Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence relating to the raising of Canadian troops for imperial service, 1885 (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion, 1885-1894. This includes material concerning the events of the rebellion itself, and later correspondence and printed historical notes on Sir Frederick Middleton's part in the campaign. For an account of the background to the sentencing and execution of Louis Riel, see MS.12507 (folio 51); (iii)...

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The 4th Earl of Minto's main preoccupations were with the raising of a voyageur force for service in Egypt, the employment of Canadian forces in the imperial service, and the rebellion of Louis Riel in the North-West in which he was personally involved.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The collection consists largely of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century correspondence. The chief correspondents are the members of the family most active in public life, and their letters are on the whole more concerned with public than with personal affairs, though there is some discussion of family matters in the seventeenth-century letters. The most important and extensive correspondence is that of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, which dates from 1660 to 1697, and covers most of his...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Copy of the address of the Presbyterian (Seceder) Synod of Ireland to the Chief Secretary, 10 April 1806 (folio 1); (ii) Copy of 'Resolutions respecting the Military of Ireland' by Henry Brooke Parnell (folio 3); (iii) Memorandum and copy of a letter concerning titles, ?1806 (folio 13); (iv) Papers, March-June 1807, concerning William Elliot's Chief Secretaryship fees and private account (folio 23); (v) Notes of William Elliot on the 'Suspension Bill',...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's refusal to sign the Punjab colonisation bill, 1906-1907, with a memorandum for Lord Morley on legislation required for the Punjab Canal Colonies, 1910 (folio 1); (ii) Memoranda concerning legal training for junior members of the Indian Civil Service, 1907, and universal primary education in India, 1910, and a report on the work of the Indian Students' Department in London, 1913 (folio 18); (iii) Papers concerning...

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The volume contains minutes of club meetings at the Thatched House Tavern, 1789-1798 (folio 1), and rules, resolutions and lists of members (folio 80).

Scope and Contents The contents include: A letter, 1562, of William Maitland of Lethington to the Earl of Leicester, expressing his wish for continued friendship between Elizabeth and Mary (folio 1); A letter, 1581, of the Jesuit, William Crichton, describing his efforts to have James VI brought up as a Catholic (folio 6); A letter, 1621, of Michael Drayton to William Drummond of Hawthornden, published in ‘The library’, 5th series, volume xxi (1966), pages 328-330 (folio 21); Short Latin poems by Andrew...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The collection consists largely of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century correspondence. The chief correspondents are the members of the family most active in public life, and their letters are on the whole more concerned with public than with personal affairs, though there is some discussion of family matters in the seventeenth-century letters. The most important and extensive correspondence is that of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, which dates from 1660 to 1697, and covers most of his...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Summary of the principal measures during the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-November 1908 (folio 1); (ii) Letter and resolution concerning the revision of the rules for sanctioning expenditure from Indian revenue, 1908 (folio 52); (iii) Papers relating to alterations in budget procedure, 1908 (folio 59); (iv) Principal events affecting the Finance Department, 1906-1909, chiefly relating to the gold standard, currency, and excise (folio 76); (v)...