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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.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents
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`.
Dates:
1548-1641.
Miscellaneous documents and letters.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.35
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers connected with the reduction of the process of forfeiture of George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, William Douglas, Earl of Angus, and Francis Hay, Earl of Errol, 1597. See also Ch.B.40, and ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, volume iv, pages 124-130. (Folio 1.)(ii) Mock petition to the Lords of Session, in verse, beginning:`The Humble Petition of Mr Robert Cook,Having lost all His Means in following his...
Dates:
1597-1752.
Orkney genealogies and anecdotes `collected by Robert Nicolson who served as Sheriff Substitute of Orkney from 1793 to 1814 inclusive`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.18
Scope and Contents
Nicolson precedes the genealogical accounts of various Orkney families with a brief topographical description of the islands. He also includes copies of letters taken from Sir John Sinclair`s ‘Statistical Accounts’ of the Parish of Yell in Shetland, of Sir Hugh Dalrymple to Sir Laurence Dundas, 1775, and Reverend Andrew Dishington to Sir John Sinclair, 1791 (page 111). He concludes the collection with copies of a petition and letter to Lord Melbourne concerning a possible superannuation...
Dates:
1839.
Six letters of Robert Hamilton and three of Richard Wilson, managers of theatrical companies.
File
Identifier: Acc.7510
Scope and Contents
Concerning applications for licences to perform at Perth.
With two associated manuscript petitions, a printed proposal, and two playbills.
Dates:
1793-1794.