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Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Manuscript, possibly from Mount Athos, of St Dorotheus and the sermons of Isaias, with an account of the miracle performed by the Virgin at Blachernae.
'Memorial' of Margaret Constable, written by one of her brothers or sisters, consisting of an account of her last days and death, with copies of related family correspondence.
Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.
Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.
Microfilm of manuscript, possibly from Mount Athos, of St Dorotheus and sermons of Isaias, with an account of the miracle performed by the Virgin at Blachernae.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).
The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Microfilm of Nineteenth Century Literary Manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart from the National Library of Scotland. Reels 1-18 (Adam Matthew).
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.
Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.
Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.
Papers of and concerning the Rev Dr Murdoch Mackenzie, missionary in China.
Includes photocopies of letters, tributes and biographical note and photographs.
Papers of Dr George Pratt Insh, mostly concerning his unpublished biography of Thomas Muir of Huntershill.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of John Maclean, Clydeside agitator, 1909-1923; with material concerning him, 1924-1966.
Papers of Maurice Lindsay.
Papers concern "Francis George Scott and the Scottish Renaissance" (Edinburgh, 1980), "Scottish Poetry" and the "Scottish Review".
Papers of Professor John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, comprising letters to him from his first wife, 1923-1926, 1932, 1962, and undated; his step-son, undated; and others, 1924-1959, and undated; also, biographical fragments by his second wife.
Papers of Professor John Erickson concerning the `Edinburgh Conversations`.
Papers relating to Ritchie Calder`s work with the Political Warfare Executive during the Second World War.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Photocopies of biography, 1603, of James VI and I, (Archiviolo b. 208, ff 12) and two other documents.
Includes:
instructions, 1538, to a Papal nuncio on visiting Scotland (Archiviolo b. 158, ff 323-324)
letter, 1593, of James VI to the King of Poland concerning the Grand Duke of Tuscany (Scaffalatura 69/51/23).