Copies. Derivative objects.
Found in 2678 Collections and/or Records:
Contemporary copy of the score of acts I-II of ‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi., 1853.
Contemporary copy of the score of acts III-IV of ‘Il Trovatore’ by Verdi., 1853.
A leaf has been torn out after folio 87 but without loss of text.
Contemporary manuscript draft or copy of a pamphlet concerning the Darien scheme., [?1699.]
The manuscript begins: 'Sir, you were pleased by your last to tell me, that the face of things being so much changed in England by yor late Revolution you thought there might now be opportunity to promote that affair which wee have been see long upon'.
Contemporary or near-contemporary copies of letters and extracts, nineteenth century, from a journal, 1755, concerning the defeat of Major-General Edward Braddock at Fort Duquesne, Pennsylvania., 1755.
It was on the occasion of the defeat at Fort Duquesne that Sir Peter Halkett, Baronet, of Pitfirrane (succeeded 1746) and his son James lost their lives.
The letters are from Alexander and John Hamilton in Maryland to their brother Gavin, bookseller in Edinburgh (pages 1-22).
The selections from the journal (pages 25- 41) concern a detachment of seamen sent to assist in the expedition to the Ohio.
Contemporary transcript of ‘The Ancient Method and Manner of holding of Parliaments in England’, attributed to Henry Elsynge, Younger, Clerk of the House of Lords., [1660, or before.]
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
‘Copie of the Depositions of the Chirurgeons and Apothecaryes upon therle of Athollis deathe', giving a full medical account of the illness and death of the Earl of Atholl, and of the subsequent post-mortem examination., 1579.
Copied by Alexander Macdonald from a manuscript communicated to Thomas Thomson by Sir Cuthbert Sharpe (see note in Thomson's hand on folio 6 verso). The deposition is followed by 'Lady Athollis Protestatioun anent her husbandis death' (folio 7).
Copies, 17th century, of diplomas, gifts, and other documents, 1615-1651, in favour of Sir James Carmichael, 1st Baronet, of Westraw, and 1st Lord Carmichael; and of papers, 1600-1618, concerning the vicarage and stipend of Pettinain., 1600-1651.
Copies, 18th century, of charters and other formal documents, ?1195-1766, concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., ?1195-1766.
A number of other copies made earlier in the 18th century for some unknown purpose have been included in the sequence.
Copies, 18th century, of records of Parliament and of the Privy Council., 1401-1570.
Copies, 18th century, of records of Parliament and of the Privy Council., 1570-1602.
Copies, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, volume 1., 1641, 1708, and before.
The Orders in this manuscript are unnumbered and do not correspond with those in later copies. The latest Order is dated 1707/1708. This is followed (folio 52) by a note of an Order made in 1641. There is no index.
Copies, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, volume 2., 1721, and before.
This volume contains an index, followed (folio 9) by numbers 1-115 of the Orders, the last of which is dated 1721.
Copies, 18th century, of various poems of Alexander Robertson of Strowan (folio 1); and poems of Caroline Oliphant, daughter of Laurence Blair Oliphant of Gask (folio 33)., ?18th century-?1st half of 19th century.
Copies, 1648-1649, of assessments of taxes and payments to the Exchequer by Sir Robert Innes, Baronet, of Innes, on lands of Delney and Milntoun of Meddat, with a letter, 1650, of John Rawson, Perth., 1648-1650.
Copies, 1706 or after, of the `Commission for a Treatie of Union Betwixt Scotland and England`, 1702; of the `Letters Patent for Reviving the Order of the Thistle`, 1687; and of patents of the titles of various Scottish peers, 1631-1706 (these have been fully indexed)., 1631-1706
Interposed is the style for a `Signature of Resignation of ward lands changed from simple to taxtwards with a Novodamus and ane Erection of a burgh of barony`, folio 286. At least 7 folios are missing after folio 288.
Copies, 1725, of charters of Robert I, II and III and of Robert Duke of Albany as Governor, 14th and early 15th centuries., 14th century-early 15th century.
The charters were copied from the 12 rolls which then as now were all that had survived. Corss`s numbering differs in some respects from that now current: his 2nd and 3rd rolls are now 3 and 2, his 7th and 8th are now 8 and 7, his 9th and 10th are now 9, consequently his 11th and 12th are 10 and 11, and his second for Albany is now 12. He omits the damaged deeds at the beginnings of his numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11 and 12. The index is to each roll separately.
Copies, 1726, of charters of David II, 14th century., 14th century.
The charters were copied from the surviving volume. Corss does not include the early charters of Robert II which are in the same volume.
Copies, 1799-1811, of the will and codicils of the 1st Earl of Minto, with legal papers, 1806-1807, concerning the vesting of his estate in trustees during his absence in India., 1799-1811.
Copies, [?1845-1847], of documents, 1489-1663, and notes etc., 1845-1847, of John Riddell, concerning the successful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to that title., 1489-1663, 1845-1847.
Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.
Copies, 1849, of parts of MS.15927 sections (i) and (ii): “A genealogical account of the MacRa's …”, and an incomplete history of the Campbells of Craignish., [Before 1705], 1786, undated.
Copies, [?1850-1855] of documents, 1457-1665, and accounts, etc., 1850-1855, of John Riddell concerning the unsuccessful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to the title of Duke of Montrose., 1457-1665, 1850-1855.
Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.