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Microfilm and photographic slide copies of the correspondence, papers and drawings of James Bruce of Kinnaird.
Microfilm copy of a letter of Marcel Proust to C. K. Scott Moncrieff, and of two letters of Robert Proust to J. M. Scott Moncrieff.
Microfilm of a notebook of Alexander Main, containing copies of letters to him from George Eliot and G H Lewes.
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Microfilm of catalogues of the library of Andrew Fletcher, 1st quarter of 18th century, and part of the library of Saltoun Hall, [after 1716]; and, copies of correspondence, 1821-1826, of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826).
The contents are as follows:
Copies of correspondence, 1821-1826, of Athanase J L Jourdan (Adv.MS.23.3.20);
Alphabetical catalogue, [after 1716], of 'Libri Politici et Iuridici', being part of the library at Saltoun (MS.17862);
Catalogue, early 18th century, of his books by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, the Patriot (MS.17863).
Microfilm of chiefly letters of and to James Robert Hope-Scott.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
Microfilm of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.
Microfilm of copies of letters to the Admiralty, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in Chief of the North American Station.
Microfilm of copies of letters written by John Rennie to Joshua Walker and Company of Rotherham, who supplied the iron for Southwark Bridge
Microfilm of copies of private letters, 4 August 1824-24 December 1827, of Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of copies of secret orders and letters issued and received by Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.
Microfilm of copies, possibly 1831-1841, of letters, 1831-1841, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey’s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834.
The contents are as follows:
Copies, possibly 1831-1832, of letters, February 1831-April 1832 (Adv.MS.9.1.8);
Copies, possibly 1832-1833, of letters, April 1832-May 1833 (Adv.MS.9.1.9);
Copies, possibly 1833-1841, of letters, May 1833-November 1841 (Adv.MS.9.1.10).
Microfilm of correspondence and copies of letters of the 1st Earl of Minto to Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1810-1812, of the 1st Earl of Minto with Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty (MS.11692);
Copies of letters, 1810-1813, of the 1st Earl of Minto to Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty (MS.11693).
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Microfilm of correspondence of the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto.
Microfilm of correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, being chiefly letters, dispatches and enclosures from Francis Drake, Envoy at Munich, concerning the affairs of Bavaria and Württemburg, with copies of Drake's dispatches to the Foreign Secretary.
Microfilm of Glenriddell Manuscripts: copies of poems, letters, etc., of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
The contents are as follows:
Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);
Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).
Microfilm of inventory of jewellery belonging to Queen Anne of Denmark.
Microfilm of letter of Sir Walter Scott to George Canning, on placing Scott’s nephew in India; with copy reply.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
The contents are as follows:
Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);
Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).