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Miscellaneous charters relating to the Chalmers of Auldbar.
As well as charters relating to the Chalmers family itself, there are other items which are apparently unrelated but which came with the bulk of the papers. Only one document (Ch.12806) is of 15th century date, and only one (Ch.12776) is of the 16th century. The rest of the collection dates largely from the 17th and 18th centuries. A detailed list is available.
Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.
Miscellaneous documents and letters.
Miscellaneous documents concerning Montrose and Angus, the Covenanters and other matters.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to engineering.
Miscellaneous single items and small collections.
Nine letters of Andrew Stuart.
With other papers concerning the Douglas Cause.
Paper of the Faculty of Advocates Library titled, 'Proceedings relating to the stamp duty on the admission of Advocates in Scotland, 1724-1726'.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers collected and compiled by John Francis Campbell.
Mainly concerning the history and genealogy of the Campbells.
Papers, comprising charters of various families, from the archives of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Papers concerning James Ballantyne and Co`s Trust and Sir Walter Scott`s literary and financial affairs.
Papers concerning Scottish history.
Papers concerning the families of Gardiner, Milne, and Gregor, Banffshire.
Papers concerning Thurso.
Comprising:
1. papers, 1855-1918, and undated, of William and James Gerry
2. 40 title deeds, 1668-1872, of property in Thurso
3. balance sheets, 1893-1898, of the Caithness Flagstone Co.
Papers concerning Widows Fund, Annuitants, Poor relief, and other financial papers of the Faculty of Advocates.
Papers, consisting of historical and genealogical notes and extracts, transcripts of formal and legal documents of earlier periods (as well as a number of original documents and papers), and a few unrelated letters.
Papers of and concerning Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haldane, Royal Engineers.
The manuscript consists of:
Letters, 1796-1797, 1805 to Henry Haldane concerning his applications to retire from the army (folio 1);
Haldane’s account, circa 1821, of his military career (folio 17);
Letters, 1825, concerning the award of a pension to Haldane’s children (folio 23);
Legal papers, 1798-1848, concerning Haldane’s family (folio 30);
Genealogical papers, ?1796, undated, concerning the Haldane family (folio 42).
Papers of and concerning John Mackinnon.
Seven documents:
will, 1807, of Roderick Mackinnon
two letters, 1838, of Major Macdonald, 93rd Highlanders, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
furlough, 1835, containing physical description of John Mackinnon
pay list, 1839, of a recruiting party at Stornoway
discharge certificate, 1842, of John Mackinnon
certificate of pledge, 1849, of the Marine Temperance Society of New York.
Papers of Charles Baxter, Writer to the Signet, relating to his role as executor of members of the Stevenson family.
Concerning Baxter's work as executor of Thomas Stevenson, his wife Margaret, and their son, Robert Louis Stevenson, with additional material relating to the literary estate of Robert Louis Stevenson.