Histories.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Chronological records of events, as of the life or development of a people, country, or institution.
Found in 407 Collections and/or Records:
Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volume 3, by Alexander Walker., [1821, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13799
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:
[1821, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Fair copies, drafts, notes and chapter summaries of Alexander Walker's history of Malabar.
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Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar' by Alexander Walker.
Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volume 4, by Alexander Walker., [1821, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13800
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:
[1821, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Fair copies, drafts, notes and chapter summaries of Alexander Walker's history of Malabar.
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Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar' by Alexander Walker.
Fair copy of ‘Memoir on Malabar, in 1790, with correspondence and documents respecting the same country. Appendix to the history – vol. 5’ by Alexander Walker, [1821, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13801
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:
[1821, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Fair copies, drafts, notes and chapter summaries of Alexander Walker's history of Malabar.
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Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar' by Alexander Walker.
Fair copy of 'The Historie of the Lives and Raignes of five Kinges of Scotland' by William Drummond of Hawthornden., [1655, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2056-2057
Scope and Contents
Only the account of the reign of James IV is in William Drummond's own hand; but Drummond's hand appears elsewhere in corrections and additions.
Dates:
[1655, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Drummond of Hawthornden.
Fair copy of 'The Historie of the Lives and Raignes of five Kinges of Scotland' by William Drummond of Hawthornden, James I-III., [1655, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2056
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Only the account of the reign of James IV is in William Drummond's own hand; but Drummond's hand appears elsewhere in corrections and additions.
Dates:
[1655, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Drummond of Hawthornden.
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Fair copy of 'The Historie of the Lives and Raignes of five Kinges of Scotland' by William Drummond of Hawthornden.
Fair copy of 'The Historie of the Lives and Raignes of five Kinges of Scotland' by William Drummond of Hawthornden, James IV-V., [1655, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2057
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Only the account of the reign of James IV is in William Drummond's own hand; but Drummond's hand appears elsewhere in corrections and additions.
Dates:
[1655, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Drummond of Hawthornden.
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Fair copy of 'The Historie of the Lives and Raignes of five Kinges of Scotland' by William Drummond of Hawthornden.
Family histories compiled by Andrew Thomson from papers of the family of Reddie., 1823-1827.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5060-5063
Dates:
1823-1827.
Family papers of Sir Alexander Gray., 19th century-mid 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26015-26018
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Alexander Gray published several volumes of his own poems and of translations of European ballads, and his literary papers consist of his work in these fields.
Dates:
19th century-mid 20th century.
Farming memoranda, rentals and accounts of the Scotts of Raeburn, with religious notes of the earlier lairds., 1664-1854.
File
Identifier: MS.3842
Scope and Contents
To the papers William, the 6th Laird, has added extensive annotations, and historical accounts of the family and their lands, copies of letters and various excerpts relating to these subjects and local affairs, and accounts of his own career, the latest dated entry being of 1854.
Dates:
1664-1854.
First draft of a history of the lower Niger in the nineteenth century., [?1935-?1939.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20327-20328
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The authors appear from internal evidence to be William W Forsyth and H G Porter, the date of composition the late 1930s.
Dates:
[?1935-?1939.]
First draft of a history of the lower Niger in the nineteenth century, [part] I., [?1936-?1939.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20327
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The authors appear from internal evidence to be William W Forsyth and H G Porter, the date of composition the late 1930s.
Dates:
[?1936-?1939.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Typescript drafts, both much corrected and added to, with parts of a third, of a history of the lower Niger in the nineteenth century; a brief account of the administrations is followed by a detailed postal history.
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First draft of a history of the lower Niger in the nineteenth century.
First draft of a history of the lower Niger in the nineteenth century, [part] II., [?1935-?1939.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20328
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The authors appear from internal evidence to be William W Forsyth and H G Porter, the date of composition the late 1930s.
Dates:
[?1935-?1939.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Typescript drafts, both much corrected and added to, with parts of a third, of a history of the lower Niger in the nineteenth century; a brief account of the administrations is followed by a detailed postal history.
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First draft of a history of the lower Niger in the nineteenth century.
"Flowers o' the forest", by Ernest W J Nicholson., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10275/10-11
Scope and Contents
An account of the American Civil War.
Dates:
Undated.
Fragment of a manuscript, written by two hands of the early 17th century, of David Moysie's 'Memoir of the Affairs of Scotland', covering December 1586-March 1589., Early 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.17803
Scope and Contents
The text is much closer to that of Adv.MS.31.7.5 than to that of the edition by James Dennistoun, Bannatyne Club, 1830.
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Academic and literary papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Fragment of an account of, and a narrative of transactions concerning Kutch., [Circa 1804], 1818.
Item
Identifier: MS.13914
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of:
(i) Fragment of an account of Kutch, made in this translated version circa 1804, but probably related to an earlier history in Persian; see MS.13930 (folio 1);
(ii) ’Narrative of transactions with the state of Cutch from 1802 to 1816’ compiled by Benjamin Jones in 1818 (folio 45).
Dates:
[Circa 1804], 1818.
Fragment of Sir Walter Scott’s, ‘Tales of a Grandfather’, 2nd series, chapter 27, enclosed in a letter of Charles Feltham., 1855.
File
Identifier: MS.23069, folios 17-19
Dates:
1855.
Genealogies and other matter relating to the Richardson family, bound up with 'The Late John Richardson', by Lord Moncrieff, extracted from the 'North British Review', December 1864., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3992
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A note on John Richardson's children will be found in MS.3989, folio i.
Dates:
19th century.
General papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on history and government., 1776-[1786, or after], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24528-24529
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The literary and philosophical papers consist of essays, drafts and notes by Lord Monboodo, with a few related papers. Throughout his life, Monboddo was in the habit of revising his work, frequently adding to an existing essay or incorporating a few pages from it into a later piece, with consequent repagination. (For his methods of composition, see Cloyd, ‘James Burnett, Lord Monboddo’ 1972, page 41.) Some of his longer additions ran to several pages, which he called ‘Papers apart’; these...
Dates:
1776-[1786, or after], undated.
General papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on history and government., 1779-[1786, or after], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.24528
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Introduction to the history of Man', undated. Folio 1.) Monboddo number 70.
(ii) 'A sketch of the history of Man', written as a New Year's gift to an unnamed correspondent, undated. (Folio 3.) Monboddo number 71.
(iii) 'Of the similarity of language, religion and customs in different nations'. (Folio 13.) A discussion of the interrelationships of different peoples and the movement of population. The paper is undated, but a note added on folio 36 refers to a...
Dates:
1779-[1786, or after], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Literary and philosophical papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on History.
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General papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on history and government.
`Historia Alexandri Magni` by Quilichinus de Spoleto., 13th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.9(iv), folios 35-57 recto
Scope and Contents
Rubrics in red; spaces have been left for initials.
Dates:
13th century.
Historical account of Gujarat sent by Alexander Walker to Jonathan Duncan and intended to form the first part of ‘The British transactions in Gujarat’., [Circa 1804.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13867
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:
[Circa 1804.]
Historical and biographical notes of George Chalmers., ?1794-1803, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.9
Scope and Contents
Among the contents of the volume are: lists of events in the reigns of the Kings of Scotland (written on paper watermarked 1800-1802) (folio 1), notes on the Earls of Caithness (folio 66), Sinclairs (written on paper watermarked 1797-1798) (folio 86), the Earldom of Carrick (folio 127), Boyles of Kelburne (written on paper watermarked 1800) (folio 129), Lords of the Isles and Macdonells of Glengarry (written on paper watermarked 1803) (folio 132), Polydore Vergil (folio 139), Thomas Dempster...
Dates:
?1794-1803, or after.
'Historical fragments' concerning Baroda affairs, compiled circa 1824., [Circa 1824.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13892
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:
[Circa 1824.]
'Historical notices of Guzerat and a life of Jaswant Rao Holkar'., [Circa 1821.]
File
Identifier: MS.13833
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes (pages 73 and 337) extracts from a history of Gujarat by Ali Mahommed Khan, Diwan of Ahmedabad, in a translation by S A Greenwood (see MS.13916 and the ‘Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum’, volume 1, pages 288-289).
The volume also contains (page 173) extracts from the life of Sultan Ghiass ul dein Khilchee, Emperor of Malwa, in the Tubruckat Ackberi, see MS.13915, and (page 193) a memoir of the life of Jaswant Rao Holkar.
Dates:
[Circa 1821.]
Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Late 18th century, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25350-25388
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
Late 18th century, undated.