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Letters and papers, chiefly of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.
Much of the correspondence is personal or concerns Anderson`s historical work, but some is of a legal or financial nature. Folios 154-158 consist of invitations to funerals.
Letters and papers mostly addressed to Sir John Bellenden of Auchinoul.
Bellenden succeeded his father as Lord Justice Clerk in 1547 and held the post until his death in 1577, when he was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Lewis Bellenden. Most of the letters were written to him in his official capacity, and are legal and financial in nature. They include a number of accounts and letters concerning the affairs of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, and of Robert Stewart, later Earl of Orkney.
Letters and papers, mostly contemporary copies, concerning a dispute within the Episcopal Church of Scotland.
The controversy was caused by some of the clergy of Edinburgh who objected to the canons of the Synod of 1743, particularly to those regulating the election of bishops.
Letters and papers of and concerning Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat.
Most of the letters were written by Lovat to Donald Fraser, later Minister of Urquhart and Logie, who was tutor to Lovat`s two elder sons, and concern the care and upbringing of the boys. Other letters concern the Rising of 1745, and include correspondence with Normand Macleod of Macleod and the Earl of Loudoun.
Letters and papers of, and concerning, Sir Patrick Geddes and Dr Arthur Geddes.
Letters and papers of Captain the Honourable (afterwards Admiral Sir) Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.
Letters and papers of David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
The letters, which are mostly from George Henry Hutton and other antiquaries, concern the publication of chartularies and the compilation of a history of Scottish religious houses. There are also manuscript and printed copies of Buchan`s speeches to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1784-1785, 1787 (folio 76).
Letters and papers of John H Balfour-Browne, Kings Counsel (1885-1921).
Letters and papers of Robert Bruce Armstrong, chiefly concerning the collection of material for the unpublished continuation of his ‘The history of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale and the Debateable Land’.
Letters and papers of Sydney Durward Tremayne (1912-1986), the poet and journalist.
Letters and papers of the 1st and 2nd Dukes of Argyll.
Most of the papers concern the settling of the 1st Duke`s affairs after his death in 1703, with particular reference to his estate at Chirton in Northumberland. Many of the letters are addressed to James Anderson, Writer to the Signet, who was acting on behalf of Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Argyll.
Letters and papers of Thomas Carlyle, with a few of his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle and others.
Letters and papers pasted or inserted loose in printed books, inscriptions written in books, etc., in the Hugh Sharp Collection.
Letters and poems of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet; and poetry and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell.
Letters and poems of George Macdonald.
The letters, which include some from his wife Louisa, are written to Baron and Lady Mount-Temple. They mention George Macdonald's work, give news of himself and of his family, describe his surroundings in Italy, and contain many reflections on God and the next world. The poems (folio 95) are both manuscript and printed. There are also a few poems included in the letters.
Letters, and typed transcripts of letters, of Mountstuart Elphinstone, mostly to William Erskine, the historian of India.
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.
Letters chiefly from members of the English army in the North of England and Scotland, and addressed to Sir William Clarke, secretary to General Monck, and to Monck himself.
The letters of 1648 mostly concern the campaign against the Scots and the capture of Pontefract. Those of 1659 are on military and political matters and include the draft of Monck`s manifesto at Coldstream.
Letters chiefly of, to, and about James Grahame, the author of ‘The Sabbath’.
Among the correspondents are Joanna Baillie, Thomas Campbell, Cockburn, Jeffrey, Dugald Stewart, and William Wilberforce. An autograph manuscript of 'The Siege of Copenhagen' (folio 75) differs in several places from the printed text; there is also an autograph manuscript of Thomas Campbell's "The Soldier's Dream" (folio 10), and a copy of Charles Wolfe's 'The Burial of Sir John Moore' (folio 82).
Letters chiefly of, to, or concerning David Livingstone and his wife; and other papers.
Letters, etc., chiefly addressed to Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Sheils, writer in Edinburgh, née Wightman.
The writers include Thomas Boston the Elder, 1719, 1728 (folios 9, 46; transcripts appended), and other divines, and the content of the letters is mainly religious. It includes an account of the death and prophecies of Robert Stark, Minister of Stenton (folio 66). For the Wightman family, see notes on folios i-iv. At folio 84 is a copy of a letter, 1797, of the Marquess Cornwallis to Dundas regarding promotion in the East India Company's Army.
Letters, manuscripts and proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
Letters, manuscripts, notebooks and printed items of and concerning David Gray, of Kirkintilloch.
David Gray is known particularly for his major poem 'The Luggie'.
Letters, mostly to John, Duke of Lauderdale.
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian.
The correspondents were members of the army and civil service in India, most of whom were interested in Indian history, philology, literature and art, and discussed these in their letters. Some of them refer to their own books and articles, or to the Literary Society of Bombay, of which Erskine was the secretary. A few of the letters concern legal matters or current military and political topics.
The letters have been grouped under the various correspondents.