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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 1778 Collections and/or Records:

Caricature, undated, probably by J G Lockhart

 File
Identifier: Acc.10010
Scope and Contents

With two letters, 1955, of Marion Lochhead and other correspondence concerning the caricature.

Dates: 1955 and undated.

Charters concerning the lands of Fawside near Tranent.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9261
Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning the family of Grant of Monymusk and Grant-Suthie of Balgonie.

With a letter, 1750, of Thomas Reid.

Dates: 17th century to 19th century.

Cockburn and Pitcairn Family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.235
Scope and Contents

The collection includes: 188 letters of and to Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, 1806-1854; genealogical collections; and correspondence of Francis Jeffrey Cockburn and his wife, Elizabeth Anne, some of or concerning her father Robert Pitcairn of Hobart Town, Van Diemen`s Land, circa 1812-1887.

Dates: 1806-1887.

Collection of correspondence including six letters, 1849 and undated, to Thomas Carlyle.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8140
Scope and Contents

Also including:

5 letters, 1842-1843 and undated, to Jane Welsh Carlyle

letter, 1846, of 5th Duke of Buccleuch to John Carlyle

three letters, 1895, of Sir Archibald Geikie

correspondence, 19th century to early 20th century, concerning the Hunterian Club and the Geological Society of Glasgow.

Dates: 19th century to early 20th century.

Collection of papers, chiefly seventeenth century, which appear to have belonged to Richard Almack, Suffolk.

 File
Identifier: MS.3922
Scope and Contents The papers fall into two main categories: papers relating to John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, including an account of fees paid by him on his installation as a Knight of the Garter, 1672, printed in ‘The Herald and Genealogist’, volume iii (1866), pages 222-224; and papers relating to Catherine Murray, Countess of Dysart, including a number of passes signed by prominent parliamentarians, such as Warwick and Essex. There are also typescript copies of correspondence between Richard Almack...
Dates: 1567-1873, undated.

Collection of sound recordings made by John Junner relating to his interest in traditional Scottish music.

 Collection
Identifier: UNLS028
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of personal recordings predominantly made by John Junner, a teacher and Scottish traditional music expert and collector. It includes published, unpublished and broadcast material (including BBC Schools programmes). The Collection has a focus on the work of James Scott Skinner.

Dates: 1929-2009.

Contemporary copies of correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Smith, mostly concerning the proposed marriage of Queen Elizabeth with the Duc d`Anjou (later Henri III) and the Duc d`Alençon.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.11
Scope and Contents Also included is some material related to Smith`s ‘De Republica Anglorum’, books 2-3 (folio 8 verso), and a report on affairs in Germany by Sir William Waad, circa 1583 (folio 99).Much of the material is known from papers in the Public Record Office (see ‘Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series’ for the reign of Elizabeth). For Smith`s Dialogue on the Queen`s marriage (folio 63), cf. ‘ The Life of ... Sir Thomas Smith’, pages 184-259. A list of material on the arraignment of the...
Dates: 1551-1572, and undated.

Copies, 17th and 18th century, of English and Scottish state papers, 1558-1641.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.10
Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence relating to the Earl of Essex, 1599, and material on the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, 1638-1640.

Dates: 1558-1641.

Copies, 17th century, of correspondence, 1586-1623, and undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.19
Scope and Contents

The topics are very miscellaneous and include the Spanish match (1620), appeals for royal clemency, voyages of exploration and political events.

Dates: 1586-1623.

Copies of correspondence and papers concerning a dispute between Colonel (later Major-General) Charles Ross and Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.1
Scope and Contents

Both officers belonged to the 39th Foot which was then stationed in Gibraltar. The papers, which are not in chronological order, include letters to and from George Elliot, the Governor, extracts from regimental orders, and Ross`s own comments on the affair.

Dates: 1778-1780.

Copies of correspondence of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826), apparently intended for publication.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.20
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Biographical notice of Jourdan by Leopold Warnkoenig. Jourdan`s date of birth is wrongly given as 1769. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence with Warnkoenig, 1821-1826. (Folio 20.)(iii) Letters to David Irving, 1822-1826. (Folio 158.)(iv) Correspondence with K J A Mittermaier and others, 1825-1826. (Folio 179).The letters concern the history and study of Roman law, with particular stress on a return to the...
Dates: 1821-1826.

Copies of dispatches and correspondence of Charles Pasley.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6538
Scope and Contents

Concerning his part in Sir John Malcolm`s mission to Persia.

Dates: 1808.

Copies of papers of L L Ardern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9693
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes and printed articles.

Dates: 1953-1969 and undated.