Letters, chiefly of the first two Viscounts Melville and other Dundases.
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters appear to have been addressed to John Wauchope, Writer to the Signet. Those of the 1st Viscount Melville are mainly drafts. The letters deal, among other matters, with family affairs, Scottish politics and appointments, the defence of Scotland, the affairs of the sons of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and work done by Sir Francis Chantrey. Other papers include a draft petition in the name of the Scottish Representative Peers against the Bill for abolishing their election, 1719; a poem of Ebenezer Elliott; fragments in the hand of De Quincey; and letters of the Reverend Alexander Carlyle, Lord Brougham, Dr Chalmers, and Lord Jeffrey.
Dates
- Creation: 1719, 1771-1820, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
83 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
83 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1950, by the Trustees of the Sir William Fraser Trust.
- 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
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