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Harry A Cockburn, ‘An account of the Friday Club ... with notes on certain other social clubs in Edinburgh', in ‘Book of the Old Edinburgh Club’, volume iii (Edinburgh, 1910), identifies Robert Fergusson, writer, and William Brodie, wright, whose applications are on folios 62 and 124, with the poet and celebrated Deacon of the Wrights. On folio 103 verso, there is a short English poem in the hand of Robert Fergusson.

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Applicants are of a variety of professions and classes of society.

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Contains petitions and other documents relating to:

(i) The opposition to the Malt Tax, 1724-1725 (folios 1, 10);

(ii) The prohibition of the importation of foreign starch, [?1705] (folio 8);

(iii) The spread of Roman Catholicism in Scotland, 1723 (folio 13);

(iv) The call of the Magistrates and Kirk Session of Aberdeen to Mr James Chalmers (apparently the subsequent Professor of Divinity), [?I725] (folio 14).

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The volume includes letters of Sir Archibald Alison, 1844-1846, Thomas Chalmers, 1814-1845, Lord Cockburn, 1850-1854. Sir William Jardine, 1829-1852, Francis Jeffrey, 1805-1849, Sydney Smith, 1810-1826, letters, 1812-1835, of and to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, and letters, 1828-1835, to William Aird Thomson from other ministers with petitions, 1835, from some parishes on his proposed election as Moderator of the General Assembly.

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Concerning applications for licences to perform at Perth.

With two associated manuscript petitions, a printed proposal, and two playbills.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous papers, 1647-1781, consisting chiefly of letters and orders addressed to William Farquharson of Inverey by Middleton and others, in connection with the Royalist campaign in Scotland, 1647-1656. 'Archaeologia Scotia', volume v, appendix, page 57. (Folio 1.)(ii) Orders of General Monck relating to Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy and the McNabs, 1654-1655, with modern transcripts, and a chaplain's commission given to...

Scope and Contents The volume is entitled ‘Staite bussines for the yeirs 1609, 1610 & 1611. Reg. Ja. 6’, and is marked ‘Denmilne 18’ and ‘A.2. 40’.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of the Privy Council of Scotland (in a full meeting) to James VI after the holding by the King’s directions of ‘a convention of the Estates for the advancement of the trew ancient apostolick faith presenttie professit in this Kingdom and for suppressing the adversaris thaisof’ ‘which convention wes...

Scope and Contents The volume is entitled ‘Staite bussines for the yeires 1612 & 1613’, and is marked ‘A.2.41’.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Sir Thomas Hamilton to John Murray of Dundrennan, one of the Grooms of the King’s Bedchamber, concerning a dispute between Murray and John Maxwell. Dated Edinburgh, 11 March 1612. Printed in ‘Melros papers’ (Abbotsford Club, 1837), volume i, page 87.(ii) Letter of Sir Thomas Hamilton to James VI on various matters: the...

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The letters are chiefly to James VI and John Murray.

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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.

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The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

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The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

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Inserted at the beginning is an account of the circumstances in which Sir Walter Scott wrote this statement.

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The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).

Scope and Contents A collection copied by various hands without sufficient accuracy, possibly for Matthew Crawford.The contents are as follows: (i) Letter, 3 May 1582, of Sir John Foster to Secretary Walsingham. (ii) Advertisement out of Scotland, 22 June 1582. (iii) Letter, 20 August 1582, of the Queen of England to the King of Scotland. (iv) Depositions of George Douglas sent the 14 September from Stirling, and received the 20 September at Windsor. ‘Septr. 28 1582’. (v) The heads whereof George...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Notarial copy of the proceedings in the case of the magistrates of Elgin v the Procurator of the Church of Scotland, 1713. (Folio 1.)(ii) 'Memorial concerning the opposition offered by the Bank of England to the draught of a warrant for a charter to incorporate the proprietors of the Scots Equivalent Debentures', 1719. (Folio 12.)(iii) Correspondence, 1719, of the Lord Advocate, Sir David Dalrymple, on the prosecution of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...

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Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.