Letters. Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 14704 Collections and/or Records:
Volume containing a few memoranda and copies of letters entered infrequently; it appears to have been discontinued and the contents recopied in other volumes., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1809-1810.
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.
Volume containing a letter of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 1824; four letters concerning Byron, 1824 and 1828; and a manuscript of his last poem.
File
Identifier: Dep.238- is now Acc.8766.
Dates:
1824, 1828.
Volume containing an account of Leven`s Regiment (which later became the 25th Foot) from 1688, when it was raised by David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven, to 1826.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.21
Scope and Contents
The volume would appear to have been the first of two, for the leaves are watermarked 1860 and folio 175 is inscribed in pencil `See Book No II`. The work is anonymous: it appears to have been made the basis of the text of ‘Records of the King`s Own Borderers’ by R T Higgins, but neither the text nor the many pencil additions and alterations appear to be in his hand. The account begins at folio 13, being preceded by a summary account to 1793 (folio 1) and `A List of His Majesty`s...
Dates:
1860, or after-1908.
Volume containing copies of legal opinions (mostly of Robert Blair of Avontoun as Solicitor General), and of other legal letters and papers (some printed) on various topics.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.8
Scope and Contents
A letter is tipped in at folio 20, copies of legal papers are tipped in at folios 76 and 114, and printed legal papers are tipped in and pasted in at folios 29 and 32 verso respectively; folios 85-113, 116-120 are blank.
Dates:
1746, 1798-1824.
Volume containing extracts (folio 1) made about 1794 (the date of the watermark of the leaves) from the topographical collections of Walter Macfarlane of that ilk, 1748-1749 (Adv.MS.35.3.12), followed by fragments (folio 63), being folios 109-112 and 127-144, of ‘The Geography of Moray`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.1.13
Scope and Contents
The items appear to have been collected for George Chalmers (a letter to whom, 1798, is at folio 17) as materials for his ‘Caledonia’, the first volume of which was published in 1807. The descriptions of parishes at folios 1-10, 11-16, 19-50 verso, are taken from Adv.MS.35.3.12(i), pages 81-90, 291-299 and 310-340 respectively, and at folios 50 verso-61 from Adv.MS.35.3.12(iii), pages 259-270. `The Geography of Moray` is unidentified; it appears to have been written in the latter half of the...
Dates:
1748-2nd half of 18th century.
Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.43341
Scope and Contents
There are here two volumes. The first contains a number of manuscripts of the poetry of Byron, with some correspondence of and to Byron.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated; pencil notes are in an unidentified hand.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by...
Dates:
?1811-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Volume containing papers concerning peerages attainted after the 1715 and 1745 Rebellions., 1818-1829.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.8
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Opinions, 1826, concerning the forfeiture of the Earldom of Cromartie (folios 1-52);(ii) Letters, 1818-1819, and papers including transcripts of documents and opinions, 1829, and undated, concerning the claim of Sir Thomas Livingstone, 7th Baronet, of Westquarter, to the title and dignities of Earl of Linlithgow and Callendar (folios 53-119);(iii) Draft remarks, 1828, on the claim of William Maxwell of Caruchan...
Dates:
1818-1829.
Volume containing printed papers in peerage cases, in several of which Riddell was involved., 1782-1843.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.23
Scope and Contents
A few letters and other manuscript papers are bound in following the printed papers to which they relate.
Dates:
1782-1843.
Volume containing surveying instructions and a business ledger, compiled at Yarrow.
File
Identifier: MS.14283
Scope and Contents
The author is unknown, but the name E L Brown is stamped on the front cover.The contents are as follows.(i) Instructions for surveying, illustrated with examples taken from the Duke of Buccleuch's estates along Yarrow Water. (Folio 2.)(ii) Business ledger of a merchant with trading interests in La Rochelle, Leghorn and Jamaica. The commodities include wool, wine, sugar, wheat and cotton (folios 1 verso, 59). It is followed by incomplete notes on balancing...
Dates:
1812.
Volume containing typed copies, 1936, of letters, 1838-49, of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, to the Rt Hon Charles Arbuthnot., 1838-1849.
File
Identifier: Acc.1656/2
Dates:
1838-1849.
Volume containing typed copies of diaries of Jane C Burdon-Sanderson of journeys to India in the winters of 1885-1886 and 1888-1889 for the sake of her health; with associated papers.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20668-20669
Dates:
1885-1889.
Volume containing watercolours, photographs, notes and printed items relating to John Francis Campbell`s travels from 1865-1868., 1858-1868.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.2
Scope and Contents
Campbell illustrates a visit to Hammerfest and the North Cape made in the Autumn of 1865 and travels he made in Scotland for geological interest in the following years.There are several printed pamphlets by Campbell which have been inserted at various places throughout the volume: ‘Notes on the Stature of the Lapps’ (London, 1866) (folio 53), “Rough Night`s Quarters” (Edinburgh, 1866) (folio 75), ‘A Method of Converting Collodion Negatives into Positives’ (Liverpool, 1858) (folio...
Dates:
1858-1868.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Volume entitled 'Celtic music', compiled by David R Robertson, a mercantile clerk in Dundee, consisting of pipe tunes, poems, notes and memoranda, extracts from published sources, letters from correspondents interested in Gaelic culture, and some press cuttings and photographs.
File
Identifier: MS.22164
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio 1, a vellum leaf.Some items found loosely enclosed have been tipped or pasted in.The work consists of an introduction (folio 6) preceded by prefatory poems (folio 2), and eight sections: Old highland airs (folio 39), Clan tunes (folio 90), Jacobite airs (folio 131), Battle tunes (folio 159), Laments (folio 209), Old Scottish airs (folio 223), Army tunes (folio 244) and General marches (folio 276).There are two unrelated items:...
Dates:
1911-1912.
Volume entitled `Field Marshal Earl Haig K.T. Letters 1920 to 1927`, containing forty-one letters to James Curle with associated printed material and a photograph.
Item
Identifier: Dep.214- is now Acc.9431.
Dates:
1920-1927.
Volume entitled 'Governor General’, containing copies of letters of Henry Dundas to Lord Cornwallis, and others., 1786-1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.3387
Scope and Contents
The volume contains copies of letters of Henry Dundas to Lord Cornwallis, 1786-1792 (page 1), Sir John Shore, 1793-1797 (page 238), and Lord Mornington, 1798-1799 (page 270).
The book was not kept up and the last letter is unfinished.
Dates:
1786-1799.
Volume entitled 'Notes on Climbing in and about Wasdale'., 1866-1891, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.6345
Scope and Contents
Inside the front cover of the volume are the words "this book is a facsimile of the Climbers' Book at Wasdale Head Hotel", with the signature 'R.W. Lloyd, November 1953' (folio i). It includes pages of ‘All the year round’, 1884, and ‘Chamber's Journal’, 1887, containing articles on climbs in the English Lake District, by C N Williamson, and on 'The Death-Roll of Snowdon' (folio 1); entries, 1866-1891, copied from the Wasdale Head book, describing the impressions of mountaineering visitors...
Dates:
1866-1891, undated.
Volume entitled 'Scotch Ballads. Materials for Border Minstrelsy', chiefly containing ballads sent to Sir Walter Scott when he was collecting material for his ‘Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’, but with, in addition, many other poems and songs, ancient and modern, English and Gaelic., 1800-[1832].
File
Identifier: MS.877
Scope and Contents
Many of the ballads are accompanied by letters or notes regarding the source and other matters, ranging chiefly from 1800 to 1815. Among those who send ballads or information are James Hogg, William Laidlaw and his family, James Skene, Joseph Ritson, John Leyden, and David Herd. A large number of ballads appear to have been collected between 1813 and 1815 by Thomas Wilkie, Bowden. The letter-writers include the Reverend George Paxton, 1804 (folio 171A), and Dr Mackintosh Mackay, 1831 (folio...
Dates:
1800-[1832].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Materials for works written or edited by Sir Walter Scott.
Volume I of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., 1830.
File
Identifier: MS.2129
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:
1830.
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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'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
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Volumes I-X of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
Volume II of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., 1830.
File
Identifier: MS.2130
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:
1830.
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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'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
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Volumes I-X of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
Volume III of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., 1831.
File
Identifier: MS.2131
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:
1831.
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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'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
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Volumes I-X of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
Volume inscribed 'Private ; Open not : read not' on the front and back covers, containing blank sheets between which letters of Sir Walter Scott to the Ballantynes were pasted or inserted loose., 1811-1819, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.863
Dates:
1811-1819, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Papers of Sir Walter Scott relating to the partnership with the Ballantynes.
Volume IV of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., [1836, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.2132
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:
[1836, 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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'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
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Volumes I-X of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
Volume IX of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., [1836, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.2137
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:
[1836, 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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'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
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Volumes I-X of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'.
Volume, labelled ‘Miscellaneous`, containing copies of financial and statistical returns and estimates, regulations and a few letters of Colonel Oakes (later Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, Baronet) whilst quartermaster-general in Portugal., 1796-1798.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.6.3
Scope and Contents
A note on the front cover in General Sir George Murray`s hand states that it was borrowed from Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Lindenthal.
Dates:
1796-1798.
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.
Volume labelled 'Mr Train', containing letters of Joseph Train, 1817-1831, and other letters and documents of historical and antiquarian interest addressed to or collected by Sir Walter Scott., 1817-1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.874
Scope and Contents
Joseph Train’s letters and the accompanying documents deal with demonology, the legends, antiquities, and agriculture of Dumfriesshire and Galloway, gipsies, Buckhaven fishermen, and legends and customs of the Isle of Man and of Skye. Many were intended to afford illustrative anecdotes for Sir Walter Scott's novels and some were printed in Scott’s notes. The latter part of the volume contains a large number of miscellaneous papers relating to the Highlands, Rob Roy, the Jacobite Risings of...
Dates:
1817-1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Letters to Sir Walter Scott.