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Letter of Edwin Muir to A J McGeoch.

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Identifier: Acc.4764
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With transcript.

Dates: 1945.

Letter of Gordon Bottomley to Alexander Gray.

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Identifier: Acc.12767
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Includes vendor`s transcript and notes.

Dates: 1942.

Letter of Joyce Cary to Ruari McLean.

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Identifier: Acc.11559
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Concerns the morality of fighting evil.

Includes transcript of the letter by McLean and signatures of Cary, intended for reproduction in a book.

Dates: 1939.

Letter to the heirs of Eustochios.

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Identifier: MS.9350
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Written in the 5th or 6th century. The writer is apparently advising on the best course of action, presumably in connection with Eustochios' estate. On the verso, apart from the address, is a memorandum in a different hand. A transcript by Miss E P Wegener accompanies the document.

Dates: 5th century-6th century.

Letters, 1916-1918 and undated, of Cecile Walton to Eric Robertson, and a letter, 1929, of Dorothy Ratcliffe.

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Identifier: Acc.11858
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Includes letters, 1917-1942 and undated, of various correspondents and a transcription of the diary, 1907, of Eric Robertson.

Dates: 1907-1942 and undated.

Letters and papers of Sir John Hope, 11th Bart., of Craighall and Pinkie.

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Identifier: Acc.13030
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Letters largely addressed to Auguste Duvau and E´douard Mounier; with letters from Hugh Hope and other members of the Hope family to European contacts; with an agricultural journal, 1825-1827 and a typescript transcription of another 1807 journal.

Dates: 1801-1844.

Letters and papers of the family of Campbell of Inverawe.

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Identifier: MS.1672
Scope and Contents Most of the letters and papers are of the 17th century, and deal with the garrisoning of Lochaber and district, the payment of the garrisons, the patrolling of unruly neighbourhoods, and similar measures for the establishment and maintenance of law and order. There are several instructions signed by the Marquess of Argyll, and letters from him, one of which contains the command to fire Lord Ogilvy's Castle of Forther, if necessary, with further orders as to the disposition of his goods and...
Dates: 1639-1837, undated.

Letters and papers of the Fothringhams of Powrie, the 4th Earl of Perth, and the Blairs of Balthayock.

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Identifier: MS.3288
Scope and Contents The Blairs and Fothringhams were connected by marriage, and the Earl of Perth had dealings with the Blairs. Many of the letters are addressed to David Drummond, Advocate and Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, who looked after the Earl of Perth's affairs and may be the David Drummond as whose servant the Earl disguised himself when trying to escape in 1688.The contents are as follows.(i) Letters written by Sir Alexander Fothringham of Powrie to his mother, Lady Blair...
Dates: 1632-1786, undated.

Letters, and typed transcripts of letters, of Mountstuart Elphinstone, mostly to William Erskine, the historian of India.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.5.15-28.5.16
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The letters concern Indian, Turki and Persian literature, philology and geography, with special reference to Erskine`s translation of Bābar`s Memoirs, and Elphinstone`s ‘Account of the Kingdom of Cabul’. There are very few references to current events, but a small number of letters to Elphinstone are included (Adv.MS.28.5.15, folio 183) which concern the administration of justice in India.

Dates: 1811-1834.

Letters, chiefly of and to Viscount Melville.

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Identifier: MS.7199
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Twenty-seven letters, 1798-1799, of Sir J T Duckworth to General Sir Charles Stuart, and four letters, 1798-1799, of Lord Keith to General Stuart (folio 1);(ii) Two letters, 1803-1804, of Hugh Elliot to Sir John Acton (folio 49);(iii) Eight letters, 1804, of Admiral Lord Alan Gardner to Viscount Melville (folio 54);(iv) Letter, 1795, of George III to Viscount Melville (folio 71); printed in John Holland Rose,...
Dates: 1793-1808.

Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and miscellaneous papers concerning him.

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Identifier: MS.23141(i)-(ii)
Dates: 19th century-mid 20th century, undated.

Letters of members of the Walker family of Dundonald, Ayrshire.

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Identifier: Acc.12085
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Includes letters from relations in America and one reporting on anti-Catholic riots in Edinburgh 1779, also includes a 19th century transcript (and 20th century typescript copy) of a journal of Josiah Walker, originally written in 1780.

Dates: circa 1772-1783.

Letters to Sir Sidney Colvin, relating chiefly to Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Identifier: MS.3355
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Each letter is accompanied by a typed transcript.

Dates: 1895-1934, undated.

Letters written by John Williams, mineral engineer, to the Earl of Buchan, bound at the end of Williams’ 'An account of some remarkable ancient ruins lately discovered in the Highlands .. .in a series of letters' (Edinburgh, 1777).

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Identifier: MS.996
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With notes on John Williams by the Earl of Buchan, and a modern transcript of a fourteenth 'letter' not printed in the book.

Dates: 1790, undated.

Literary papers, broadcast texts and press cuttings of Robert (Bob) Crampsey.

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Identifier: Acc.12980
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With some manuscripts and papers by Alexia F McAlpine and Anne Valentine.

Dates: circa 1948-1998.

MacDougall genealogy in Gaelic, with 19th century transcript.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.9
Scope and Contents Bottom half of folio sheet written circa 1625-1650 by Eoghan Mac Pháill, judging from the similarity of the hand to that of Adv.MS.72.1.34, page 41. The contents are as follows: (a) Conclusion of a tract dealing here with prognosis. Beginning (acephalous) ‘isin leis maille stranguria ⁊ re droch comarta eile’. (b) ‘Se(n)chus Cloinne Dubhuill’. Pedigree of Alasdair Mór, chief of MacDougall 1625-circa 1650. (c) Line (partly in Roman script)...
Dates: [Circa 1625-circa 1650.]

Manuscript and typescript copies of poems of Gerald Wooley Watson.

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Identifier: Acc.10579
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With notes by the author.

Dates: 1953-1965 and undated.

Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.27
Scope and Contents It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...
Dates: 1698-1901.

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Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 2
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McGeoch, A J, poet, b 1900: recipient 2
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Adam, Robin J, Professor of Medieval History, University of St Andrews, fl 1960-1998 1
Agrell, Johan Joachim, composer, 1701-1765 1
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Baillie, James (minister of Wandel and Lamington) 1
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Berlioz, Louis-Hector, composer, 1803-1869 1
Birnie, Arthur, Lecturer in Economic History, University of Edinburgh, b 1890 1
Blackwood, James (Canon of Dunblane) 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
British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Scotland 1
Brogan, Sir Denis William, Knight, historian, 1900-1974: transcriber 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
Brown, W D, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, fl 1942-1943 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Bryant, Jacob, antiquary and classical scholar, d 1804 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Burton, Isabella Black, wife of John Hill, historian, née Lauder, d 1849 1
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Böll, Heinrich, author, 1917-1985 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Campbell, Archibald, 1st Duke of Argyll, d 1703 1
Campbell, Archibald, 9th Earl of Argyll, 1629-1685 1
Campbell, Archibald, jurist, piper, 1877-1963 1
Campsie, Alistair Keith, author, journalist and piper, b 1929: transcriber 1
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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
Catholic Apostolic Church 1
Chantal, Marie du Rabutin-, Marquise de Sévigné, 1626-1696 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649: recipient 1
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Clough, Ian Stewart, mountaineer, 1937-1970 1
Cochrane (of Dundonald) 1
Cokayne, George Edward, formerly Adams, genealogist, 1825-1911 1
Constable, Archibald, publisher, 1774-1827 1
Cormack, Jessie, author of "The Spell", fl 1961 1
Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, 1st Baronet, of Conington, antiquary, 1571-1631 1
Cragg, Violet Emily, wife of William Gilliat, Major, née Andrews, d 1934 1
Crail Burgh Council. 1
Crampsey, Robert Anthony, teacher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2008 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645 1
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Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Dalrymple, James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619-1695 1
Dalrymple, Janet, daughter of James, 1st Viscount Stair, d 1669 1
Davidson, Thomas Randall, Minister of the Tolbooth, Edinburgh, formerly Randall, 1747-1827: transcriber 1
Dick, Sir Alexander, 3rd Baronet, of Prestonfield, physician, formerly Cunyngham, 1703-1785 1
Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, 1st Baronet, art patron, 1810-1869 1
Douglas, Robert, Sir, 6th Baronet of Glenbervie (Genealogist) 1
Dow, John, Minister of Methven, 1746-1823: recipient 1
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Drummond, Thomas, pitman, fl 1825-1828 1
Duvau, Auguste, author, 1771-1831: recipient 1
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Eglisham, George, physician, fl 1601-1642 1
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 1
Erskine, John, Minister of Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 1721-1803 1
Erskine, Robert, physician to Czar Peter the Great, 1677-1720 1
Erskine, Thomas Alexander, 6th Earl of Kellie, composer, 1732-1781 1
Everson, James, Beverley, Yorkshire, fl 1825-1853 1
Fairfax, Charles, Colonel (Antiquary and Genealogist) 1
Fairfax, Elizabeth (Great-granddaughter of Colonel Charles Fairfax) 1
Fergusson, John Duncan, artist, 1874-1961 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
Flynn, Laurie, journalist and writer, fl 1975-2011 1
Forrester, family 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
Galt, John (novelist) 1
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