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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.9.16
Dates:
1509-19th century.
Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3942-3988
Scope and Contents
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1608-1913, undated.
Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.7.14
Scope and Contents
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
16th century-1924.
Papers of the Skene family of Hallyards in Midlothian.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.10
Scope and Contents
Most of the documents belonged to John Skene (died 1644), the second son of Lord Curriehill, and to his son John, 2nd of Hallyards (died before 1699).The subjects include estate matters (in particular, the teinds of Hallyards) and political matters such as the sequestration of goods in the second half of the 17th century, and the raising and quartering of troops. The elder Skene was a Clerk of Session, and a number of legal papers are included in the volume, one of which (folio...
Dates:
1563-1710.