipient 1
Little, Andrew, schoolmaster, Langholm, fl 1782-1803: recipient 1
Lockhart, George, of Carnwath (succeeded 1731), fl 1731-1756: recipient 1
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 1
Lockhart, William, correspondent of George Lockhart, of Carnwath, fl 1742-1756 1
Low, Robert, emigrant. 1
Low, William , emigrant. 1
Low, brothers, Forfar. 1
MacQueen, Donald, Minister of Kilmuir-in-Trotternish, d 1785 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991: transcriber 1
Manning, Doreen Caraher, Muthill, fl 1977: transcriber 1
McInnes, Charles Thorpe, Scottish Record Office, fl 1956 1
McIntosh, Charles, Inver, naturalist, 1839-1922 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006: transcriber 1
Milligan, John, BBC Scotland, fl 1969-1999 1
Mitchell, Joseph, civil engineer, 1803-1883 1
Montgomery, Thomas Henry, Captain, Black Watch, 1828-1879 1
Morrison, Hew, 1850-1935 (Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library, Gaelic scholar) 1
Mundell, family 1
Mure, Sir Robert, Knight, of Caldwell, fl 1590-1600. 1
Phillipps, Sir Thomas, Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872: former owner 1
Phillips, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe McGrigor, author, née Clough, then Ratcliffe, then Brotherton, 1887-1967 1
Porpoise Press, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Rennie, John, engineer, 1761-1821 1
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 1
Robertson, Eric Harald Macbeth, artist, 1887-1941 1
Robertson, Eric Harald Macbeth, artist, 1887-1941: recipient 1
Romanes, George J, son of George, civil engineer, fl 1957-2007: recipient 1
Romanes, George, civil engineer, d ? 1964 1
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, philosopher, 1712-1778 1
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 1
Salmond, John, emigrant to New Zealand, fl 1850-1865 1
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 1
Slagle, Judith Bailey, Professor of English Literature, East Tennessee State University, b 1949: transcriber 1
Smiles, Samuel, biographer, 1812-1904 1
Smith, William Gordon, playwright and critic, 1928-1996 1
Stevenson, Robert, civil engineer, 1772-1850 1
Stodart, John Riddle, Writer to the Signet, d 1871: recipient 1
Taylor, Charles, student at the Collège des Ecossais, Montpellier, fl 1928-1929 1
Telford, Thomas, engineer, 1757-1834 1
Thackeray, William Makepeace, novelist, 1811-1863 1
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