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Correspondence and papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, Professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian, 1966-1974, 1974-1978.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.323- is now Acc.13476.
Dates:
1944-1978.
Holograph manuscript of Ewen Maclachlan or McLachlan, the Celtic scholar, containing Irish literature.
File
Identifier: MS.3281
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Essay on the Antiquity of Irish Literature', followed by an account of the Irish alphabet and contractions, 1814 (folio 1);(ii) Transcripts of the five stories in Gaelic MS.XXXVIII in the National Library (‘A descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' Library’, page 146): 'Oigheadh Gcoinchuloind', "Ar-amach Mhic Con'an aghaidh Airt mhic-Cuinn, Righ Eirionn", 'Oigheadh ChloinneLir', 'Ar-amach Mhic Colgain an aghaidh...
Dates:
1813-1814.
Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.
Series
Identifier: MSS.278-318
Dates:
18th century-19th century.