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Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2835-2878
Dates:
19th century.
Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9310-9315
Scope and Contents
The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.
Dates:
1779-1884.
Material collected by Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, Lyon King of Arms, supplementary to the work of his father, Archibald Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame, ‘The Swintons of that Ilk and their Cadets’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.350A-B
Dates:
1814, 1883, 1927-1929.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
File
Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents
This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates:
17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.
‘The Ogilvies of Boyne’ by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (Aberdeen, 1933), containing inserts; with further letters and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21248-21249
Dates:
1719, 1929-1933, undated.