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Two letters of William Archer to Curtis Brown Ltd.
Concerning publication of his work on President Woodrow Wilson.
Two letters of William Blackwood (III) to the Rev and Mrs [Elizabeth H] Taylor on a humourous contribution to "Blackwood`s Magazine"
One of the letters erroneously addressed to the Rev E H Taylor. Both letters concern Mrs Elizabeth H Taylor`s poem "Re-volution".
Two letters of William Blackwood, publisher, to Captain Robert Melville Grindlay.
In letter one, 20 October 1826, William Blackwood thanks Grindlay for the copy of his work `Scenery, Costumes and Architecture. Chiefly on the Western Side of India, 1826-1830. Blackwood assures Grindlay that the book will be noticed in Blackwood`s Edinburgh Magazine.
In letter two, 24 July 1829, Blackwood apologises to Grindlay for having to delay the review of his work in the Edinburgh Magazine.
Two letters of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, to Sir Thomas Dick Lauder.
Concerning patronage.
Two letters of William Motherwell to Gavin Lang.
Concerning his own antiquarian collection, and the publication of the Chartulary of Paisley.
Two letters of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, to Professor Andrew Jamieson.
Letters concern electricity.
Two letters, one of John Broster and one of his nephew, also John Broster.
Two letters to Dr J D Ross Watt.
Concerning piping.
Two letters to John Hogg and 11 to Robert Pitcairn, both in Jamaica, from correspondents at Edinburgh, Dundee, and Perth.
Two letters to Lord Cooper, Lord President of the Court of Session, from Arthur Jaffe, Secretary of the International Law Association (enclosing two pamphlets), and Andrew Dewar Gibb, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow.
Letters concern the formation of a Scottish branch of the International Law Association.
Two letters to Schomberg H Ker, 9th Marquess of Lothian, of Alexander Sinclair and Henry Malet (enclosing a letter from his sister-in-law).
Concerning the claim to the earldom of Mar by the Earl of Kellie.
‘Two Theban queens’ by Colin Campbell (London, 1909); the author's copy.
Two typescript letters of Douglas Young to Arthur J Beattie.
Mainly concerning Young`s "The Puddocks".
Two volumes of letters of Sir George Webbe Dasent to his publisher David Douglas.
Letters concern Dasent`s Norse translations, "Story of Burnt Njal".
Two volumes of letters of Sir John Malcolm, Indian administrator and diplomat to his wife, Charlotte, written while on a voyage from India to the Persian Gulf on the British mission to Tehran.
Includes a photocopied typescript.
Typecripts, undated, of short stories, one with an African theme of Naomi Mitchison.
Includes:
"Housing Diary", Glasgow, 1934
letter, 1964, of Marion Campbell
verse, undated, including some of Stephen Spender.
Typed letter from Thomas Innes of Learney, advocate, to W K Dickson, Keeper of the Advocates’ library, 30 May 1921, referring to the provenance of a portrait of Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, at Kingcausie; and a typed transcript (folio 4) of an account of the duel between Sir Alexander Boswell, Baronet, and James Stuart of Dunearn, 1822, written by Mary Ann, daughter of Claud Boswell, Lord Balmuto, with a transcript of a related letter.
The originals were owned by Miss E B Irvine-Fortescue of Kingcausie in 1921.
Typed transcript of a letter of David Roberts to Wentworth Dilke.
Typed transcripts of letters to John Mackenzie of Delvine, Advocate, from the wife and son of the Reverend Dr Alexander Monro, and from Alexander Monro, Provost of St Salvator’s College, St. Andrews.
Typescript, 1920, of ‘The Gordons of Craichlaw’ by William MacMath, with corrections and prefatory notes by the author.
A letter about the work from E A Hornel, 1921, and a copy of Macmath's reply have been inserted (folio i).
Typescript, 1989, of a poem "Misprint in a Great Man`s Obit" by Gavin Ewart.
With two letters, 1977 and 1982, of Ewart, including one mentioning his poetry collection, "All My Little Ones".
Typescript and printed copies of 14 poems, 1985-1991 and undated, of W Price Turner.
With 13 letters, 1954-1981, to Price Turner from Scottish poets.
Typescript articles of James Mark Craigen, circa 1988-2009, correspondence with trade union and political leaders, 1973-1980, and related news-cuttings, 1971-1986.
Typescript 'Collected details re the Alston family (Scottish Branch)', compiled by Patrick R Alston, together with letters on the subject.
The compiler attempts to trace the history of the Saxon family of Alston from its first appearance in Scotland, before 1399. His collection, which deals mainly with Alstons of the seventeenth to nineteenth century, consists for the most part of extracts from Lionel Cresswell, ‘Stemmata Alstoniana’, 1905, other printed sources, and official records.
Typescript copies, 1964, of correspondence of Major-General Kenneth Mackenzie.
The letters are chiefly of Sir John Moore and Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, to Kenneth Mackenzie. The correspondence refers to service in the Peninsular War and in the Netherlands campaign of 1813-1814.
The typescript was taken from a transcript, made circa 1912 from the original letters, which now seem to have disappeared.