Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Two autograph copies of the Countess of Minto's will, February 1829 (folio 1); (ii) Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's will and codicils, with related papers and memoranda, 1852, 1858, largely in his own hand (folio 8); (iii) Autograph will of Lady Harriet Elliot, sister of the 2nd Earl, and other papers relating to the settlement of her estate, 1825 (folio 43); (iv) Correspondence and papers, 1825, relating to the marriage settlement of Lady Catherine Elliot...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The volumes consist of manuscripts compiled by John Gray, minister of Aberlady (who bequeathed his library and a sum of money to the town of Haddington) (MSS 16446-16467), other manuscript volumes written by Gray and by others, which were certainly or possibly in his possession (MSS 16468-16478), and volumes containing records of the Gray Library 1732-1885 (MSS.16479-16482).Printed labels identifying the volumes as manuscripts were pasted to the spines of most of them apparently...

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The property was sold by Patrick Chalmers’ son Patrick (died 1854) in 1834 and correspondence and papers regarding the sale are included.

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Includes: burgess ticket of Haddington, 1823; his passports, 1827, 1845; and will of John Laurie, 1861.

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An inventory is available.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Will of the 9th Marquess of Tweeddale and papers concerning the executry of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, 1874-1876 (folio 1);(ii) Birth certificate, 1886, of Lord Arthur Vincent Hay (folio 28);(iii) Printed election addresses, 1865, 1868, of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale to the electors of Taunton and East Lothian (folio 29);(iv) Official papers, 1890-1898, of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale as Lord High...

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These documents relate to Professor Traill`s family the Traills of Tirlot in Orkney, his daughter`s family, the Omonds, and the Grahams of Breckness and Gorthie.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...

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The notebooks serve more as an assortment of information - notes, press cuttings and documentary evidence, such as copies of wills - to be used in the preparation of the specific entries of the dictionary, than as a considered manuscript. In many cases only the heading of the name of the poet has been entered.

None of the volumes has an index.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers provide a very full and extensive record of the political and public career of Lady Tweedsmuir, particularly of Scottish politics from 1945 to 1974, and of foreign policy in the early 1970s in her areas of responsibility as Minister of State, for example, the 'Cod War' dispute with Iceland. Business papers include some relating to her directorship of the transatlantic Cunard Line, and the construction and launching of RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’. Some papers of Lord Tweedsmuir,...

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Copy of the will, 1663, of the Earl of Teviot (folio 1);

(ii) Financial papers, 1663-1672 (folio 3).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts, 1663-1680, of the Duke of Lauderdale with Sir William Sharp (folio 1);(ii) Accounts, 1677-1678, of debts due by the Duke of Lauderdale (folio 47);(iii) Memoranda, 1666, concerning the marriage contract between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, with a copy of the discharge, 1668, by the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale to the 2nd Marquess and Lady Mary Maitland (folio 57);(iv) Papers,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Most of these papers consist of titles and estate papers relating to the lands of Carntyne and Shettleston in Glasgow. They are particularly important for the history of the colliery at Westmuir from the death of John Gray of Carntyne in 1796 until that of his grandson, the Rev John Hamilton Gray, in 1867, but there is material from both before, and in particular from after that period. Robert Gray (d.1833) was a resident landowner, and an enthusiastic coalmaster. Though not all the Westmuir...

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Seven documents:

will, 1807, of Roderick Mackinnon

two letters, 1838, of Major Macdonald, 93rd Highlanders, in Halifax, Nova Scotia

furlough, 1835, containing physical description of John Mackinnon

pay list, 1839, of a recruiting party at Stornoway

discharge certificate, 1842, of John Mackinnon

certificate of pledge, 1849, of the Marine Temperance Society of New York.

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Although with the Paul Papers through the family connection with the Erskine Murrays these papers are to be considered complementary to the Erskine Murray Papers.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was a poet and literary critic. The papers in this subseries contain a volume of letters of Coleridge to John Murray [II] and a folder of typescript transcriptions of some of these letters. In addition, there is a copy of the will of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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Including:

1. documents, 1855-1862, concerning the Reverend David Cairns

2. lectures, 1911-1941, of the Reverend Dr William T Cairns, on church history

3. 28 letters, 1944-1948, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie to Alison Cairns, on her own writings and Saltire Society activities.