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Correspondence and other papers chiefly of the Scotts of Raeburn.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1154
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Correspondence, 1660-1822, of the Scotts of Raeburn (MS.2889);

Correspondence, accounts and other papers, [?1698-?1853], chiefly of the Scotts of Raeburn (MS.2890).

Dates: [1660-1853.]

Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.67
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Receipt, 1575, of Archebault Betun (Archibald Bethune), an archer of the French King`s Scots Guard (Ch.872);Account, 17 February 1552, of the provisions supplied to the Royal Household at Amboise. Includes a translation (Ch.2059); Bill, 1553, concerning expenses of the French royal household (Ch.2593);Holograph poems, [1931, or before]; and, 'The secret of the heather ale', a tale, 1892, by Neil Munro. (MS.816);...
Dates: 1552-[1931, or before].

Microfilm of Balcarres papers.

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.209-212

Microfilm of correspondence and other papers of, or associated with, Robert Burns.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1171
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Correspondence and poems, [?1787-?1795], of Robert Burns (MS.15951); Fragments of the autobiographical letter, 1787, of Robert Burn to Dr John Moore (MS.15952);Letters, poems, accounts, etc., 1783-1796, undated, of Robert Burns, collected by William Finlay Watson, mounted in an album titled 'Burns MSS' (MS.586);   Letters, etc., late 18th century-early 19th century, associated with Robert Burns, collected by William Finlay Watson....
Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.

Microfilm of papers of William and James Chisholme concerning the Trout Hall and other sugar plantations in Jamaica, consisting chiefly of accounts for provisions sent to Jamaica and for sugar from the plantation sold in England.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.907
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Papers, 1747-1798 (MS.5464);

Papers, 1799-1804 (MS.5465);

Papers, [?1747-?1812] (MS.5466).

Dates: [?1747-?1812].

Microfilm of various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.

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Identifier: MS.17887 [Mf.MSS.184]
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) MS.E 111. Accounts of General Henry Fletcher as colonel of the 35th Regiment with his agents Gray and Ogilvie (later Ross and Ogilvie), 1775-1794 and 1794-1798;(ii) MS.B 83. Labourers' wages, 1750-1765;(iii) MS.C 203. Cottars' book, 1780-1802, detailing rents and repairs;(iv) MS.C 204. List of letters received by Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, November 1755-April 1764, with (inverted) a list of prints;...
Dates: 1750-1802.