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Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton concerning his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.4.2(i)-(xiii)
Scope and Contents The correspondence consists of letters to Hutton from various correspondents, many of whom were parish ministers to whom he had written asking for information; the papers consist of transcripts of charters and other formal documents, extracts from cartularies and other registers, and descriptions, sketches, plans and elevations of monasteries and other religious buildings. The greater part of the collection is dated between 1788 and 1790, and between 1809 and 1822 (many of the...
Dates: 1785-1823, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.

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Identifier: MSS.20661-20667
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The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Description of voyage to South Africa of Trooper Charles Hunter, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry.

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Identifier: Acc.10677
Scope and Contents

Includes transcript of description. With letter and pocket book containg active service notes.

Dates: circa 1900.

Digital copies of letters of James, Robert and William Low, emigrants in the USA.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13361
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Digital copies in pdf format of ten letters, 1871 - 1884, of James, Robert and William Low of Forfar, emigrants in New Jersey, Texas and Chicago, with transcriptions of the letters in word and rich text format and family history notes in pdf format.

Dates: 1871 - 1884.

Eighteenth century transcripts of 34 letters of David Hume to Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de Sanjou, Comtesse de Boufflers.

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Identifier: Acc.10791
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Includes transcripts of 11 letters of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to the Comtesse de Boufflers. The transcripts made with publication of an edition in view.

Dates: 1761-1776.

"Heads and Notes of Certain Sermons and Discourses from Diverse Texts of Scripture; by Mr. Thomas Hog, Minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ at Killtearn in the Shire of Ross. Transcribed from the Original Coppy of the Author, which was lent me for that purpose by Mrs. Maire Relict of the deceas'd Mr. George Maire Minister of Cullross" (died 1716).

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Identifier: MS.3010
Scope and Contents Thomas Hog was a noted Covenanter (see 'The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'). The dates of the sermons, where specified, cover the period 1659-1673; in some cases the place of delivery is given. At folio vii verso is some account of Hog, taken from Robert Wodrow, ‘History’ (Edinburgh, 1722-1723), volume i, page 41. Inserted (folio i), is a letter, 1887, of Robert Cumming McDougall, Minister of Resolis, to Hog of Newliston recommending the publication of a manuscript volume of Hog's...
Dates: 1659-1673, 1887.

Hutton transcripts. A collection of transcripts of the cartularies of Aberdeen Cathedral (Adv.MS.20.3.1) and Newbattle Abbey (Adv.MS.20.3.3) and of charters and other formal documents, many of which are extracts from other cartularies, of and concerning several of the medieval dioceses and religious houses of Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.20.3.1-20.3.9
Scope and Contents

Most of these transcripts and extracts, which were made between circa 1794 and circa 1824, are in the hand of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton: most of the rest are in the same hand as Adv.MS.9A.1.4. Many of the transcripts were made from originals and copies in possession of William Maule of Panmure, who was created Baron Panmure in 1831: many of the rest were copied from documents in possession of Thomas Thomson and at the Scottish Record Office, General Register House.

Dates: 12th century-1661.

Indexes and transcripts by Robert Mylne, the antiquary.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.9
Scope and Contents Mylne`s pagination and the size of paper show that the volume is composed of seven separate parts: section (i), section (ii), section (iii), sections (iv) and (v), section (vi), sections (vii)-(xiii), section (xiv). None are exactly dated, but (v) must be later than 1705, (xiv) later than 1700; and probably all were compiled in the early 18th century.The contents are as follows:(i) `Ane Alphabeticall Index [A-C only] To the Book of Collections of Notes of Charters...
Dates: Early 18th century.

Journal of a tour to Scotland by Clement Mansfield Ingleby.

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Identifier: MS.8926
Scope and Contents The journal is made up from transcripts of letters to his mother written on the journey between 26 August and 8 September 1842. Among the main places visited are Glasgow, Inveraray, Oban, Glencoe, Callander and Edinburgh. The text is ornamented with thirty-three engraved views, several dried plant specimens, and a few pencil sketches. The journal is followed by a 'Dissertation on the Gael and their language' (folio 49), dealing with regional variations in language, intonation,...
Dates: 1842.

Letter, 1980, of Robert Garioch to John Milligan.

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Identifier: Acc.10354
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With Milligan`s reply and transcript, an Empire Theatre poster on the same topic, and donation letter, 1991.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Letter of Edwin Muir to A J McGeoch.

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Identifier: Acc.4764
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With transcript.

Dates: 1945.

Letter of Gordon Bottomley to Alexander Gray.

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Identifier: Acc.12767
Scope and Contents

Includes vendor`s transcript and notes.

Dates: 1942.

Letter of Joyce Cary to Ruari McLean.

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Identifier: Acc.11559
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Concerns the morality of fighting evil.

Includes transcript of the letter by McLean and signatures of Cary, intended for reproduction in a book.

Dates: 1939.

Letter to the heirs of Eustochios.

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Identifier: MS.9350
Scope and Contents

Written in the 5th or 6th century. The writer is apparently advising on the best course of action, presumably in connection with Eustochios' estate. On the verso, apart from the address, is a memorandum in a different hand. A transcript by Miss E P Wegener accompanies the document.

Dates: 5th century-6th century.

Letters, 1916-1918 and undated, of Cecile Walton to Eric Robertson, and a letter, 1929, of Dorothy Ratcliffe.

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Identifier: Acc.11858
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Includes letters, 1917-1942 and undated, of various correspondents and a transcription of the diary, 1907, of Eric Robertson.

Dates: 1907-1942 and undated.

Letters and papers of Sir John Hope, 11th Bart., of Craighall and Pinkie.

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Identifier: Acc.13030
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Letters largely addressed to Auguste Duvau and E´douard Mounier; with letters from Hugh Hope and other members of the Hope family to European contacts; with an agricultural journal, 1825-1827 and a typescript transcription of another 1807 journal.

Dates: 1801-1844.

Letters and papers of the family of Campbell of Inverawe.

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Identifier: MS.1672
Scope and Contents Most of the letters and papers are of the 17th century, and deal with the garrisoning of Lochaber and district, the payment of the garrisons, the patrolling of unruly neighbourhoods, and similar measures for the establishment and maintenance of law and order. There are several instructions signed by the Marquess of Argyll, and letters from him, one of which contains the command to fire Lord Ogilvy's Castle of Forther, if necessary, with further orders as to the disposition of his goods and...
Dates: 1639-1837, undated.

Letters and papers of the Fothringhams of Powrie, the 4th Earl of Perth, and the Blairs of Balthayock.

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Identifier: MS.3288
Scope and Contents The Blairs and Fothringhams were connected by marriage, and the Earl of Perth had dealings with the Blairs. Many of the letters are addressed to David Drummond, Advocate and Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, who looked after the Earl of Perth's affairs and may be the David Drummond as whose servant the Earl disguised himself when trying to escape in 1688.The contents are as follows.(i) Letters written by Sir Alexander Fothringham of Powrie to his mother, Lady Blair...
Dates: 1632-1786, undated.

Letters, and typed transcripts of letters, of Mountstuart Elphinstone, mostly to William Erskine, the historian of India.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.5.15-28.5.16
Scope and Contents

The letters concern Indian, Turki and Persian literature, philology and geography, with special reference to Erskine`s translation of Bābar`s Memoirs, and Elphinstone`s ‘Account of the Kingdom of Cabul’. There are very few references to current events, but a small number of letters to Elphinstone are included (Adv.MS.28.5.15, folio 183) which concern the administration of justice in India.

Dates: 1811-1834.

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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Burton, John Hill, historian, 1809-1881 2
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 2
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
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McGeoch, A J, poet, b 1900: recipient 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Boufflers, Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de, wife of Comte Édouard de Boufflers-Rouverel, née de Campet de Sanjou, 1724-1800 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, John, Minister of Whitburn Secession Church, 1754-1832 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 1
Brown, Samuel, founder of "itinerating libraries", 1779-1839 1
Bryant, Jacob, antiquary and classical scholar, d 1804 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Burton, Isabella Black, wife of John Hill, historian, née Lauder, d 1849 1
Burton, Isabella Black, wife of John Hill, historian, née Lauder, d 1849: recipient 1
Burton, John Hill, historian, 1809-1881: recipient 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881: transcriber 1
Carmichael, Alison Charles, wife of John Wilson, née Stewart, author of 'Tales of a Grandmother', ? 1796-1885 1
Cary, Arthur Joyce Lunel, novelist, 1888-1957 1
Chantal, Marie du Rabutin-, Marquise de Sévigné, 1626-1696 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649: recipient 1
Constable, Archibald, publisher, 1774-1827 1
Cragg, Violet Emily, wife of William Gilliat, Major, née Andrews, d 1934 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645: recipient 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Dalrymple, Janet, daughter of James, 1st Viscount Stair, d 1669 1
Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, 1st Baronet, art patron, 1810-1869 1
Dow, John, Minister of Methven, 1746-1823: recipient 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Drummond, Thomas, pitman, fl 1825-1828 1
Duvau, Auguste, author, 1771-1831: recipient 1
Eglisham, George, physician, fl 1601-1642 1
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 1
Everson, James, Beverley, Yorkshire, fl 1825-1853 1
Flynn, Laurie, journalist and writer, fl 1975-2011 1
Fothringham, family, of Powrie 1
Foulis, James, 5th baronet of Colinton, 1714-1791 1
Foyle, William Alfred Westropp, bookseller and book collector, 1885-1963 1
Gairdner, David, assistant to John Alpine, Minister of Skirling, d 1837 1
Galt, John (novelist) 1
Gordon, Ian A, Vice-Chancellor of the University of New Zealand, 1908-2004: transcriber 1
Gordon, John William, Sir, Knight (Major-General) 1
Graham, Robert Maxtone, advocate, b 1931. 1
Graham, Robert Maxtone, advocate, b 1931: recipient 1
Gray, Sir Alexander, Knight, Professor of Political Economy, University of Edinburgh, 1882-1968: recipient 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Hastings, Warren (colonial administrator) 1
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 1
Heelis, Helen Beatrix, author, née Potter, 1866-1943 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Hervey, James, divine, 1714-1758 1
Home, John, of Ninewells, 1709-1786: recipient 1
Home, Joseph, of Ninewells, d 1832: recipient 1
Hope, Hugh, Bengal Civil Service, 1782-1822 1
Hope, Sir John, 11th Bart., of Craighall and Pinkie, 1781-1853 1
Horsburgh, family 1
Hunter, Charles, Corporal, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, fl 1900-1902 1
Hutton, George Henry, Lieutenant-General, antiquary, d 1827 1
Ingleby, Clement Mansfield (Shakespearean scholar) 1
Inglis, Henry David, traveller and author, 1795-1835 1
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 1
Johnston, William Thompson, antiquarian, b 1934 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Jones, James Idwal, headteacher and politician, 1900-1982: transcriber 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kerr, Roderick Watson, poet and author, d c 1973 1
Lennox, Barbara Charlotte, c 1730-1804, novelist and writer, née Ramsay: recipient 1
Little, Andrew, schoolmaster, Langholm, fl 1782-1803: recipient 1
Lockhart, George, of Carnwath (succeeded 1731), fl 1731-1756: recipient 1
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 1
Lockhart, William, correspondent of George Lockhart, of Carnwath, fl 1742-1756 1
Low, Robert, emigrant. 1
Low, William , emigrant. 1
Low, brothers, Forfar. 1
MacDougall, Ian, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society, b 1933 1
MacKenzie, David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943 1
MacKenzie, David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943: recipient 1
MacKenzie, Elizabeth, wife of David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943 1
MacKenzie, Elizabeth, wife of David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943: recipient 1
MacQueen, Donald, Minister of Kilmuir-in-Trotternish, d 1785 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991: transcriber 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Manning, Doreen Caraher, Muthill, fl 1977: transcriber 1
McGregor, family 1
McInnes, Charles Thorpe, Scottish Record Office, fl 1956 1
McIntosh, Charles, Inver, naturalist, 1839-1922 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006: transcriber 1
Milligan, John, BBC Scotland, fl 1969-1999 1
Mitchell, Joseph, civil engineer, 1803-1883 1
Montgomery, Thomas Henry, Captain, Black Watch, 1828-1879 1
Morrison, Hew, 1850-1935 (Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library, Gaelic scholar) 1
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