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Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1076-1077
Dates:
1808-1813.
Microfilm of papers, 1592-1654, of Sir James Balfour; and, sermons, 1660, of Presbyterian preachers.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.361
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
“Order of King Charles’ entering Edinburghe in stait at ye vest porte, and his march trough the towne to Holyrood House 15 Junij 1633”, and notes on other ceremonies, by Sir James Balfour, in his own handwriting (Adv.MS.15.2.17);Notes, 1592-1606, of Sir James Balfour on the order of court dignitaries on ceremonial occasions. (Adv.MS.15.2.18);Collection of sermons, 1660, by Presbyterian preachers (Adv.MS.15.2.20);Commonplace...
Dates:
1592-1660.
Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.3.26-23.3.30
Scope and Contents
The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...
Dates:
1639-1789.