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Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
Miscellaneous letters and papers chiefly of the seventeenth century and chiefly relating to affairs in Scotland.
There are some transcripts, notes, and a table of contents in a modern hand.
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 the Horsburgh family.
Comprising:
1. pedigree, 19th century, of the Horsburgh family
2. transcripts of, and extracts from, charters and letters concerning members of the Horsburgh family
3. presentation, 1836, of the Reverend David Gairdner to the Church and Parish of Skirling
4. presentation, 1831, of the Reverend Dr George Burns to the Church and Parish of Tweedsmuir.
Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
Due to the War and Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin’s early death, neither work was published. The papers were used however by Professor John Fraser in publishing his collection of Quiggin’s Book of the Dean of Lismore transcripts, ‘Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore’.
Papers of George Douglas Brown.
Comprising:
school essay, "Science and Intellectual Philosophy; their Aims and Relations"
letter of Brown, on the death of his mother
notes and transcriptions, undated, of Brown.
Papers of John Brown.
Including letters of Ruskin, Thackerry and Mark Twain.
With sketchbooks and family papers.
Papers of Laurie Flynn, concerning alleged police corruption and racism.
Papers of Margaret Mackenzie Scott.
Including typescript of novel, "Bernardine", typescripts of articles, transcripts of press reviews and a letter concerning the novel, "The Last Spring" (1931).
Papers relating to Ritchie Calder`s work with the Political Warfare Executive during the Second World War.
Photocopies and transcripts of two letters of Charles McIntosh to Beatrix Potter.
Letters concern fungi.
Photocopies of transcripts, 1849-1894, of "Mundell Family Extracts from Loch Broom and Ullapool Parish Kirk Session Records"
With copies of related letters, 1975, of James R Matheson.
Photocopies of transcripts of 28 royal letters to the Fothringhams of Powrie.
Photocopies of typed transcripts of letters of Sir William Gordon to his sister.
Concerning the Crimea and India.
Photocopies of typed transcripts of letters of Violet Emily Cragg to her mother.
Written while in Nigeria.
Photocopies of typescript transcriptions of letters of Thomas Telford to Andrew Little and other members of the Little family, with letters relating to Telford.
Includes notes and extracts from letterbooks of Joseph Mitchell.
Photocopy and annotated transcript of letters of Samuel Brown to Samuel Smiles.
Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).
Poems and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.
All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.
Sale catalogues of books and transcripts of letters of Scottish interest in the Caligula section of the Cotton Library.
Scribal copy of letter, 1643, of Oliver Cromwell to Lawrence Crawford
With annotated transcript and notes, circa 1840-circa 1845, of Thomas Carlyle.