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Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.
The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.
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`.
Copies or drafts of letters and memoranda of Mary, Queen of Scots, or associated closely with her, probably written by various secretaries.
Diary of John Ballantyne, printer, containing entries covering the period December 1814 to July 1818.
Also included are:
(i) Three of John Ballantynes' letters, 1820-1821 (tipped-in at folios 1, 16 and 19);
(ii) Minutes of a meeting, in June 1821, of Ballantynes' trustees (tipped-in at folio 22);
(iii) A letter, 1821, of Ballantynes' brother, James (tipped-in at folio 26).
On the flyleaf is a note concerning the provenance and identity of the volume.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
Papers concerning the establishment of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway extension to Inverness.
Papers of the Rev Alexander George Somerville.
Papers mostly concern Somerville`s work, during 1969-1970, as Organising Secretary of the World Council of Churches Refugee Relief in Biafra.