Covers (gathered matter components).
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Outer sheets or boards that are part of, or are attached to, groups of leaves, whether a substantial block or a single gathering; sometimes simply the first page of a document, as for example of a leaflet, if it is designed as distinct from the body of the document. Designed to protect the text block or gatherng within, and often carrying information about it such as the title, and decoration.
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Banking account book of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826) with Hoare, Barnetts, Hoare & Company; with original cover., 1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.15435
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1807.
Banking account book of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826) with Hoare, Hill and Barnetts; with original cover., 1802-1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.15434
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1802-1806.
Copy made by Alexander MacLaurin of the unpublished portion of Alexander Robertson’s Gaelic-English dictionary from M-U., 1806-1807.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.21
Cover for Persian manuscript., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13928
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:
[Circa 1805.]
Draft of MS.13873: ‘Historical notices of the people, religion and customs in different parts of India’, volume II, by Alexander Walker; with original wrapper., [Before 1824].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.13877
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The watermarks of the paper are for: 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807 and 1823.
Dates:
[Before 1824].
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 and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Fair copies and drafts of ‘Historical notices of the people, religion and customs in different parts of India’ by Alexander Walker.
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Drafts of MS.13873: ‘Historical notices of the people, religion and customs in different parts of India’, volume II, by Alexander Walker.
'Exercitationes logicae', a volume of lecture notes on logic taken by Bartholomew Roberton, a student at Glasgow University; with original cover., 1681-1682.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.9383
Scope and Contents
The name John Roberton, laird of Earnock, also occurs.
Dates:
1681-1682.
'Exercitationes logicae', a volume of lecture notes on logic taken by William Blair at Glasgow University, from the lectures of his regent, John Tran; with original cover., 1686.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.9384
Scope and Contents
Ownership of the notebook passed in 1687 to James Hamilton, and the names William and Alexander Hamilton also occur. The entries are regularly dated.
Dates:
1686.
'Exercitationes metaphysicae', a volume of lecture notes on metaphysics taken by James Hamilton, from lectures delivered at Glasgow University, probably by the regent John Tran; with original cover., 1687.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.9385
Letters of George Dimma, son of the minister of Queensferry, to his parents and family; with original cover.
Series
Identifier: MS.15944
Scope and Contents
The letters were written while George Dimma was a student in Edinburgh in 1856, an apprentice mechanic at Anderston Foundry, Glasgow, 1837-1842, and with Seaward and Capel, marine engine makers in London, 1843-1844. He describes his work in the machine shops, his social life, and visits to harbours, docks, railways and mills.
Dates:
1833-1844.
Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson and of his wife, Fanny, to Anne Jenkin, with related papers.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13744/1-6
Scope and Contents
Fleeming Jenkin was Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and Stevenson’s tutor in that capacity. Stevenson showed little aptitude or interest in engineering but the two men became firm friends. After Jenkin’s sudden death in 1885, his widow Anne asked Stevenson to write a memoir of her husband and this correspondence arose from that connection.
Dates:
1885-1914, undated.
Miscellany of papers concerning infanticide; with original cover., 1817-1826.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.13901
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:
1817-1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
/
Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
/
Miscellany of papers concerning infanticide which, in part at least, form drafts of MS.13875: ‘Historical notices’, volume IV, and MS.13898: Manuscript concerning Hindu infanticide.
Music book of Duncan Burnett (circa 1590-1651), master of the sang schule in Glasgow, and a noted keyboard virtuoso; with original cover., [?1630-?1650.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.9447
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.9447-9458 consist of Scottish and English music, and French lute music, all dating from before 1675. MSS.9459-9469 consist of French music brought to Scotland by James and Harie Maule after their visits to France between 1678 and 1683. MSS.9470-9475 are opera scores and parts acquired by James Maule when in exile in Italy after the 1715 rising.
Dates:
[?1630-?1650.]
Original cover for 'Exercitationes logicae', a volume of lecture notes on logic taken by Bartholomew Roberton, a student at Glasgow University., 1681.
Item
Identifier: MS.9383 [Original cover]
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The name John Roberton, laird of Earnock, also occurs.
Dates:
1681.
Original cover for 'Exercitationes logicae', a volume of lecture notes on logic taken by William Blair at Glasgow University, from the lectures of his regent, John Tran., 1686.
Item
Identifier: MS.9384 [Original cover]
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Ownership of the notebook passed in 1687 to James Hamilton, and the names William and Alexander Hamilton also occur. The entries are regularly dated.
Dates:
1686.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Lecture notebooks, written at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities.
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'Exercitationes logicae', a volume of lecture notes on logic taken by William Blair at Glasgow University, from the lectures of his regent, John Tran; with original cover.
Original cover for 'Exercitationes metaphysicae', a volume of lecture notes on metaphysics taken by James Hamilton, from lectures delivered at Glasgow University, probably by the regent John Tran., 1687.
Item
Identifier: MS.9385 [Original cover]
Dates:
1687.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Lecture notebooks, written at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities.
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'Exercitationes metaphysicae', a volume of lecture notes on metaphysics taken by James Hamilton, from lectures delivered at Glasgow University, probably by the regent John Tran; with original cover.
Original cover for MS.13901: Miscellany of papers concerning infanticide., [?1817.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13901 [Original cover]
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:
[?1817.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
/
Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
/
Miscellany of papers concerning infanticide which, in part at least, form drafts of MS.13875: ‘Historical notices’, volume IV, and MS.13898: Manuscript concerning Hindu infanticide.
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Miscellany of papers concerning infanticide; with original cover.
Original cover for the banking account book of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826) with Hoare, Barnetts, Hoare & Company., 1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.15435 [Original cover]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Chalmers of Auldbar (or Aldbar), near Brechin.
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Papers concerning public burden and taxes; banking accounts and correspondence.
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Banking account books of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826).
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Banking account book of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826) with Hoare, Barnetts, Hoare & Company; with original cover.
Original cover for the banking account book of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826) with Hoare, Hill and Barnetts., 1802-1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.15434 [Original cover]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1802-1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of the family of Chalmers of Auldbar (or Aldbar), near Brechin.
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Papers concerning public burden and taxes; banking accounts and correspondence.
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Banking account books of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826).
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Banking account book of Patrick Chalmers (died 1826) with Hoare, Hill and Barnetts; with original cover.
Original cover for the common place book of Robert Edward., [?1635.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9450 [original cover]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.9447-9458 consist of Scottish and English music, and French lute music, all dating from before 1675. MSS.9459-9469 consist of French music brought to Scotland by James and Harie Maule after their visits to France between 1678 and 1683. MSS.9470-9475 are opera scores and parts acquired by James Maule when in exile in Italy after the 1715 rising.
Dates:
[?1635.]
Original cover for the letters of George Dimma., [?1844, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15944 [Original cover]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The letters were written while George Dimma was a student in Edinburgh in 1856, an apprentice mechanic at Anderston Foundry, Glasgow, 1837-1842, and with Seaward and Capel, marine engine makers in London, 1843-1844. He describes his work in the machine shops, his social life, and visits to harbours, docks, railways and mills.
Dates:
[?1844, or after.]
Original cover for the music book of Duncan Burnett., [?1630.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9447 [Original cover]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.9447-9458 consist of Scottish and English music, and French lute music, all dating from before 1675. MSS.9459-9469 consist of French music brought to Scotland by James and Harie Maule after their visits to France between 1678 and 1683. MSS.9470-9475 are opera scores and parts acquired by James Maule when in exile in Italy after the 1715 rising.
Dates:
[?1630.]
Original wrapper for the draft of MS.13873: ‘Historical notices of the people, religion and customs in different parts of India’, volume II, by Alexander Walker., [?Before 1824].
Item
Identifier: MS.13877 [Original wrapper]
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The watermarks of the paper are for: 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807 and 1823.
Dates:
[?Before 1824].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
/
Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
/
Fair copies and drafts of ‘Historical notices of the people, religion and customs in different parts of India’ by Alexander Walker.
/
Drafts of MS.13873: ‘Historical notices of the people, religion and customs in different parts of India’, volume II, by Alexander Walker.
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Draft of MS.13873: ‘Historical notices of the people, religion and customs in different parts of India’, volume II, by Alexander Walker; with original wrapper.
Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.16
Scope and Contents
The source material and translations are variously endorsed or annotated by Henry Mackenzie, Donald Mackintosh, and Ewen MacLachlan.The contents are as follows.(M 1). Notes by John Francis Campbell, dated 25 November 1872. (Folio 1.)(i) Cover, probably for folios 12-22, 24-33. Bears hands of Ewen MacLachlan and Mackintosh MacKay. Cf. Adv.MS.73.2.10, folio 207. (Folio 2.)(M 2). Ossianic fragments with some corresponding passages from James...
Dates:
[1794, or after]-1872, undated.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.10
Dates:
1797-1807.