Copies. Derivative objects.
Found in 3637 Collections and/or Records:
Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.
Small collections of letters and papers concerning people with surnames from F-W., 1741-1888, undated.
Small miscellaneous collection of military manuscripts, chiefly relating to Captain Robert Sinclair of Freswick and to his regiment, the 73rd Foot., 1727, 1780-1789.
Small miscellany of letters (probably a remnant from a large collection), mostly by John Farquharson, formerly President of the Scots College, Douai, to the Scottish antiquary and historian, George Chalmers.
There are also three copies, all in Farquharson`s hand, of a memorial concerning the college. The items do not appear to have been arranged in any obvious order.
Small miscellany, perhaps a fragment of a larger collection, of historical, legal and other papers (including several fragments) on various subjects.
Most of the papers appear to date from the early 18th century, with some copies of earlier papers. The compiler or owner is unknown, as is the purpose for which they were collected.
Small notebooks from the Riddell Collection, containing extracts and some notes, written for the most part in connexion with peerage cases on which John Riddell was engaged., 1809-1844
Small number of letters (mainly copies) and some legal papers concerning claims to certain privileges of the Earls of Angus by Archibald J E Douglas, Baron Douglas of Douglas (created 1790), as representative of the family, against the claims of Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton., 1820-1821, 1824, and undated.
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Small quantity of letters and papers consisting mainly of extracts from public documents, relating to members of the family of Steuart of Allanton., 1817-1818, and undated.
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
So-called 'Clandestine Correspondence'; five tiny letters designed to be possibly 'hidden in the curl of a wig or in the hollow of a riding whip', contained in a small grey agate box., [Circa 1745-circa 1746.]
One letter is in the hand of Andrew Lumisden, the others perhaps in the hand of Sir Robert Strange. One of the documents gives a plan of the line of battle of General Hawley's troops for the Battle of Falkirk.
‘Some place names of Ben Damph Forest’: copy of a list of 225 names by Captain King Noel of Ben Damph., [Before 1928.]
Song settings of Ian Whyte., Mid 20th century.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Original settings of poems with pianoforte accompaniment (folio 1);
(ii) Arrangements of traditional Scottish and other airs and of poems of Burns, chiefly for solo voice and piano (folio 32);
(iii) Words and unaccompanied melodies of various Scottish airs (folio 89);
(iv) Copies of two tunes from early sources written in the same hand as that of, and on sheets probably taken from, MS.22093 (folio 96).
'Songs of the Gael', being copies of Irish songs and airs.
Specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland, from the first parliament of James I to the accession of James VI, by David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Contains three of the printed, interleaved copies which Lord Hailes issued privately and sent to legal authorities for their remarks, with autograph notes by Lord Auchinleck, James Gordon, Advocate, and Hailes himself.
Standing order for the British and Hanoverian troops in Germany, September to October 1743.
With copy of the speech to the King by John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl Stair, made at the Council of War at Worms, 23 August 1744.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 2: letters and papers,1603-1608 (chiefly 1607-1608), on various topics., 1603-1608.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 3: letters and papers on various topics., 1609-1622, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 4: letters and papers, ?1610-1618 (chiefly 1612-1613), undated., ?1610-1618, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 5: letters and papers, 1610-1622 (chiefly 1614), undated., 1610-1622, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 6: letters and papers, ?1608-1621 (chiefly 1615), undated., ?1608-1621, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 8: letters and papers, 1599-1622 (chiefly 1617-1618), undated., 1599-1622, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 10: letters and papers, [Circa 1608]-1624 (chiefly 1621-1623), undated., [Circa 1608]-1624, undated.
The letters are chiefly to James VI and John Murray.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 11: letters and papers, 1620-1626 (chiefly 1624-1625), undated., 1620-1626, undated.
Documents are chiefly to James VI and the Lord Chancellor, George Hay (later Earl of Kinnoull), but there are some administrative documents from early in the reign of Charles I.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 12: papers, 1636-1641 (chiefly 1637-1639), undated., 1636-1641, undated (mostly 1637-1639).
These are primarily documents concerning the controversy over the Service Book, the National Covenant, and ensuing events.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 13: papers., ?1639-1641, undated.
Documents concerning political events, especially the Scots army at Newcastle and affairs in the English Parliament. Some printed ballads and letters to Sir James Balfour are included.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 25: copies, 17th century, of treaties and other official documents, 1043-1552, mostly concerning relations between Scotland and England., 1043-1552.
Some of the documents are spurious.