Tables of contents.
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written apparently in or about 1666.
Copy of the statutes of the Order of the Garter in English, written probably in 1558, containing the statutes of Henry VIII, and of Mary and Philip, and a further statute, dated 12th of January in the first year of Elizabeth, added in another hand.
'Correspondence Book of the Academy of Physics, Edinburgh', number 14., 6 February-19 April 1798.
'Correspondence Book of the Academy of Physics, Edinburgh', number 15., 21 April 1798-6 December 1799.
Correspondence of Alexander Christie, Provost of Montrose, and other material relating to the affairs of the town, with discussions of Christie's religious and political views, copied by Christie.
The correspondents are mainly notables of Angus, divines, political thinkers, and merchants, and include Alexander Christie's brother William, the Unitarian writer, his son Thomas, the political writer, Sir David Carnegie, Baronet, George Dempster of Dunnichen, David Scott of Dunninald, the Reverend William Dalrymple (subject of "The Kirk's Alarm"), T F Palmer, the reformer, Robertson, the historian, and Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.
Culinary and medical recipes.
The recipes, which are both culinary and medical, are in several hands, and there are lists of the contents at the beginning and end of the volume. The initials M I M are stamped on the covers and written inside the front cover.
Customs book, to which has been added historical material relating to contemporary affairs in Scotland.
Defence of the doctrine and polity of Presbyterianism, in the form of a reply to the anonymous pamphlet by Dr George Hickes, Dean of Worcester, entitled ‘The spirit of Popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical Protestants’., Late 17th century.
The manuscript, which is written in different seventeenth-century hands, is divided into 17 'sections'.
Descriptive and historical account of the public records of Scotland, preceded by a contents list (folio i), written apparently in 1760 (folio 37) by William Tytler.
Dictionary of topics and terms used in English law, used for reference presumably by Francis Jeffrey whilst Lord Advocate., 1816.
The dictionary contains references to cases added in red. The hand is that of one W Simpson, whose signature dated 1816 is at folio i. A contents list has been added in another hand (folio iv).
Drafts and notes of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, for ‘Antient metaphysics’., 1794-[1799, or after.]
Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center., 1951-1973, undated.
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Drawings by John Claude Nattes, chiefly of Scottish scenes and buildings., 1780-1801, undated.
Eighteenth-century copy of selected General Orders by Field-Marshal George Wade, 1744, and the Duke of Cumberland, 1745-1748.
The Duke of Cumberland's orders are arranged chronologically under various subject headings, of which the most important are: 'General and Staff Officers', 'Forrage and Forragers', 'Camp Duty and Regulations', 'March of the Army', 'Detachment Guards', 'Picquets', 'Signals at a Review', 'Exercise and Firing', and 'Regulation of Colours'.
Essays, poems and other literary papers of the family of Paul., 1827-1893.
Robert Paul, manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, married Charlotte, the daughter of John Erskine of Cambus, advocate, in 1814. The connection of the Pauls with the Erskines of Alva, and later with the Erskine Murrays, remained strong, and the antiquarian interests of the Reverend Robert Paul, Free Church minister at Dollar, led him to examine many of the Erskine papers. Some of these remained with the Paul’s and now form part of the collection.
Excerpts concerning the Graham family, taken from papers in the Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh, and the Public Record Office, London.., 1599-1611.
Extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.
The manuscript consists of 30 pieces for lute, some dances, some song tunes, mostly Scottish, but including William Basse`s
`Hunter`s Career` (folios 18 verso-19). It includes an introduction giving a history of the original manuscript, some explanation of lute
tablature, and a list of the original contents.
Robert Gordon`s original manuscript is now lost.
Extracts by Lieutenant-General George Henry Hutton from a manuscript compiled mainly by John Smyth, a monk at Kinloss Abbey (folio 1), followed by a copy by Hutton of the description (in fact a list of contents) of the original (Harl.MS.2363) from ‘A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum’, volume II (folio 28).
Smyth`s manuscript appears to have been compiled from 1532 until his death in 1557 (several of the entries are undated): Hutton made his extracts about 1809, the date of the watermark of the leaves, and had them bound about 1824, the date of the watermark in the (blank) endpapers, Smyth`s manuscript appears to have consisted of fifteen items: Hutton appears to have copied the first seven and to have made extracts, some quite brief, from some of the remainder.
Five documents, bound in a volume, detailing the losses suffered on various parts of the Earl of Wigtown`s estates during the Civil War, 1643-1652.
Fragmentary manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of ‘The company I've kept’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [1966, or before.]
The papers include draft lists of contents (folio 1), an unpublished introduction (folio 5), the text of most of chapter 7, apparently intended as an article entitled 'Ezra Pound and the Curse of Usury' (folio 13), pages of a notebook on 'A.E.', the author George William Russell (folio 25), a corrected typescript of chapters 1-4 (folio 41), and proofs of the preliminary pages (folio 205).
Genealogical and historical material in the hand of Sir James Balfour.
Genealogies of European royalty and nobility.
The genealogies appear to have been compiled, partly from printed material, between 1582 and 1587, but have additional material, some of which is in German, up to 1613.
There is a list of contents on folio 111.
General order-book of Admiral Sir George Berkeley, January 1809-January 1811, concerning the everyday running of the squadron under his command., 1809-1811.
There are a number of formulas for different types of order, together with tables showing the recipients of these orders. At folios 1-4 are lists of Admiral Berkeley's order- and letter-books, and a contents-list of this manuscript.
'Illustrated music book', 'N[o] XX', of the daughters of James Douglas containing various songs chiefly in English., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
The volume is inscribed 'N[o] XX' on the upper cover, and the contents list is written inside the front cover.