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Alexander J Adie travelled through Galloway to Belfast and Dublin, then through North Wales, returning to Edinburgh through Newcastle. His journal describes the countryside and people, but his interest was primarily in bridges, mines, railways and other engineering works. There are detailed descriptions, with small sketches, of a descent in a diving bell (folio 19) and visits to a salt mine (folio 37) and iron works (folio 50).

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The Naval log is illustrated by sketches of ships, scenery, antiquities, etc., and accompanied by several poems and a dissertation on the putrid fever of St Lucia (folio 27). The scenes and incidents described include the West Indies, 1778-1779; Denmark and Zetland, 1780; the loss of the ‘Royal George’, 1782; and the battle of Cape St Vincent.

Scope and Contents The journals chiefly concern a prolonged residence of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family in Vevey, Switzerland, but including a visit to Paris (February-March, 1830), and description of the constitutional crises preceding the revolution there. MS.11992 ('Monte Rosa Journal') is concerned largely with the successful third ascent of the Breithorn by the 2nd Earl and party (August 1830); the journal account of the climb was published substantially complete in ‘Alpine Journal’, volume xvi,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The journals chiefly concern a prolonged residence of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family in Vevey, Switzerland, but including a visit to Paris (February-March, 1830), and description of the constitutional crises preceding the revolution there. MS.11992 ('Monte Rosa Journal') is concerned largely with the successful third ascent of the Breithorn by the 2nd Earl and party (August 1830); the journal account of the climb was published substantially complete in ‘Alpine Journal’, volume xvi,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The journals chiefly concern a prolonged residence of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family in Vevey, Switzerland, but including a visit to Paris (February-March, 1830), and description of the constitutional crises preceding the revolution there. MS.11992 ('Monte Rosa Journal') is concerned largely with the successful third ascent of the Breithorn by the 2nd Earl and party (August 1830); the journal account of the climb was published substantially complete in ‘Alpine Journal’, volume xvi,...

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Chiefly letters written from Holland by the 7th Lord Falconer; also descriptions of property in Jamaica.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters of George Rennie, engineer, 1808-1809, 1814, 1821. (Folio 1.) (ii) Letters of Sir John Rennie, 1810-1812, 1814-1815, 1818-1821. These include the detailed letters he sent while on his extensive tour in France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt. They contain plans and diagrams as well as detailed descriptions of many engineering undertakings, especially bridges and harbours. (Folio 25.) (iii) Letters of George Rennie of Phantassie, 1792, 1806,...

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The papers include part of a letter (probably an application for a grant) describing the book (folio 42). Most of the material concerns Mull.

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...

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The remainder of the manuscript has been cut away.

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A work intended as a universal history from the earliest times to the French Revolution, but which, from the 11th century onwards, is confined to the history of France. The text begins (folio 28) with a description of the work and material on the planetary system and world geography. It is preceded by geographical and chronological tables (folio 2). The work was compiled while Henry (1773-1820), a French army officer, was a prisoner of war near Jedburgh.

Scope and Contents A description by Ewen MacLachlan of fourteen manuscripts sent to him by the Highland Society of Scotland for examination. It was remitted to him by the Society in eight instalments between 26 May 1812 and 3 July 1813, and was intended for use in the compilation of the Society’s Dictionary. Pages 1-152 were therefore forwarded by the society to the Reverend Dr John MacLeod (MacLachlan’s co-adjutor on the Dictionary) on 3 June 1813. On this occasion the five instalments making up pages 1-120...

Scope and Contents This manuscript, which is signed by George Martine, appears to have been written between 1683 and 1685 (see dates on folios 1, 2 verso), and to have been used by him in revising and enlarging his original work. It is probably the copy referred to in a manuscript of the same work in Edinburgh University Library. It contains many marginal notes which are apparently in Martine's hand, including a reference to an event in 1689 (folio 70). A modern description of the manuscript and of its...

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The manuscript consists of a general history and description of the earth, followed by descriptions of animals, illustrated with several watercolours. At the end (folio 203) are miscellaneous notes and verses.

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The title of the main text is on folio 2. It is followed by a 'Short Delineation' (folio 17) and a map (folio 22) of the district. It is presumably a contemporary translation of part of the route of the return journey of Catherine II from her visit to the south and the then recently acquired territories in the Crimea.

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The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescripts of the introduction and opening chapter of 'Aubrey Beardsley: a study in the grotesque', 1937 (folio l); (ii) Manuscript of part of an autobiographical novel, 1938 (folio 22). It includes a title-page for 'The wilderness' (folio 25), but the text is not related to MS.26144. (iii) Manuscript fragment of a fictional description of a visit to Venice, circa l938 (folio 61).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Lists of plants, animals, and fossils from W Hudson's ‘Flora anglica’, Sibbald's ‘Scotland illustrated’, and Martin Martin's ‘Description of the Western Islands’, pages 61-82. This should perhaps come after folio 45. (Folios 1-11.)(ii) 'Some observations on natural history, founded on experience; together with descriptions of curious animals, plants, fossils, microscopic views, &c., &c. The whole illustrated with drawings ......

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Newspaper cutting describing the project (folio 4);(ii) Diagrams of mill with Gaelic terms (folio 5);(iii) Malcolm Mackay (Calum Ruairidh), Bragar. “‘Se fath mo mhulad mar chaidh a’ mhuilinn”, 9 quatrains (folio 7);(iv) “Muileann na Criadha aig iochdair an òis”, 8 quatrains (folio 8);(v) “A’ mhuileann a dh’fhàgadh ‘na tàmh bho chionn fhada”, 8 quatrains (folio 9);(vi) Description of mill...

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The manuscript signed by Johan Friedrich Osthoff, describes intrigues conducted in the interest of Prince James Stuart in 1719, with especial reference to a bogus expedition to Madagascar. The persons chiefly active were one Morgan, Captain Galloway of the frigate ‘Revolution’, Colonel Sebach, Clincowstrom (Klinckowstrom), and Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish Minister in London.