Manuscripts.
Found in 6597 Collections and/or Records:
Volume containing brief notes of James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1831.
The material consists for the most part of references to printed works relating to the county and to various places within, recorded between 1825, the date of the watermark, and at least 1831 (folio 85); preceded by an index at folios 2-13, the leaves of which have been cut and lettered (as in a ledger) for the purpose. Several of the leaves (folios 22, 40, 61-84) are blank.
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.
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.
Volume containing copies of two accounts of the family of Dunbar.
Volume containing eleven printed papers and five manuscript items in the case brought by Alexander Murray of Broughton, 1822-1825, against the 6th Earl of Selkirk and the town council of Kirkcudbright over fishing in the River Dee., ?1822-1825.
The printed papers consist of an engraving of a chart, 1742, and ten legal papers, and the manuscript items are notes and extracts, some from printed sources, concerning lands in the area.
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`.
Volume containing for the most part plates for ‘Thermography’ by John Francis Campbell, along with experiments, drawings and notes concerning the solar spectrum., 1883, or before.
Volume containing four items transcribed by Robert Mylne, the Antiquary, between the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Volume containing genealogical and other notes in a number of early 18th-century hands.
Volume containing heraldic and historical works.
Volume containing, in part, brief biographies of men who were, or who were claimed to have been, Scottish authors (folios 6-8, 11, 12-16 verso, 30-39, 51 verso-54).
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.
Volume containing manuscripts of miscellaneous early poems of Lord Byron., 1807-1811.
Volume containing miscellaneous copies, in a 17th-century hand, of documents concerning the affairs of the Church of Scotland.
Volume containing notes and speeches on some questions debated in the Theological and Belles Lettres Society, in the hand of William Lothian, Minister of Canongate Church, Edinburgh.
At the end of the volume are additional notes on the `Value and Proportion of Ancient and Modern Coins` and `Signification and Use of some Words` extracted from Johnson`s English Dictionary.
A scrap of paper (pages 201-202) containing draft notes of the debate on polygamy (pages 102-106) which was found loosely enclosed between pages 106 and 107 has been tipped in after page 200.
Volume containing notes compiled by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1833, or after.
Volume containing notes, copies and extracts from manuscripts and documents, together with a few extracts from printed books, collected between about 1709 (folio 15) and about 1717 (folio 230 verso), many of the entries, which include a number of genealogies, relating to persons, families and places in Fife.
Volume containing notes from the inventory of writs compiled about 1700 of lands belonging to the family of Fleming, Earls of Wigtown (folio 3) and to the family of Fleming of Bord (folio 18) made by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire, in order to illustrate the pedigree of the Flemings and their estates in the county., 1841.
Only a few leaves have been used: folios 15-17 and all after folio 18 are blank.
Volume containing notes on the Law of Scotland taken by John Riddell from lectures given by David Hume, Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, afterwards Baron of the Exchequer., 1806-1807.
The notes appear on the rectos of the leaves; most of the versos are blank; those as far as folio 34 verso contain inchoate genealogical notes apparently by Riddell on various Scottish and English families. His incorrect pagination has been ignored. A few leaves at the end of the volume are torn out.
Volume containing papers concerning peerages attainted after the 1715 and 1745 Rebellions., 1818-1829.
Volume containing philosophical works.
The volume contains, ‘Theses Æthicae’ (page1); ‘De Philosophia ejusque divisione in speculativam et practicam’ (page 7); ‘Theses Physicae’ (page 693).
Volume containing prayers and meditations., 18th century.
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.
Volume containing printed papers in peerage cases, in several of which Riddell was involved., 1782-1843.
A few letters and other manuscript papers are bound in following the printed papers to which they relate.
Volume containing the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda and other poems, written by Jonas Egilson.
Volume containing two descriptions by the Scottish author David Buchanan (?1595-?1652): `Provinciae Edinburgenae Descriptio` and `Edinburgi Descriptio`, possibly written in his own hand.
Volume containing watercolour sketches, photographs, maps and geological notes of John Francis Campbell, recording a visit he made to North America in the autumn of 1864., 1864.
The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.
The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.