Transcripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written, printed, or typed copies of an original text or of words originally spoken, such as of court proceedings, broadcasts, or oral histories. Transcripts are extremely accurate copies with any editorial explanations or notations clearly distinguished from the original, including indications of misspellings or editorial omissions. For less formal copying, or for short documents or single words such as in a vocabulary, use "transcriptions."
Found in 618 Collections and/or Records:
Letter written for James V, signed 'Jehan', i.e. John, Duke of Albany, as Regent, stating that Margaret Mure of Rowallane has been discharged payment of the rent of the lands of Stewarton, until the king comes of age., 1517.
Item
Identifier: MS.6138, folios 10-11
Scope and Contents
A modern transcript is included.
Dates:
1517.
Letters and a holograph manuscript of Thomas Campbell, with transcripts and portraits., [1806, or before], 1829, 1844.
File
Identifier: MS.3398
Scope and Contents
Contains a letter to Jeffrey, 1829, recommending Miss Crumpe, the novelist; another letter, 1844; and holograph manuscript of 'Ye Mariners of England', differing slightly from the earliest and final versions.
Dates:
[1806, or before], 1829, 1844.
Letters and papers of the family of Campbell of Inverawe.
File
Identifier: MS.1672
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters and papers are of the 17th century, and deal with the garrisoning of Lochaber and district, the payment of the garrisons, the patrolling of unruly neighbourhoods, and similar measures for the establishment and maintenance of law and order. There are several instructions signed by the Marquess of Argyll, and letters from him, one of which contains the command to fire Lord Ogilvy's Castle of Forther, if necessary, with further orders as to the disposition of his goods and...
Dates:
1639-1837, undated.
Letters and papers of the Fothringhams of Powrie, the 4th Earl of Perth, and the Blairs of Balthayock.
File
Identifier: MS.3288
Scope and Contents
The Blairs and Fothringhams were connected by marriage, and the Earl of Perth had dealings with the Blairs. Many of the letters are addressed to David Drummond, Advocate and Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, who looked after the Earl of Perth's affairs and may be the David Drummond as whose servant the Earl disguised himself when trying to escape in 1688.The contents are as follows.(i) Letters written by Sir Alexander Fothringham of Powrie to his mother, Lady Blair...
Dates:
1632-1786, undated.
Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.
File
Identifier: MS.3134
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous letters. Among the writers are:
The Earl of Mar, to Sir George Bowes, Marshal of Berwick, 1579 (number 1);
Edward Kellie, Receiver and Director of Music of the Chapel Royal, on arrangements made by him for services in Holyrood, 1632 (number 3); printed in Charles Rogers, ‘History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland’ (Grampian Club, 1882), page clxvi;
Nicolas Briot, making recommendations regarding the copper coinage of Scotland, 1631...
Dates:
1579-1844.
Letters and papers on various subjects., 1575-1824, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3135
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Discharge of Andro Hart, printer, to Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, 1592 (folio 1);(ii) Discharge of Robert Brysone, printer and bookseller, and Evan Tyler, printer, to Mr George Halyburton for liturgies delivered to the Chapel Royal, Edinburgh, 1637 (folio 2);(iii) Letter of the Earl of Mar to Thomas Kennedy, Lord Advocate of Scotland, demanding an immediate report on the presence of a French ship near Inverkeithing, 1714...
Dates:
1575-1824, undated.
Letters and typed transcripts of letters of Edward Ellice (died 1863) to Joseph Parkes., 1831-1863, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15044-15046
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In most cases, correspondence of father and son cannot be separated, so a general description is given for each file, which may contain correspondence of one or the other, or both.
The correspondence has not been dated in detail. The dates indicated are based on the dates of the lives of Edward Ellice and his son.
Dates:
1831-1863, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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General correspondence of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and his son Edward Ellice (died 1880), chiefly concerning political and public affairs, including a number of copies or drafts of replies of the Ellices.
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General correspondence of Edward Ellice (died 1862) and his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) with Joseph Parkes.
Letters, chiefly of and to Viscount Melville.
File
Identifier: MS.7199
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Twenty-seven letters, 1798-1799, of Sir J T Duckworth to General Sir Charles Stuart, and four letters, 1798-1799, of Lord Keith to General Stuart (folio 1);(ii) Two letters, 1803-1804, of Hugh Elliot to Sir John Acton (folio 49);(iii) Eight letters, 1804, of Admiral Lord Alan Gardner to Viscount Melville (folio 54);(iv) Letter, 1795, of George III to Viscount Melville (folio 71); printed in John Holland Rose,...
Dates:
1793-1808.
Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and miscellaneous papers concerning him.
Series
Identifier: MS.23141(i)-(ii)
Dates:
19th century-mid 20th century, undated.
‘Letters from Sir Walter Scott to the Shortreeds’, i.e. to Robert Shortreed, Sheriff-Substitute of Roxburghshire, and his family., 1793-1831.
File
Identifier: MS.856
Scope and Contents
The letters are almost all transcripts. They are mostly in the autograph of Andrew Shortreed, son of the Sheriff-Substitute, and are accompanied by explanatory notes and a covering letter (folio 8) with which he sent them to John Gibson Lockhart in 1837. They include a letter of Sir Walter Scott to Charles Kerr, 1794 (folio 13), one of John Elliot Shortreed, 1831 (folio 68), and a poem, ‘Head and Tail’ ascribed to Scott (folio 74).
Dates:
1793-1831.
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 of Sir Walter Scott.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames Davenport-Davies; including miscellaneous material concerning the life, letters and works of Scrope Berdmore Davies., 1810-2003.
File
Identifier: MS.43423
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically, with miscellaneous material ordered at the end of the sequence..Letter of Richard Alfred Davenport to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;Letters of Margaret Davidson to Lord Byron, 1812-1816: folios 3-6;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to Lord Byron, 1809-1818 and undated: folios 7-32;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Murray II, 1836: folios...
Dates:
1810-2003.
Letters of and concerning David Livingstone., 1792-1872, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10707-10710
Dates:
1792-1872, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
Letters of and concerning Francis C Kinchant, Cornet, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys); with press-cuttings concerning the reinternment in Edinburgh of Charles Ewart, also of the 2nd Dragoons., 1815-1938.
File
Identifier: MS.15385, folios 1-66
Scope and Contents
NOTE S&C
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letter, 23 October 1813, of Philip Hunt to his sister, enclosing a recipe for a cure, known as ‘The Chelsea pensioner’, for gout and rheumatism and also enquiring after ‘Miss Kinchant’ (folio 1);
(ii) Letters of Francis Kinchant (folio 4);
(iii) Copy of a letter, 1817, describing the death of Kinchant at Waterloo (folio 14);
(iv) Correspondence and notes, 1894, 1910, 1917, of Vivian McLaughlin and Major-General J C Kinchant concerning Francis...
Dates:
1815-1938.
Letters of and to Edwin Muir., 1924-1958.
File
Identifier: MS.19671
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to Edwin Muir, 1936-1958 (folio 1); (ii) Transcripts of letters of Muir to Sydney Schiff ('Stephen Hudson') on literary topics, 1924-1939 (folio 14).
Dates:
1924-1958.
Letters of celebrities, some accompanied by transcripts (not wholly accurate), notes, printed matter, and portraits.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3390-3399
Dates:
1745-1852, undated.
Letters of Joseph Hume, MP, with transcripts and a newspaper-cutting., 1822-1852.
File
Identifier: MS.3397
Letters of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Lord John Russell on parliamentary reform, with transcripts., 1851.
File
Identifier: MS.3238
Letters of Sir Charles Maitland to his mother, with related material., 1854-1855.
File
Identifier: MS.6294, folios 157-286
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the Crimean War, describing Sir Charles Maitland's journey to Sebastopol, the actions in which he took part, and his convalescence after being wounded. There is a rough plan of the battle of Balaclava at folio 226 verso. At folio 281 is a letter, 1855, from General Sir George Higginson to Maitland. Some of the letters are incomplete, and each is followed by a typed transcript.
Dates:
1854-1855.
Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Archibald Constable, with associated correspondence, and transcripts of letters of Scott and Constable.
File
Identifier: MS.23117
Dates:
1800-1827.
‘Letters of Sir Walter Scott to various parties, chiefly transcripts, 1793-1832’., 1793-1832.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.851-852
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These letters are mostly copies, many of them in the autograph of the person to whom the letter was written and others (chiefly in MS.854) in the hand of Sophia Lockhart, and were apparently in the main sent to John Gibson Lockhart for use when he was writing his ‘Life of Scott’. Some are accompanied by letters or biographical notes by the transcriber.
Dates:
1793-1832.
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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Letters of Sir Walter Scott.
Letters of Teresa Guiccioli; and letter of Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton (later Seymour) to Lord Byron., 1816-1859, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43430
Scope and Contents
The correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.
Letter in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli and signed by Lord Byron to Francesco Aglietti, 1823, with photocopy, transcription and a translation of same, undated: folios 1-6;Letter in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli and signed by Lord Byron to Leopoldo Cicognara, 1822: folios 7-8;Letters of Teresa Guiccioli (later Marquise de Boissy) to John Murray III with a related note,...
Dates:
1816-1859, undated.
Letters of W B Yeats to Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1907-1935.
File
Identifier: MS.9331
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of twelve holograph letters and three signed typewritten letters with some manuscript corrections. Each letter has a typewritten transcript.In the letters Yeats discusses his work in the Irish theatre, Irish politics, English literature, and his own poetry, as well as more trivial and personal matters.
A description of one of Yeats's visits to Edinburgh, circa 1919, when he stayed with the Grierson family, may be found in a series of the letters of Mrs...
Dates:
1907-1935.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Grey, E. to Grieve., 1781-1947.
File
Identifier: MS.40487
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Grey, Edward.Speech and envelope, 1914, of Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Falloden, relating to Mexico. Annotations by Edward Grey and later, 1947, by Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank. Folios 1-4.Grey, G.M.Visiting card, undated, of G M Grey. Folio 5.Grey, George.Letters, 1860, 1869, 1871 and 1887, of Sir George Grey to...
Dates:
1781-1947.
Letters to Sir Sidney Colvin, relating chiefly to Robert Louis Stevenson.
File
Identifier: MS.3355
Scope and Contents
Each letter is accompanied by a typed transcript.
Dates:
1895-1934, undated.
Letters to Sir Walter Scott, [?1825]-1828, with other documents, concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte., 1789-1828.
File
Identifier: MS.886
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Paris describing incidents in the Revolution, 1789 and 1793 (folio 145); facsimiles and transcripts of letters and documents, 1797-1813, in the Swedish Archives relating to Bernadotte (folio 43); and accounts of Napoleon's voyage to St Helena and captivity there.
Dates:
1789-1828.
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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Material for the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott.
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Letters to Sir Walter Scott, with other documents, chiefly concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte.