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Correspondence and papers of and relating to James Hogg.
The contents include: letters of James Hogg, 1814, 1820, 1826, 1831, 1835; an unpublished poem, 'The Fall of Idumea', written by him shortly before his death; letters and verses of his literary acquaintances in Scotland and London and his family; information supplied to his daughter and biographer, Mary Garden; portraits of Hogg; and a receipt, 1819, for duty paid by him on 'one work horse', on which someone has written, 'Mr. Hogg has no Horse nor never had one' (folio 333).
Correspondence and papers of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, and of his own and allied families: Hays, Thomsons, Tods, Lothians.
A table of the relationships of the various families has been placed in MS.3116, folio i.
Correspondence and papers of George, Robert and Thomas Gibson, cattle and sheep breeders in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Correspondence and papers of H H MacTaggart.
Concerning MacTaggart`s family and the executry of his father William McTaggart.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.
Anderson`s personal affairs, his business interests (as lawyer, factor, and Postmaster-General), and his historical researches (which culminated in the posthumous publication of ‘Diplomata Scotiae’) are all represented.
Correspondence and papers of James Skene of Rubislaw (1775-1864), the artist and antiquary; including some earlier material concerning the Skene family.
Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General William Taylor and his family.
The contents are as follows: (i) Family correspondence of Charles J Taylor with some letters to his wife, 1835-1877, undated, including letters from General Taylor to his son after Charles left India as a child (folio 1); (ii) Financial papers, 1845-1866, of General Taylor (folio 76); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1878-1898, undated, chiefly concerning Kenneth N Innes Taylor who died in Argentina in 1898 (folio 156).
Correspondence and papers of Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, and his family.
Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife Ghetal, née Herschell.
Correspondence and papers of the artist William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) and of his wife Isabella ('Belle') Sutton.
Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.
The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library, including letters concerning proposed building works.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library relating to Wodrow manuscripts and pamphlets
Correspondence and papers of the family of Fleming of Cumbernauld and Biggar, Lords Fleming, and Earls of Wigtown.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope.
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.