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Composite manuscript consisting of two volumes (folios 1, 75) of copies, circa 1585, 1607, of papers, 1537-1606, in Italian and Latin concerning attempts to restore Roman Catholicism in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
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.
Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.
The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.
Material relating to Sir Walter Scott.
The material includes transcripts of letters of Sir Walter Scott not printed in the Centenary Edition; transcripts of letters of his family and other correspondents; and extracts, correspondence, and notes on his ancestry and on various episodes in his life.
Microfilm of assorted manuscripts, chiefly genealogical material.
Microfilm of family and genealogical papers of the family of Mackintosh of Farr.
Microfilm of genealogical and heraldic material.
Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.
Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
Miscellaneous notes, letters and other items.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers concerning the family of John Lapraik.
Includes:
11 family letters to Thomas Lapraik, Muirkirk, 1810-1843 and undated
genealogical notes, 19th century
Burgess Ticket for Andrew Berry of Newmilns, 1843.