Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.
Found in 5441 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's private mission letters to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) and Prime Minister (Lord John Russell), enclosing some correspondence with British envoys in Italy and Italian politicians., September-December 1847.
File
Identifier: MS.12070
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
September-December 1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
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Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's private mission letters to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) and Prime Minister (Lord John Russell), enclosing some correspondence with British envoys in Italy and Italian politicians.
Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's private mission letters to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) and Prime Minister (Lord John Russell), enclosing some correspondence with British envoys in Italy and Italian politicians., January-February 1848.
File
Identifier: MS.12071
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
January-February 1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
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Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's private mission letters to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) and Prime Minister (Lord John Russell), enclosing some correspondence with British envoys in Italy and Italian politicians.
Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's private mission letters to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) and Prime Minister (Lord John Russell), enclosing some correspondence with British envoys in Italy and Italian politicians., February-June 1848.
File
Identifier: MS.12072
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
February-June 1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
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Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's private mission letters to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) and Prime Minister (Lord John Russell), enclosing some correspondence with British envoys in Italy and Italian politicians.
Copies of the correspondence of the Bengal Government with the Court of Directors, and papers printed by order of the Court Directors., 1807-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11341-11360
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
Copies, probably made circa 1825, of official correspondence, 1783-1811, concerning Alexander Walker's career; with a contents table., 1783-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.13730
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1783-1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker during his retirement, including copies of earlier correspondence.
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Copies of official correspondence concerning Alexander Walker’s service in India and his subsequent claiming of arrears of salary and allowances; with some miscellaneous autobiographical notes by Walker.
Copy correspondence letter books, from Lewis Robertson to various., 1974-1989.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11679/154-270
Dates:
1974-1989.
Copy of a dispatch of the Bengal Government, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors., 1805-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11359
Scope and Contents
With copies of enclosed correspondence, 1805, concerning compensation for the Raja of Berar. These papers were given to the 1st Earl of Minto on his appointment as Governor-General.
Dates:
1805-1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
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Copies of the correspondence of the Bengal Government with the Court of Directors, and papers printed by order of the Court Directors.
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Copy of a dispatch of the Bengal Government, Secret Department, and papers printed by order of the Court of Directors.
Copy of agreement and regulations (including some correspondence) concerning the French customs., 1816-1818.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.7.21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1816-1818.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s tenure of office of chief of staff of the allied armies of occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna.
Copy of dispatch from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the 1st Earl of Minto, 24 March 1811, with enclosed papers., 1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11683
Scope and Contents
Enclosed is a copy of Robert Townsend Farquhar's report to the Earl of Liverpool concerning Mauritius and Bourbon, including tables relating to the revenue and government expenses of those islands (folio 1), and copy of Farquhar's minute, 4 January 1811, concerning Captain Philip Beaver, Royal Navy, and the expedition to Madagascar, with copies of correspondence with Beaver (folio 66).
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto concerning various military expeditions.
Copy of letter, 1969, and correspondence concerning John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia, with Alan Trengove, 1968., 1968-1969.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/148
Dates:
1968-1969.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
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Professional and business correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, containing some material on overseas travel.
Copy of MS.8408: Fair copy of Indian administrative and other correspondence, November 1782-October 1783, of James Stuart; complete, with index, but without Stuart's marginal notes., 1782-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8409
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1782-1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
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Copies of Indian administrative and other correspondence, November 1782-October 1783, of James Stuart.
Copy of the Orderly-book, 23 October 1745-14 August 1746, of the Duke of Cumberland’s Army under Marshal Wade., 1745-1746, 1829.
File
Identifier: MS.303
Scope and Contents
Also included is correspondence, 1829, concerning the manuscript, including copies of letters of A Macdonald of the General Register House and Sir Walter Scott (folios 13-16).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1745-1746, 1829.
Copy of "The Tragedie o Macbeth, a rendering into Scots of Shakespeare’s play" (Edinburgh: Rob Roy Press, 1992), by David Purves, containing covering letter from the author., 1992.
File
Identifier: Acc.11443/96
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes prompt scripts, scripts of unperformed plays, production photography and press cuttings.
Dates:
1992.
Copy of the will, 1792, with codicils, 1808, of Admiral John Elliot of Essenside, grand-uncle of the 2nd Earl of Minto, with correspondence and papers concerning his executry, 1808-1811., 1792, 1808-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11973A
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1792, 1808-1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Executries and related papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Copy, written about 1700, of correspondence, 1637-1643, of Robert Baillie, Principal of Glasgow University, relating to public affairs, civil and ecclesiastical, with his cousin, William Spang, minister at Campvere, and others., 1637-1643.
Item
Identifier: MS.1908
Scope and Contents
With his letters Robert Baillie occasionally sends copies of public papers.
Dates:
1637-1643.
Corrections and amendments to ‘The Complete Poems of Edwin Muir’, edited by Peter Butter ; copy of essay ‘The evolution of some late poems by Edwin Muir’ by Peter Butter., 1991-1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.13634/23
Dates:
1991-1997.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir, William Blake, Francis Thompson and other writers.
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir.
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Research papers of Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
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Notes of Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
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Notes of Peter Butter concerning ‘The Complete Poems of Edwin Muir’, edited by Peter Butter.
Correspondence, 1959-1987
Series
Identifier: Acc.14003/1-2
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence and other papers of and about Dr Farquhar Macintosh, teacher and educationalist and supporter of Gaelic. He was born in Elgol, Isle of Skye, on 27 October 1923, a native speaker of Gaelic, and died in Edinburgh, 18 November 2007. He went to Edinburgh University and Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow, and became headmaster of Portree High School (1962-1966) and Oban High School (1967-1972), and finally Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh (1972 to 1989). He served...
Dates:
1959-1987
Correspondence., 1904-1916, 1936-1939.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5043/2
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Kirkliston Reading Room was opened for the inhabitants of Kirkliston and district in 1904.
Dates:
1904-1916, 1936-1939.
Correspondence., 1927-1962.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4775/1-2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Concerning Hutchison`s journeys in Greenland and other arctic lands.
Dates:
1927-1962.
Correspondence, 1703-1736, 1809, undated, and papers, 1627-1724 of the Dukes of Hamilton., 1627-1809, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1032
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The earliest letters are those addressed to the 1st Duke, and deal with his bargaining with the King of France for the restoration of the lands and dignities which were granted to his predecessors. Subsequent writers include the 2nd-4th Dukes, and Anne, wife of the 3rd Duke. Of their letters the most interesting are those of the 3rd Duke, which show the relations which existed between him and the Government, especially the King, Lauderdale, Livingstone, Melville, and Stair. Most of the...
Dates:
1627-1809, undated.
Correspondence, 1728-1882, undated, with a few miscellaneous items, 1694-1871, undated., 1694-1882, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9983
Scope and Contents
Among the letters are a few from David Hume to John Clephane, 1747-1757, most of which have been published in ‘The letters of David Hume’ edited by J Y T Greig. Other correspondents include Lord Macaulay and Robert Louis Stevenson, both writing to John Hill Burton on historical matters.
Dates:
1694-1882, undated.
Correspondence, 1754-1765, and legal documents, 1723-1765, concerning William Campbell of Stobs., 1723-1765.
File
Identifier: MS.17697
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1723-1765.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning William Campbell of Stobs; his lands of Stobs and his wife's of Harvieston were mortgaged to Lord Milton.
Correspondence, 1779, 1794-1832, relating to militia in Stirlingshire, and printed acts of Parliament, 1804-1815, relating to militia in Scotland., 1779, 1794-1832.
File
Identifier: MS.10895
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1779, 1794-1832.
Correspondence, 1800-1840, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1788-1840, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3220
Scope and Contents
The Ashiesteel correspondence begins on folio 61. It is preceded by:(i) Miscellaneous papers: 'Flowers of the Forrest', in the autograph of Mrs Cockburn (folio 1); letter of Robert Burns to Patrick Miller of Dalswinton on the lease of Ellisland, 1788, printed in the ‘Kilmarnock Standard’, 14 August 1943 (folio 3); 'The Hag in the Red Cloak', verses ridiculing Matthew Gregory Lewis, in the hand of John Leyden (folio 5); letters of Humboldt, undated (folio 6), and Disraeli, 1865...
Dates:
1788-1840, undated.
Correspondence, 1803-1810, 1817, and reports, estimates, and other papers, 1794-1810 of John Rennie concerning canal and navigations in Kennet and Avon., 1794-1817.
File
Identifier: MS.19781
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1794-1817.