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Papers of George Chalmers, consisting of lists of and references to manuscripts and documents relating to Scotland held in various libraries, mostly in London.
Most of the papers are written in other hands: all are undated, but some of the leaves have watermarks of 1799-1801 and 1809. A letter to Chalmers dated 1812 is at folio 18.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.
Papers of Neill and Company, printers, Edinburgh.
Papers of Robert Herdman.
Comprising:
1. photocopy of "Picture Book", 1870-1887, recording pictures painted by Herdman
2. notes of Herdman, on Thomas Carlyle, made while painting his portrait
3. correspondence of R Duddingstone Herdman, 1897, concerning the mounting of an exhibition.
Papers of Scottish interest, collected by R R Gove-Brown-Henderson.
Papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion.
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Papers of the Burns Begg family, being the family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns.
Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates chiefly concerning exemptions from Jury Service.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the City of Edinburgh.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the India Office.
Papers of the Henderson Memorial Library of Books on America.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
Papers of the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC).
Papers relating chiefly to the election of Scottish Representative Peers.
Some letters to Henry Dundas (Lord Melville), 1783-1807, unconnected with election, possibly indicate that these are part of the Melville papers. The papers consist of minutes of elections, lists of peers and their votes, protests, excerpts from ancient records, proposals as to methods of electing, and other papers.
Papers relating to sedition, formerly part of the papers of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.
Papers relating to the death from disease of Staff Surgeon David Anderson, at Scutari, during the Crimean War.
Papers relating to the military service of Lieutenant Walter R Cuthbert, RFA, in Mesopotamia and India.
Includes a list of photographs taken in Mesopotamia, papers connected with Cuthbert`s post-war claims for arrears of pay and allowances, a receipt from British Empire Union and copies of sketches by Mrs Cuthbert (Wendy Wood) made during her husband`s RFA training.
Photocopies of transcripts, 1849-1894, of "Mundell Family Extracts from Loch Broom and Ullapool Parish Kirk Session Records"
With copies of related letters, 1975, of James R Matheson.
Photocopy of a letter of Thomas Ruddiman to Bishop Archibald Campbell.
Ruddiman explains why the Advocates` Library cannot buy his books and coins. With a list of the books which are not in the Advocates` Library.
Portion of the autobiography of George Miller, bookseller in Haddington and Dunbar, covering the years 1803 to 1818.
Some leaves are missing at the beginning and end of the volume.
Inserted are some letters to George Miller, printed prospectuses, subscription sheets, etc.
‘Record of Subscriptions & Payments in the County of Berwick in aid of Government towards the Defence of the Country', a ledger kept by Alexander Christie of Grueldykes.
The ledger contains subscription-lists of the various parishes and copies of relevant correspondence 1798-1802, with loose letters, 1799-1803, 1810-1811.