Depositions of witnesses concerning the lighting of beacons in Roxburghshire, 1804, by which a false alarm of a French invasion reached Jedburgh.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.23
Scope and Contents
An article from the ‘Jedburgh Gazette’, 7 July 1906, based on this material, is included (folio i).
Dates
- Creation: 1804.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 10 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1921 by Sydney Hilson, Procurator Fiscal of Jedburgh.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 09 07 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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk