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Letter to, and testimonial in favour of, 1913, Archibald Turnbull, by George Saintsbury.

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Identifier: Acc.7118
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With copy of letter, 1977, of Archibald Turnbull to Alastair Fowler, containing recollections of Saintsbury.

Dates: 1913 and 1977.

Letter, undated, of Jane Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, to her son, Captain Alexander Cochrane.

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Identifier: Acc.9018
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with two holograph copy letters, 1826, of Colonel Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone to George Canning.

Dates: 1826 and undated.

Letters, 1841-1851, and photographic copies thereof, of the Earl of Crawford, styled Lord Lindsay, to James Dennistoun, and letters of Sir Coutts Lindsay and John Murray; with letters, 1951-1954, of Lord Crawford to Lindsay Fleming.

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Identifier: Acc.5526/1-4
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With photographs of Dennistoun`s letters, and 12 letters, 1951-1954, of Lord Crawford to Lindsay Fleming.

Dates: 1841-1851, 1951-1954.

Letters, 1849-1859, of John Gibson Lockhart, William Ewart Gladstone, Lord Brougham, and others, addressed chiefly to the Reverend Whitwell Elwin, on matters relating to the 'Quarterly Review'.

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Identifier: MS.2262
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The letters are preceded by a copy of a letter, 1807, of Byron to Edward Noel Long, and include letters, 1854, undated, of Mrs Gaskell relating to the breach between the Ruskins, Charlotte Brontë's marriage, etc.

Dates: 1849-1859.

Letters and copies of letters concerning the War of the Second Coalition against France, chiefly to General John Ramsay, son of the painter Allan Ramsay, some being addressed to Earl Whitworth and William Wickham.

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Identifier: MS.731
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The letters relate to the war against France, and particularly to dealings with Portugal and Russia, operations in Switzerland and the employment of Swiss troops, and the corps of the Prince of Condé. The writers include Baron Grenville, George Hammond, General Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the 1st Earl of Muzgrave.

Dates: 1796-1821.

‘Letters and instructions of state between England and Scotland’, a volume of copies in a modern hand from original papers in the Cotton Library being chiefly letters of English Ambassadors in Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.18
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The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.7.2.

Dates: 1580-1581.

Letters and memoranda, 1785-1794, written by the descendants of peers attainted in the 1715 Jacobite rising in an attempt to recover their titles and estates.

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Identifier: MS.5209
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Most of the letters and memorandums, 1785-1794 are from the Earl of Mar, addressed apparently to the Earl of Seaforth (folios 13-67).

Also included are notes and copies of opinions, 1761-1820, on the succession to five peerages attainted in the 1715 and 1745 risings (folios 68-137), and miscellaneous notes, undated, on peerages (folios 1-12).

Dates: 1761-1820, undated.

Letters and papers of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, the Jacobite.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.13.1.8
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Strowan`s own letters mostly concern his financial and legal affairs, but among those addressed to him are some from the Earl of Mar, written during and after the Rising of 1715, and from John Hay, Duke of Inverness. The papers also concern Strowan`s part in the Rising, and the pardon granted to him in 1731.

Dates: 1689-1745.

Letters chiefly of Scottish interest.

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Identifier: MS.2524
Scope and Contents Except one of Archbishop Leighton, the letters are of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Several are addressed to the Mures of Caldwell; others to Archibald Constable. Among the writers are Dr John Moore, Hugh Blair, David Hume, Bishop Percy, John Pinkerton, Dugald Stewart, Lord Jeffrey, Joanna Baillie, James Hogg (writing to 'M.L.', the anonymous author of two songs in ‘Jacobite relics’, second series (Edinburgh, 1821)), Mrs Grant of Laggan, Lord Cockburn, and John Gibson...
Dates: [?1673], 18th century-early 19th century.

Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and miscellaneous papers concerning him.

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Identifier: MS.23141(i)-(ii)
Dates: 19th century-mid 20th century, undated.

Letters chiefly of, to, and about James Grahame, the author of ‘The Sabbath’.

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Identifier: MS.3519
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Among the correspondents are Joanna Baillie, Thomas Campbell, Cockburn, Jeffrey, Dugald Stewart, and William Wilberforce. An autograph manuscript of 'The Siege of Copenhagen' (folio 75) differs in several places from the printed text; there is also an autograph manuscript of Thomas Campbell's "The Soldier's Dream" (folio 10), and a copy of Charles Wolfe's 'The Burial of Sir John Moore' (folio 82).

Dates: 1792-1862, undated.

Letters of David Barnett, Lady Stair`s House Museum, Edinburgh, to May Merkley, Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada, on matters relating to Robert Burns.

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Identifier: Acc.12119
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Includes a lock of the hair of Burns`s widow Jean Armour and a copy of the deed relating to the Glenriddell Manuscripts.

Dates: 1918-1936, undated.

Letters of Robert Graham of Redgorton and his sister Elizabeth Graeme to Mr and Mrs John Dundas, Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Acc.12111
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Letters concern Robert Graham`s private publication, "Family Letters, 1745-1793" (Edinburgh, 1857). Includes copy of a letter, 1752, of Thomas Graeme, Philadelphia, to his brother Patrick Graeme of Murrayshall.

Dates: 1857-1859.

Letters to and of Naomi Mitchison; with press cuttings.

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Identifier: Acc.5836
Scope and Contents 14 letters to Naomi Mitchison, 1931-1965, undated, with 2 copy letters of Naomi Mitchison, 1948-1949.The contents are as follows:Letter to Naomi Mitchison from Robert Graves, undated (1).Copy letters of Naomi Mitchison to Robert Graves, 1948-1949 (2). (16 November 1948; 15 February 1949).Letters to Naomi Mitchison from C M Grieve, 1931-1955 (8). (31 May 1931; 19 June 1931; 16 July 1931; 22 July 1931; 27 January 1932; 17 January 1934; 3 June...
Dates: 1931-1965, undated.

'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits.

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Identifier: MSS.826-832
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This material was collected by the author, Allan Cunningham, and his son with a view to a new edition. Loose papers have been pasted into the interleaved volumes or collected in a separate volume (MS.832).

Dates: 1710-1837.

Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).

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Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso). (ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates: 1804-1817.

Manuscript of ‘Ane Essay Relating to the Natural History of Scotland by way of Supplement to the Prodromus Naturalis Historae Scotae published anno 1684’ in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.19
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains, for the most part, discourses on natural history and scientific and medical phenomena found in Scotland, taken from manuscript and printed sources.Accounts taken from printed sources include ‘Philosophical Transactions’, ‘Description of the Islands of Orkney’ and ‘Large Description of Galloway’. Manuscript sources include letters and extracts of letters to Sibbald from Dr George Garden of Aberdeen and Matthew MacKaile, an Aberdeen apothecary....
Dates: 4th quarter of 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century.

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Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 4
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 3
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 2
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Campbell, Sir Colin, 2nd Baronet, of Glenorchy, 1577-1640 2
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Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 2
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Adolphus, John Leycester, barrister and author, 1795-1862: recipient 1
Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling, founder of Nova Scotia, c 1577-1640 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Anne, Queen Consort of James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1574-1619 1
Armistead, John, commentator on occupation of Newcastle by Scottish army, fl 1641 1
Armstrong, Robert B, antiquary, fl 1880 1
Bain, Margaret I, correspondent of Henry W Meikle, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, fl 1932 1
Bain, Robert, dramatist and poet, 1865-1955 1
Ball, Sir Alexander John, Baronet, Rear-Admiral, 1756-1809 1
Ballantyne, Charles K N, Secretary of the New Club, Edinburgh, 1903-1985: recipient 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Barnett, David, Curator of Lady Stair's House Museum, Edinburgh, fl 1918-1936 1
Beattie, George, poet, 1786-1823 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre René, poet and author, 1870-1953: recipient 1
Boswell, Euphemia, wife of Alexander, Lord Auchinleck, née Erskine, 1718-1766 1
Boswell, John, Lieutenant, 21st (Royal North British Fusilier) Regiment of Foot, 1743-c 1798 1
Braithwaite, Joseph Bevan, barrister, 1818-1905: recipient 1
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 1
Brown, T Gordon, correspondent of Michael Roberts, poet and mountaineer, fl 1946 1
Bruce, Robert, Cape May, New Jersey, fl 1933-1983 1
Bruce, Robert, Cape May, New Jersey, fl 1933-1983: recipient 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Campbell, George William, 6th Duke of Argyll, 1768-1839 1
Canning, George, statesman, 1770-1827: recipient 1
Carey, William (Baptist missionary in India) 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881: transcriber 1
Chapman, Sir Stephen Remnant, Knight, Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers, 1776-1851: recipient 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Cochrane, Hon Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis, Knight, Admiral, 1758-1832: recipient 1
Cochrane, Jane, wife of Thomas, 8th Earl of Dundonald, née Stuart, d 1808 1
Cockburn, John M, Sergeant, 23rd London Regiment, fl 1915 1
Connel, John, emigrant to Quebec, fl 1845-1860 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645: recipient 1
Cripps, Sir Richard Stafford, Knight, politician and lawyer, 1889-1952 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 1
Cunninghame, William, of Lainshaw, fl 1799-1813: recipient 1
Cuthbert, Walter Robertson, Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, husband of Gwendoline Emily Meacham, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1887-1970 1
Dallas, family, Nairn 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Dickson, Sir Alexander, Knight, Major-General, 1777-1840 1
Duff, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant, Knight, Governor of Madras, 1829-1906 1
Dundas, John, Edinburgh, fl 1857-1859: recipient 1
Edmond, William, emigrant to Minnesota, fl 1845-1860 1
Elliot, Sir Walter, Knight, East India Company servant and archaeologist, 1803-1887 1
Elphinstone, Arthur, 6th Lord Balmerino, Jacobite army officer, 1688-1746 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan (poet) (1916-1995) 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Fairlie, Robert Francis, civil and mechanical engineer, 1830-1885 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, Sir William, Knight, genealogist, 1816-1898 1
Gallacher, William (politician and trade unionist) 1
Gallacher, William, political activist and politician, 1881-1965 1
Gardiner, family, Banffshire 1
Gibson, Williamina, correspondenct of George Beattie, poet, fl 1821-1823: recipient 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008: recipient 1
Gordon, D A, correspondent of Sir Compton Mackenzie, author, fl 1969: recipient 1
Gordon, George Huntly, amanuensis to Sir Walter Scott, 1796-1868 1
Graeme, Elizabeth, sister of Robert, of Redgorton, Advocate, fl 1857-1859 1
Graeme, Patrick, of Murrayshall, fl 1752: recipient 1
Graeme, Thomas, Philadelphia, fl 1752 1
Graham, Robert, of Redgorton, Advocate, d 1859 1
Grant, family 1
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 1
Gray, Sir Alexander, Knight, Professor of Political Economy, University of Edinburgh, 1882-1968 1
Gregor, family, Banffshire 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Gunn, Neil Miller, author, 1891-1973 1
Henderson, R R Gore-Brown-, Balerno, fl 1967: collector 1
Hendry, James Findlay, poet and essayist, 1912-1986 1
Hervey, James, divine, 1714-1758 1
Hooper, John C, soldier in Boer War, fl 1901-1902 1
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 1
Johnstone, Hon Andrew James Cochrane, Governor of Domenica, formerly Cochrane, 1767-1832 1
Kellas, Alexander Mitchell, chemist and mountaineer, 1868-1921 1
Kennaway, Sir Ernest Laurence, Knight, pathologist, 1881-1958: recipient 1
Laing, Nissa, Edinburgh, fl 1989: editor 1
Lang, Andrew, historian, 1844-1912 1
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