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Letters and papers, chiefly of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.4

Scope and Contents

Much of the correspondence is personal or concerns Anderson`s historical work, but some is of a legal or financial nature. Folios 154-158 consist of invitations to funerals.

Dates

  • Creation: 1684-1731, and undated.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (viii + 158 folios. Folio and under.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

The manuscript has the bookplate of James Maidment.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Related Materials

For other papers of James Anderson, see Adv.MSS.29.1.2(i)-29.1.2(viii)

Bibliography

The following letters have been published by James Maidment in ‘Analecta Scotica’ (Edinburgh, 1834, 1837): Louis de France (folio 1), 2nd Series, page 263; James Hodges (folio 41), 1st Series, page 255; James Anderson to Sir Richard Steele (folio 119), 1st Series, page 18.
The letter of the Duke of Argyll (folio 24) was published by Maidment in ‘Argyle Papers’ (Edinburgh, 1834).
The `Answers to Captain Slezer`s queries` (folio 10) was published by J H Stevenson in ‘Heraldry in Scotland’ (Glasgow, 1914), ii, pages 448-451.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
03 07 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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