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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates: 1805-1845.

Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.12
Scope and Contents The principal works are:(i) Copy of ‘Genealogical Account of the Family of Maclean from its first settlement in the Island of Mull and parts adjacent’, undated (folio 2). An earlier version, dated 1716, which corresponds more or less with folios 2-10 of the present manuscript, appears among Walter Macfarlane`s ‘Genealogical Collections’, Adv.MS.35.4.8, volume I, page 175.(ii) Descriptions of several Western Isles (Lewis, Skye, Iona, Tiree etc.) by various authors,...
Dates: 1532-18th century, and undated.

Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.20768
Dates: 16th century-1914, undated.

Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.251
Scope and Contents

Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.

Dates: 1648-20th century.

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Correspondence. 13
Drafts. Documents. 9
Manuscripts. 9
Notes. 9
Letters. Correspondence. 8
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Documents. 6
Photographs. 6
Typescripts. 6
Notebooks. 5
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 5
Speeches. Documents. 5
Accounts. 4
Articles. 4
Lectures. 4
Poetry. 4
Account books. 3
Excerpts. 3
Maps. Cartographic materials. 3
Microfilms. 3
Publications. 3
Transcripts 3
Anecdotes. 2
Autobiographies. 2
Calculations. 2
Cashbooks. 2
Essays. 2
Genealogies. 2
Legal documents. 2
Letter books. 2
Reports 2
Reviews. Document genre 2
Sermons 2
Sketches. 2
Annotations. 1
Bankbooks. 1
Bibliographies. 1
Biographies. 1
Business records. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Certificates 1
Claims. Legal documents. 1
Coats of arms. devices (symbols). 1
Commonplace books. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Cookbooks. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Estate records. 1
Exercise books. 1
Fair copies. 1
Family papers. 1
Financial records. 1
Fragments. 1
Histories. 1
Illuminated manuscripts. 1
Inventories. 1
Lecture notes. 1
Lists. 1
Liturgy. 1
Magazines. periodicals. 1
Memoirs. 1
Memoranda Book. 1
Memorandums. Legal documents. 1
Minutes of agreement. Legal instruments. 1
Minutes. Administrative records. 1
Obituaries. 1
Offprints. 1
Pamphlets. 1
Passports. 1
Photocopies. 1
Pocket books. 1
Portraits. 1
Prayers 1
Prefaces. 1
Printed materials. Object genre. 1
Prints. Visual works. 1
Proofs. Printed matter. 1
Proofs. printed matter 1
Registers (lists). 1
Research notes. 1
Reviews. Document genre. 1
Rules. Instructions. 1
Scrapbooks 1
Scripts. Documents 1
Scrolls. Information artefacts. 1
Sederunts. Administrative records 1
Snapshots. 1
Songs. Musical compositions. 1
Stats. Copies. 1
Theses. 1
Transcriptions. Documents. 1
Translations. Documents. 1
Travel journals. 1
Treatises. 1
Wills. 1
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Language
English 9
Undetermined 8
German 1
Multiple languages 1
Swedish 1
 
Names
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1