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Copies. Derivative objects.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3637 Collections and/or Records:

Two copies of Royal grant to Edward Kellie, servant, of croft grounds in the precinct of Holyrood Abbey., 17th century.

 File
Identifier: Ch.15203
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.

Dates: 17th century.

Two copies of the Willison family tree by Ralph Willison Simmonds and detailed transcripts extracted from the family papers., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.11049/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.

Dates: Undated.

Two letters, 1824, of George Ticknor and George Huntly Gordon.

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Identifier: Acc.11580
Scope and Contents

Letters concern portraits of Sir Walter Scott. Also includes:

1. unrelated letter, 1812, of Sir David Wilkie

2. autograph note, 1816, of Walter Scott to James Ballantyne about "The Antiquary"

3. printed letter, 1829, of Scott

Dates: 1812-1824.

Two manuscripts bound together, containing the burgh laws, ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam Attachiamenta’, statutes, and other smaller legal texts, some in Scots.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.14
Scope and Contents The first part, sections (i)-(xv), contains the burgh laws, ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam Attachiamenta’, statutes, and other smaller legal texts, some in Scots, written by G H about the middle of the 15th century; the second, sections (xvii)-(xxi), contains the burgh laws, statutes, and other smaller legal texts, in Scots, written at the same period. Sections (xxii)-(xxiii) are a slightly later addition. Section (xvi) is an 18th-century copy.(i) `Leges et consuetudines quatuor...
Dates: 14th century-15th century.

Two manuscripts by William Makepeace Thackeray., 1823-? 1850.

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Identifier: MS.42573
Scope and Contents Folio 1 : manuscript, ? 1828 (watermark), "Byron and Marceau", relating to Lord Byron`s interest in the French general François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, about whom he composed a eulogy in "Childe Harold`s Pilgrimage" (Third Canto, LVI and LVII). Thackeray`s manuscript includes a copy of a letter to, and a copy of a letter of Byron concerning Marceau-Desgraviers : (i) 30 January 1823 : Madame Serjent, Marceau-Desgravier`s elder sister,...
Dates: 1823-? 1850.

Two of a series of volumes of sermons., 1704-1706.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.2751-2752
Scope and Contents

The sermons, of which there is a list at the beginning of each volume, were apparently copied out during the years 1704 and 1706 by one Stephen Ewens, whose name is inscribed in MS.2751, folio iv.

Dates: 1704-1706.

Typed copies of diaries of Jane C Burdon-Sanderson of journey to India., 1886, 1888-1889.

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Identifier: MS.20668
Scope and Contents The volume consists of: (i) A copy of part of the diary, covering the period 18 March to 1 April 1886, of the earlier journey (folio 1); (ii) A complete copy of the diary of the later journey (folio 21); (iii) Some watercolour sketches made in India (folio 181 verso). The typed copy of the later journey was made in 1889 or 1890 for Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, whose signature dated May 1890 is at MS.20669, folio i. No doubt she was responsible for pasting in Jane's watercolour...
Dates: 1886, 1888-1889.

Typed copies of family and personal letters of members of the families of Trotter., 1687-1819.

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Identifier: MS.20268
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letters, which formed a substantial part of the family papers kept at Dreghorn, were typed for (or possibly by), and are supplemented by typed explanatory notes of, Lieutenant-Colonel John Moubray Trotter of Colinton, fourth son of Archibald and younger brother of Coutts Trotter of Dreghorn.

The purpose for which the copies were made is unknown.

Dates: 1687-1819.

Typed copies of family and personal letters of members of the families of Trotter., 1820-1884.

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Identifier: MS.20269
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letters, which formed a substantial part of the family papers kept at Dreghorn, were typed for (or possibly by), and are supplemented by typed explanatory notes of, Lieutenant-Colonel John Moubray Trotter of Colinton, fourth son of Archibald and younger brother of Coutts Trotter of Dreghorn.

The purpose for which the copies were made is unknown.

Dates: 1820-1884.

Typed copies of family and personal letters of members of the families of Trotter (of Horton, of Bush, and of Dreghorn), descended from Alexander Trotter of Kettleshiel., 1687-1884.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20268-20269
Scope and Contents

The letters, which formed a substantial part of the family papers kept at Dreghorn, were typed for (or possibly by), and are supplemented by typed explanatory notes of, Lieutenant-Colonel John Moubray Trotter of Colinton, fourth son of Archibald and younger brother of Coutts Trotter of Dreghorn.

The purpose for which the copies were made is unknown.

Dates: 1687-1884.

Typed copies of newspaper articles and correspondence relating to John Knox, from the scrap-book of David Hay Fleming.

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Identifier: MS.2932
Scope and Contents

The correspondents include David Hay Fleming himself, Hume Brown, Andrew Lang, and James King Hewison.

Dates: 1890-1905.

Typed documents, chiefly copies and extracts of letters, of William Marshall and his family., 1790-1817.

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Identifier: MS.15371
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) ‘Connected narrative with extracts from the letters 1790-1815’ being a narrative of the military services of William Marshall's sons with copies and extracts of their letters to one another and their father, covering the years 1790 to 1815 (folio 1); (ii) ‘Letters written when on service, to his friends at home, by William Marshall, 1795-1818’ being transcripts and a few extracts of letters of William Marshall (subsequently Lieutenant-Colonel) to his father,...
Dates: 1790-1817.