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Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.278-318

Dates

  • Creation: 18th century-19th century.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

41 Volumes

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1928, with Ch.61-63 and a collection of pamphlets relating to Jacobitism in the Department of Printed Books, by Walter Biggar Blaikie’s daughters, Miss Margaret Blaikie and Miss Alice Blaikie, as a memorial of their father.

Bibliography

Several of these manuscripts are printed in “Origins of the ’Forty-five”, edited by Walter Biggar Blaikie, in ‘Publications of the Scottish History Society’, 2nd series, volume ii (Edinburgh, 1916).
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

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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