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Found in 2676 Collections and/or Records:
`Book of Opinions 1`, containing copies of opinions and memorials of English Crown counsel in matters of customs and excise arising in the Exchequer or Treasury., 1708-1730.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.1.2
Scope and Contents
The volume is prefaced by a contents list.
Dates:
1708-1730.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Series of large folio volumes with copies of documents, including legal opinions, accounts and warrants relating to the administration of the customs and excise in England and Scotland; and copies of Scottish Court of Exchequer correspondence, minutes, reports and accounts relating to the Court`s administration of the forfeited estates.
`Book of Opinions`, volume 2, containing copies of opinions and memorials of English Crown counsel in matters of customs and excise arising in the Exchequer or Treasury., 1727-1738.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.1(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The volumes were copied in July 1751 for John Maule, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, from other copies belonging to the Board of Customs in Edinburgh.
Dates:
1727-1738.
`Book of Opinions`, volume 3, containing copies of opinions and memorials of English Crown counsel in matters of customs and excise arising in the Exchequer or Treasury., 1739-1746.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.1(ii)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The volumes were copied in July 1751 for John Maule, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, from other copies belonging to the Board of Customs in Edinburgh.
Dates:
1739-1746.
Book of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station., 25 July 1842-19 January 1844.
Item
Identifier: MS.2402
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
25 July 1842-19 January 1844.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.
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Books of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Book of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station., 29 January 1844-27 January 1845.
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Identifier: MS.2403
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
29 January 1844-27 January 1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.
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Books of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Book of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station., 28 January 1845-15 November 1845.
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Identifier: MS.2404
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
28 January 1845-15 November 1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.
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Books of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Book of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station., 15 November 1845-25 November 1846.
Item
Identifier: MS.2405
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
15 November 1845-25 November 1846.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.
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Books of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Book of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station., 25 November 1846-14 April 1847.
Item
Identifier: MS.2406
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
25 November 1846-14 April 1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.
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Books of semi-official letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents., 1438-1878.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1957-1990
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1438-1878.
Bound volume of photocopied leaflets on Chogoria Mission., 1922-1957.
File
Identifier: Acc.12016/18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Dr Irvine trained as a surgeon at Aberdeen before seeing wartime service in Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1917-1919. In 1919, he was appointed medical missionary to the new Church of Scotland mission to Chogoria. He took up his post in 1922 and remained at Chogoria until his retirement in 1961. He was ordained in 1933 and died in Nairobi in 1974.
The photographs, films and papers represent Dr Irvine's working and family life.
Dates:
1922-1957.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Photographs, films, notebooks and associated papers of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, relating to his military service and missionary work in Kenya.
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning the Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, including letters, press cuttings, articles, leaflets, an album, and a notebook.
"C. Cinquième relation de F. Cortes de l'an 1526" (copy)., 1526.
Item
Identifier: MS.3962
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1526.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
'Cartulary. I. Family Papers’, in fact containing only copies of a deed of entail by Matthew Cleland of Springfield, 1826, and of related documents., 1826.
File
Identifier: MS.18071
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Dates:
1826.
Certified copy, dated 1712, of an account of the court-martial held on John, Master of Sinclair, for the murder of Ensign Hugh Schaw and Captain Alexander Schaw, 1708., 1708, 1710, 1823.
File
Identifier: MS.1572
Scope and Contents
Included are copies of the relevant correspondence of Sir John Schaw of Greenock, 1708, 1710.
This is the manuscript edited by Sir Walter Scott for the Roxburghe Club in 1828 and described by him in that edition. It contains a note by Scott, different from his published preface (folio 2), an unsigned note of 1823, and one of R Scott Moncrieff (folio 41).
Dates:
1708, 1710, 1823.
Charter (and copy) by Duncan, Earl of Fiff, in favour of Sir William de Freslay, of lands of Kylgospardy, following on resignation of Marion de Kylgospardy, said Sir William performing all customary services to the Crown, and 3 suits at 3 head courts of said Earl., 1330.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8468/1
Scope and Contents
Witnesses: James, Bishop of St Andrews, Sir Thomas Ranulph, Earl of Moray, guardian of Scotland, Sir Robert de Brus, Sir David de Berkelay, sheriff of Fiff, Sir Michael de Wemys and Sir Michael Scot, knights.
Dates:
1330.
Charter under Great Seal in favour of John Scrimgeoure, for his faithful service as macer and serjeant of arms, of heritable office of macer and serjeant of arms, and of lands of Myris of Uchtirmukty in sheriffdom of Fyffe., 5 March 1483-1484.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8468/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
Dates:
5 March 1483-1484.
Charters collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne., 12th century-1553.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.18 (2 of 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Confirmation by William I of gift by Hugh and William Giffard to the church of St. Andrews of the church of Tealing. Kincardine, 1189x1195. (Hugh de Roxburgh, chancellor; no date). Printed in ‘Regesta regum Scotorum’, volume ii, number 358.(ii) Confirmation, [1173-1178], by William I of gift by Walter, son of Philip to the church of St. Andrews of the land of Adhebrecces. Kinghorn, 1173x1178. (D.G.: Richard, Bishop of Dunkeld). Printed...
Dates:
12th century-1553.
Chiefly original correspondence, May 1809-January 1810, concerning the Kutch expedition, chiefly concerned with commissariat matters., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.13706
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:
1809-1810.
Chronicle of the Civil War in Scotland, being largely a copy of the work later printed as 'The Memoirs of Henry Guthrie', 1638-1649.
Item
Identifier: MS.3468
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, which is in different hands of the seventeenth century, wants pages 1-2, 15-16, and 21-26.
Dates:
1638-1649.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1., 1761-1822, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.22
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collections is supplemented by a large number of finished drawings (some in colour), a few maps, and some architectural plans and elevations, professionally drawn for Hutton by others, or done as favours by some of his correspondents, together with a number of separately acquired prints, and engraved views cut out from contemporary printed booksThe collection, which was previously bound in two large volumes, was subsequently dismounted and the items individually attached to...
Dates:
1761-1822, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 1., 1789-[circa 1820], undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.22 (1 of 7), numbers 1a-7h
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Aberdeen
(1a) Drawing, undated, probably a prospect of Aberdeen.
(1b) Engraving, 1812, ‘Plan of the city and harbour of Aberdeen. and improvements.’, from a copy of the ‘History of Aberdeen’, by Walter Thom, volume 1, preceding the title page.
(2a) Drawing, 1815, annotated “Aberdeen [St Machar’s] Cath[edra]l. S. E. view, from a sketch by Mr G. Smith”.
(2b) Drawing, 1815, annotated “Aberdeen [St Machar’s] Cathedral – West View – From a sketch by Mr. G....
Dates:
1789-[circa 1820], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 3., 1761-1820.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.22 (3 of 7), numbers 17a-22b
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Angus
(17a) Drawing, ‘Restennet [i.e Restenneth] Priory, south view, 1785’. Reproduced in ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by Francis Grose, volume 2, facing page 263. For a rough sketch of this view see (17e verso).
(17b) Sketch ‘Restennet [i.e Restenneth] Priory, south west view, Oct. 12 1820.’
(17c) Sketch, ‘[Interior of] Restennet, Priory looking east, 18 Sept. 1814.’
(17d) Sketch, ‘Restennet [i.e Restenneth] Priory – S.W. view, 17th Septr. 1814.’
(17e recto)...
Dates:
1761-1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1.
'Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd Music, arranged by D.S. Macdonald, Pipe Major, First Battn. the Royal Scots', Edinburgh., 1882.
File
Identifier: MS.3110
Scope and Contents
This collection is apparently as prepared for publication, and has at the beginning instructions for blowing and keeping the pipes in order, and various exercises on piobaireachd. It contains 64 tunes, among them two which are not from Angus Mackay's manuscripts.
Dates:
1882.
`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar, volume 1., 1812-1841.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.7.1A
Scope and Contents
The volume consists of notes on, and sketches of arms, mostly taken from churchyards in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland, with a few copied from seals. They are followed by a list of clans and their badges (page 495), a list of chartularies and related material in the Advocates` and other libraries (page 501), and an index (page 521).
Dates:
1812-1841.
Collection of "day-books" containing copies of letters, routes, instructions and memoranda by General Sir George Murray and by members of his staff., 1809-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.5.6-46.5.16
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters are merely summarized. Most of those written during Murray’s absence in 1812-1813 (Adv.MS.46.5.12-46.5.14) are addressed to the commissary general.
Dates:
1809-1814.
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 of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
Collection of epigrams, songs, copies of letters and documents, etc., relating to current events in France., 1712-1730.
File
Identifier: MS.160
Dates:
1712-1730.