Printed letters concerning Henry Erskine and a circular concerning Lord President Blair.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Three printed letters, 1795, concerning the re-election of the Honourable Henry Erskine as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates; with manuscript additions and alterations, and the first (for another copy of which see MS.351, folio 17) with the signatures of the following advocates: John Pringle, A Maconochie, Neil Fergusson, Ro. Craigie, Chas. Hope,
James Oswald, David Boyle (folio 1).
(ii) Circular, 1811, as to the erection of a statue of Lord President Blair in Parliament House, Edinburgh (folio 7.)
Dates
- Creation: 1795, 1811.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (7 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The letters were presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1912 by the trustees of Sir William Fraser, K.C.B.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 08 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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