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It is possible that the accounts are Alexander Wilson's also. In addition there are 17th-century accounts of a French merchant (folios 1 and 2), and records of baptisms and marriage at Kennoway and Kilconquhar, Fife, 1659-1660 (folio l).

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The Trust was established on Neil Munro's death, for the benefit of his wife and family.

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Contains ‘The Acts to the Chapman Cowrt of Fife’, 1706-1751 (folio 23-32), i.e., the rules of the Incorporation, records of election of officials, admission of new members, and occasional payments.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

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The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

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The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

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All letters are to John Rennie unless otherwise stated.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...

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Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.

Scope and Contents The United Presbyterian Church, formed in 1847 by the union of the United Secession and Relief Churches, inherited from its Secession part missions in the West Indies (see also MS.8020) and in Calabar, Nigeria; soon after the union it took over the work in Jamaica of the Scottish Missionary Society (see MSS.8014, 8984-5) and that in Kaffraria of the Glasgow South African Missionary Society. Missions were later established in Rajputana (1860), Manchuria (1872), and Japan (1873). In addition...

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Correspondence, annual reports, financial statements, fanzines and match day programmes, 1992-2005, of and relating to Hibernian Football Club collected by Philip D Thomson.

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The contents are as follows: Minute book, December 1843-June 1870 (Acc.10000/6);

Minute book, December 1870-December 1889 (Acc.10000/7);

Minute book, December 1889-December 1909 (Acc.10000/8);

Minute book, January 1910-July 1926 (Acc.10000/9).

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The contents are as follows: Letters, 1809-1820, of and concerning Lieutenant William Rennie, Royal Navy, to his father John Rennie (MS.19933);

Miscellaneous material, [1784]-early 20th century, relating to the life and career of John Rennie (MS.19934);

Facsimile, 1893, of the minute book, 1771-1792, of the Society of Civil Engineers. (MS.19935).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Minute book, June 1783-July 1791, of the proceedings of the Royal Society (Acc.10000/1);Minute book, November 1783-June 1793, of the Physical Class of the Royal Society (Acc.10000/2);Minute book, November 1783-November 1808, of the Literary Class of the Royal Society (Acc.10000/3);Minute book, July 1793-January 1824, of the Physical and Literary Classes of the Royal Society (Acc.10000/4);General minute book, January...

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The contents are as follows: General letters, 1926-1929, undated, to the secretary of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland (MS.7636);

Minute book, 1902-1908, of the sub-committee on finance of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland (MS.7637).