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Full manuscript scores, 1930 and 1932, of Norman Porteous, "Britannia Invicta", a march for orchestra, and "The Mad Dog of Islington", a musical satire for chorus and orchestra.
With photocopy of letter, 1979, of Sir Adrian Boult to Elizabeth Crosby Cook, concerning Porteous.
Further professional and personal papers of Edith Simon and Dr Eric Reeve, including photographic and audiovisual materials.
Glenriddell Manuscripts: copies of poems, letters, etc., of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
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.
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.
Indexes and transcripts by Robert Mylne, the antiquary.
Inventory of jewellery belonging to Queen Anne of Denmark.
Jacobite papers collected by Sir Henry Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Allanton.
Journal of Sir Walter Scott, with letters and other papers.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, on 8 February, 1587 (the night before her execution), to her brother-in-law, Henri III of France.
Mary has been unable to obtain her papers in order to make her will. She is to be executed the following morning at 8 o`clock. She has been deprived of her chaplain. She recommends her servants to her brother-in-law, and begs that money may be provided to found an obit and to make the requisite distribution of alms.
Late 14th-century manuscript of part of the 'Chronicle' of Walter of Guisborough.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Letter, 1824, of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring.
With four letters, 1824 and 1828, concerning Byron, and a manuscript of his last poem, undated.
Letter and five postcards, 1904-1905, of William Sharp.
With a manuscript poem, undated, "The Dirge of Clan Siubhail", and a letter, 1906, of Mrs Sharp.
Letter, dated Swanston, 7 June, 1871, of Robert Louis Stevenson to Mrs Brebner, asking her to accept "the little brooch that my father will give you along with this, as a remembrance of my stay at Earraid".
Letter from the General Council of Basle to the bishops and other councillors of James II of Scotland and related material.
Letter of Mary of Guise to François de Noailles, Bishop of Dax, Ambassador of Henri II in England, thanking him for sending her news, with an autograph postscript.
Letter, signed A B, concerning the early history of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, and disputing Presbyterian and Catholic arguments against it.
The letter is not dated, but was written after 1729, since it refers to ‘Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern Parts of Britain’. The author was also familiar with the work of Jeremy Collier, Camden, Ussher and other historians.
Letters addressed mostly to Dr Robert Anderson, editor of ‘The Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britian’, ‘The Edinburgh Magazine’, etc.
The writers include Thomas Percy, Thomas Park, and William Preston.