Volume containing a student's notes on twenty-nine lectures on conveyancing, delivered by Robert Bell, Writer to the Signet and advocate, lecturer in conveyancing to the Society of Writers to the Signet, 1793-1816.
File
Identifier: MS.9390
Scope and Contents
The manuscript can be dated circa 1796-1800 by internal references to contemporary cases, from the watermarks of the paper, and by comparison with Robert Bell's printed lectures.
Dates
- Creation: [?1796-?1800.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
277 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
277 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1956, by Basil C Skinner, Edinburgh.
Bibliography
The lecture notes give a fuller version of Robert Bell's lectures than his published ‘Outlines of the course of lectures on conveyancing established by the Society of Clerks to the Signet’ (Edinburgh, 1800).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk