Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1-67
Scope and Contents
Contains also some copies of replies or of draft replies.
Dates
- Creation: 1760-1838.
Extent
69 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The letters and documents were formerly preserved at Melville Castle, Midlothian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 1924, 1926-1927.
Separated Materials
For other Melville papers, see MSS.351-3544, 640-642, 653, 1041-1079.
Bibliography
The letters and documents have been extensively used in Holden Furber, 'Henry Dundas' (Oxford, 1931), and a few of the letters are printed in George William Thomson Omond, 'Arniston memoirs' (Edinburgh, 1887).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- 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
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk