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Microfilm of assorted manuscripts, chiefly genealogical material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.32
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Genealogical and legal papers, 1794-1866 (Adv.MS.2.1.13);Miscellaneous letters and documents, 1659-1831 (Adv.MS.2.1.14);Miscellaneous manuscript, 1629-1921 (Adv.MS.2.1.15);Stewart genealogies, papers on various families of Stewart collected by, and with some notes of, George Chalmers, 17th century-18th century (Adv.MS.6.1.12);Materials, 1811, or after, for a Baronetage of Scotland, collected by Sir Samuel Egerton...
Dates:
17th century-1921.
Microfilm of assorted papers of the Committee for Equipping Ships of the Darien Company, the Gibson family, Robert Stevenson and Alexander Graham Dunlop.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.444
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Minute book, 1697-1698, of the Committee for Equipping Ships of the Darien Company (Adv.MS.83.7.2);Legal and financial papers, 1825-1893, of the Gibson family, concerning the sale and purchase of property in the province of Buenos Aires, together with sketch maps, powers of attorney and other miscellaneous papers (MS.10328);Letters and a journal, 1817, of Robert Stevenson, the engineer, addressed to his daughter Jeanie during a visit he...
Dates:
1697-1698, 1817-1893.
Microfilm of ‘Autograph letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1800-1826’, chiefly to Charles Erskine and James Curle.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.972
Dates:
1800-1826.
Microfilm of Autograph manuscript of `Ragionamento di Carlo V. Imperatore tenuto al re Philippo suo figliuolo In dargli la libera signoria di tutti gli stati suoi`, Giacomo Castelvetro`s translation, 1592, of Charles V`s advice to his son, 1555.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2001
Dates:
1555.
Microfilm of Cadell Collection of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, with Archibald Constable, Robert Cadell, and others.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1134-1137
Dates:
[1796-1831.]
Microfilm of catalogues of the library of Andrew Fletcher, 1st quarter of 18th century, and part of the library of Saltoun Hall, [after 1716]; and, copies of correspondence, 1821-1826, of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826).
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.913
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copies of correspondence, 1821-1826, of Athanase J L Jourdan (Adv.MS.23.3.20);
Alphabetical catalogue, [after 1716], of 'Libri Politici et Iuridici', being part of the library at Saltoun (MS.17862);
Catalogue, early 18th century, of his books by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, the Patriot (MS.17863).
Dates:
1821-1826.
Microfilm of chiefly letters, chiefly of Sir Walter Scott.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1140-1144
Dates:
[1792-1831.]
Microfilm of chiefly letters of and to James Robert Hope-Scott.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.924-927
Dates:
[?1836-?1873.]
Microfilm of chiefly letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.365-372
Dates:
1818-1870.
Microfilm of Church of Scotland Missionary Archive. Part 1. Missions to India and China 1829-1933. Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1717-1723
Dates:
1829-1933.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.458
Dates:
[?1590-?1596], 1671.
Microfilm of collection of theological works by or attributed to Saint Augustine, with a number of letters, chiefly of Saints Augustine and Jerome, written, probably in North Italy, in the fifteenth century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1389
Dates:
15th century.
Microfilm of copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1110
Dates:
1675-early 18th century.
Microfilm 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.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.101
Dates:
1793-1794.
Microfilm of copies of letters to the Admiralty, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in Chief of the North American Station.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.936
Dates:
1814-1815.
Microfilm of copies of letters written by John Rennie to Joshua Walker and Company of Rotherham, who supplied the iron for Southwark Bridge
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1073
Dates:
1815-1819.
Microfilm of copies of private letters, 4 August 1824-24 December 1827, of Alexander Walker.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1574
Dates:
1824-1827.
Microfilm of copies of secret orders and letters issued and received by Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.934
Dates:
1814-1815.
Microfilm of copies, possibly 1831-1841, of letters, 1831-1841, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey’s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.141
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copies, possibly 1831-1832, of letters, February 1831-April 1832 (Adv.MS.9.1.8);
Copies, possibly 1832-1833, of letters, April 1832-May 1833 (Adv.MS.9.1.9);
Copies, possibly 1833-1841, of letters, May 1833-November 1841 (Adv.MS.9.1.10).
Dates:
1831-1841.
Microfilm of correspondence, 1726-1800, lecture notes, 1787, and an early manuscript draft, [?1767], of ‘Case for the respondents', which concerns the Douglas Cause.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.763
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1726-1800, of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee (MS.3431, folios 225-226);
Early manuscript draft, [?1767], of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail, written by Professor Hugh Blair (MS.5356, folios 59-122);
Notes, 1787, of a series of lectures on rhetoric (MS.9974).
Dates:
1726-1800.
Microfilm of correspondence, [1777-1876], of Charles Cameron, Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane and the Reverend William Leslie; and, printed item, ?19th century, concerning a Florida court case.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.335
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1813-1815, of colonial governors, chiefly of Charles Cameron, Governor of the Bahamas (MS.2338);Correspondence, 1815-1819, chiefly official, of the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane (MS.2575);Letters, [1777-1838], of the Reverend William Leslie, Minister of Lhanbryde, and papers, [1875-1876], of other family members (MS.3264);Printed item, ?19th century, entitled "Circuit Court, Middle Circuit,...
Dates:
[1777]-19th century.
Microfilm of correspondence and associated papers, March-December 1809, of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.955
Dates:
1809.
Microfilm of correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1044
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence and associated papers, January-March 1810 (Adv.MS.46.2.4);
Correspondence and associated papers, April-August 1810 (Adv.MS.46.2.5).
Dates:
1810.
Microfilm of correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1053-1054
Dates:
September 1810-March 1811.