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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Letters and papers of John Baird, shipmaster in Leith.
Consists of ships’ accounts, bills of lading, receipts for lighthouse dues, commercial correspondence, and legal documents. There are only 5 documents for 1720-1726.
Microfilm of family papers of the Grahams of Airth, notably of and concerning Charles Stirling, the estate of Ardoch Penn and Jamaica.
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.
The contents are as follows:
Papers, 1747-1798 (MS.5464);
Papers, 1799-1804 (MS.5465);
Papers, [?1747-?1812] (MS.5466).
Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.
Miscellaneous documents concerning Montrose and Angus, the Covenanters and other matters.
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to engineering.
Miscellaneous single items and small collections.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers, comprising charters of various families, from the archives of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the case of W W Ramsay, Library Assistant.
Photocopies of papers concerning the Omay family.
Comprising:
1. Paper, 1750, in a case between Duncan Omay of Kilchumkill and the 3rd Duke of Argyll
2. Letter and account, 1801, of John Forbes to Messrs Moddy and Omay, concerning collection of debts of a Scottish business in the United States
3. Letter, 1813, of Hector Macneill to Samuel Omay
4. 19 letters, 1813-1836, of John Galt to Samuel Omay.