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Volume of notes on Chinese language, customs, and other matters., written about 1855 by the late Dr Walter George Dickson, of Hongkong.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.51.5.19
Dates:
?1855.
Volume of notes taken down by a student at Glasgow University from lectures on the civil law delivered by John Millar of Milheugh, Professor of Civil Law from 1761 to 1801.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.28.6.8
Scope and Contents
The lectures, delivered in two courses between November 1777 and May 1778, appear to be those on the ‘Institutes’ of Justinian given by Millar to students in the first year of their legal studies. The first course, in 73 lectures (folios 1-88), gave an overview of the text, while the second, in 46 lectures, February-May 1777 (folios 89-292), studied the ‘Institutes’ in more detail.
The notes are in longhand, but with a few shorthand additions.
Dates:
1777-1778.
Volume of photographs of the early stages of the building of the Forth Bridge, 1888, with some later photographs and a watercolour of the completed bridge.
Series
Identifier: Dep.181-is now Acc.14382
Dates:
1888, and after.
Volume of photographs of the early stages of the building of the Forth Bridge, 1888, with some later photographs and a watercolour of the completed bridge.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14382
Dates:
1888, and after.
Volume of poetry, 1858-1862, of Corporal William Beattie Hadden, 42nd Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch), in India.
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Identifier: Acc.13781
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous poetry and other writings by William Beattie Hadden, Corporal in the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment (the Black Watch), Lucknow, March 1858. Contains poems on various subjects, many regarding the author`s home in Scotland, other on his acquaintances, reflections on life, and general thoughts and opinions, such as `Lines on leaving India`, and `Lines on woman`s virtue`. A later note from 1862 places Hadden in Dugshai [Dagshai], in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains, and...
Dates:
1858-1862
Volume of poetry by James Cargill, Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3326- is now MS.8931.
Dates:
post-1834.
Volume of poetry from the Dalkeith House Circle.
Item
Identifier: Acc.2007- is now MS.3814.
Dates:
1762-1782.
Volume of practicks.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.8
Scope and Contents
(i) `Practiques Observed By the Judicatories of the Kingdome of Scotland, According to the Municipal Lawes Sett ffurth By Sir Thomas Hope of Carse, Knight Advocat for his Majesty. Written by Charles Tais yor Writter in Perth. 20 December 1701`, i.e. ‘Minor Practicks’ by Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall. In the title ‘Carse` is scored through and ‘Craig Hall’ added in pencil. The confusion of father and son appears also in MS.5898(vii) (a volume which was compiled in 1682-1683 by James Blair of...
Dates:
1626-1639, 1701.
Volume of `Scotch and Irish Airs Collected and Written by Mr S... For the Violin andc`, copied by William Robertson.
Item
Identifier: Dep.194- is now Acc.8815.
Dates:
1811.
Volume of Scottish tunes (mainly for bagpipes), with possible variations, compiled by Maggie A Fletcher.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12380
Dates:
1896.
Volume of sermons, probably by Hary Inglis, of Exmagirdle.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11255
Dates:
1796-1799.
Volume of speeches, tracts and other papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.2
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Part of a speech to the English Parliament on the financial affairs of James I, probably by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, ?1610 (folio 1).(ii) Copy, dated 1613, of Salisbury`s speech to Parliament, 15 February 1610. For summaries, see ‘A Life of Robert Cecil’, pages 297-299, and ‘Parliamentary Debates in 1610’, pages 1-9 (folio 4).(iii) Notes on rumoured preparations by Catholic forces, by Mr Foster,...
Dates:
Late 16th century-17th century.
Volume of strathspeys, reels, jigs and hornpipes, for violin, once owned by Lewis H Millar, Musical Director, People`s Palace, Dundee.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12487
Dates:
circa 1880.
Volume of topographical surveys.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.13
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume (somewhat out of order) are as follows:(i) a report of a survey of Loch Broom made in July 1793 (folio 1);(ii) a report, addressed to John Rennie, of the survey of Loch Bay made in May 1793 by John Baine (folio 23) which was given in to the Highland Society; (iii) John Mackenzie`s letter, 1798, forwarding the reports (folio 53);(iv) a copy of a report by Thomas Telford to Nicholas Vansittart, then secretary of the...
Dates:
1793-1801.
Volume of transcripts and notes of and relating to James Thomson, made by an indentified Kelso enthusiast for Thomson, including transcripts of letters to his friend, Dr Cranstoun, biographical notes and queries, and printed reports of anniversary meetings of the Ednam Club to celebrate the poet`s birthday in 1812 and 1813.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13103
Dates:
1725-1827, and undated.
Volume of unpublished poetry by Henry Murray Scott, a relative of the 4th Duke of Atholl.
File
Identifier: Acc.13130
Scope and Contents
Three soft-cover notebooks, bound in one volume, containing poems, drafts of poems and some translations probably by Henry Murray Scott. The first notebook has entries dating from 31 October 1827 to 26 March 1828, some of the poems were written in Hanau, Germany, (page 1); the second notebook dates from 29 March to 14 November 1828 (page 90); the third notebook dates from 24 November 1828 to 26 June 1832 (page 156). The three notebooks are numbered and sequentially paginated, possibly by a...
Dates:
1827-1832.
Volume of verses, by various writers, all amateur and some possibly juvenile.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12706
Dates:
circa 1850.
Volume on knights and knighthood.
Item
Identifier: Acc.942- is now MS.2517.
Dates:
16th-17th century.
Volume One [Counties of Aberdeen to Berwick] of "Political State of Scotland 1788 and 1789" compiled by Lawrence Hill, Writer to the Signet, for William Adam of Blairadam.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10288
Dates:
circa 1789.
Volume one of copy, made for Thomas Innes, of the "Cartularium Ecclesiae Glasguensis".
Item
Identifier: Acc.9488- is now Mf.MSS.445
Dates:
18th century.
Volume one of "The Bell", manuscript magazine of the St James`s Young Men`s Literary Society, Leith.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9265
Dates:
1894.
Volume, stamped on the spine `Papers relating to Cromwell and the Regicides`, containing materials assembled by George Chalmers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.28
Scope and Contents
The date is given on folio 34 verso. The papers consist of:(i) notes and extracts relating to the history of Great Britain in the mid 17th century, in particular notes of treaties with other countries, 1654, and their provisions (folio 1), extracts from the Books of the Privy Council, 1660 (folio 7) and notes and extracts concerning the Regicides 1660-1662 (folio 12); (ii) a chronological list, compiled apparently about the same time, of treaties between...
Dates:
1792.
Volume two of Nathaniel Wraxell`s, `Journey into Scotland`.
Item
Identifier: Acc.1436- is now MS.3108.
Dates:
1813.