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Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
Author's interleaved proof copy of ‘Occasional verses, translations and imitations’ by Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie; with letters and papers to Glenbervie formerly loosely inserted therein.
Collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Commonplace book, undated, compiled by James Glasford (died 1845).
The contents include: extracts from personal letters, biblical commentaries, poems and translations of poems.
Copy of Giles Dixey, "Deinde, More Collected Verses", with dedication and letter of Dixey to Ruari McLean.
Correspondence and memoranda of Sir John Sinclair, relating chiefly to his attempts to trace Gaelic manuscripts, to the translation into English of the Gaelic ‘Poems of Ossian’, and to his ‘Fingal; a tragedy, in five acts’.
Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.
Draft letter (beginning missing), 1865, of David Livingstone.
On possible misinterpretation of his remarks on America.
Includes:
letter, 1857, of Roualeyn Gordon Cumming to Livingstone, acknowledging a copy of his book
photocopy of a poem, 1874, on Livingstone.
Four letters, 1874-1884, of Thomas Stevenson to Peter G Tait, with one, 1886, to Mrs Tait.
Includes:
sonnets, 1858, of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, sent to Mrs Tait.
two documents, undated, concerning H S Reid, one being the text of the dedication of a chapel.
Further papers and correspondence of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.
Jacobite Papers.
Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.
Letters and poems of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet; and poetry and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell.
Letters, chiefly of the first two Viscounts Melville and other Dundases.
Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.
Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle, with a few of Mary Carlyle Aitken, afterwards Carlyle.
Literary manuscripts, correspondence and related papers of Jessie Kesson.
Literary papers and correspondence of John Herdman.
Material relating to Thomas Muir, the political reformer.
Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of correspondence and other papers of, or associated with, Robert Burns.
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).