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17 letters of 1st Earl Haig to the Very Reverend G S Duncan.
File
Identifier: Acc.7706
Scope and Contents
Concerning Haig`s religious convictions, his British Legion work, and other topics.
Dates:
1918-1924, 1926.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters of Andrew K H Boyd.
File
Identifier: Acc.5373
Dates:
1865-1897 and undated.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters of Hugh Walpole to Sir Newman Flower.
File
Identifier: Acc.8798
Dates:
1919-1940.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters of James Logan to Sir John Philippart.
File
Identifier: Acc.7182
Scope and Contents
Concerning Logan`s edition of "The Clans of the Scottish Highlands..." (London, 1845-1847), and to his other contributions to the "Naval and Military Gazette".
Dates:
1842-1847.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters of James Nasmyth to Henry Bicknell.
File
Identifier: Acc.4953- is now MS.11000, ff 140-176
Dates:
1859-1879.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters of Joanna Baillie to Anne Elliott of Egland.
File
Identifier: Acc.9467
Dates:
1809-1833.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters of Joe Murray to Philip D Thomson.
File
Identifier: Acc.11092
Dates:
1993-1994.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters of Neil Gunn to Naomi Mitchison.
File
Identifier: Acc.5813
Scope and Contents
Copy of letter, 1944, of Naomi Mitchison to Neil Gunn, and one other letter, undated, of Mitchison to an unknown recipient.
Dates:
1942-1971.
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17 letters to Gavin Ewart from various publishers.
File
Identifier: Acc.11226
Scope and Contents
Letters concern Ewart`s novel, "The Adventures of Arthur".
Dates:
1972-1974.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters to James Wilson.
File
Identifier: Acc.7774
Scope and Contents
Concerning economic and political matters.
Dates:
1842-1853.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 letters to Sir John Kirk.
File
Identifier: Acc.4084- is now MS.20311, ff 233-275.
Dates:
1867-1903 and undated.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17 postcards of Stansmore Dean Stevenson and Jean Stevenson to Elise Pruvost, their housekeeper in France.
File
Identifier: Acc.14471
Scope and Contents
The postcards, all except one written in French, were formerly part of the family album of Elise Pruvost and her daughter Christiane Lavoger. They date from the period when Stansmore Dean Stevenson and her husband, the painter R. Macaulay Stevenson, and step-daughter Jean Stevenson, stayed in Montreiul-sur-mer, France. The collection also includes a photograph of Elise Pruvost and the Stevenson family on a visit to London, c.1925.With biographical information, in French, compiled...
Dates:
1910-1926.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17th century customs book to which has been added historical material relating to contemporary affairs in Scotland, including, accounts, 1618-1630, of the Salt Custom on the North and South of the First of Forth, `Ane memorandum of all the declaration, petitions, protestations...to the shires with the names of ther Commissioners and Collonells`, 1637-1648, a history of the events of 1635-1662 and accounts, 1619-1630, of the Coal Custom on the North and South of the Firth of Forth.
Series
Identifier: Acc.1006- is now MS.2263.
Dates:
1618-1662.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.9
Scope and Contents
17th-century manuscript written and compiled by Sir James Balfour containing the following works:1. Copy by Sir James Balfour of George Marjorybanks, 'Annals of Scotland, 1514-94'. Folios 6r-23r.A history of Scotland in the form of annals written in Scots, originally written in the late 16th century by George Marjoribanks, burgess of Edinburgh. The location of the original manuscript from which Balfour made his copy is unknown. The work is separated into...
Dates:
17th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17th-century manuscript, probably written in Scotland, containing a translation into Latin of the 'Οἰκουμένης περιήγησις' ['Description of the Known World'], by Dionysius Periegetes.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.7
Scope and Contents
17th-century manuscript, probably written in Scotland, containing a translation into Latin of the 'Οἰκουμένης περιήγησις' of Dionysius Periegetes, also known as the Description of the Known World.The translation is probably the work of Sir John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton, as suggested in a heading on page 1 in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald, which reads: 'Dionisii Alexandrini Perihegesis Carmine Heroico Latino e Graeco reddita per Anonymum Scotum (ut creditur D. Jo. Nisbeti de...
Dates:
17th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
17th-century transcripts of foundation charters of religious houses in Scotland made by Sir James Balfour; and a transcript, probably late 16th-century, of the Chartulary of Balmerino Abbey.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.5
Scope and Contents
A volume containing transcripts of foundation charters of religious houses in Scotland in the hand of Sir James Balfour, and a late 16th-century transcript of the Chartulary of Balmerino Abbey.The two sets of transcripts were probably brought together in the mid-17th century, and were certainly together before the death of Charles Fairfax in 1673. The volume is interleaved, which was probably done in the late 18th century, with insertions also added at the end.Folios...
Dates:
Late 16th century and 1st half of 17th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 charters concerning the lands of Bendochy, Perthshire.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9322
Dates:
1538-1604.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters and one telegram, 1945-1954, of Walter de la Mare to Alice V Stuart.
File
Identifier: Acc.4875
Scope and Contents
With letter, 1961, of Theresa Whistler to Alice V Stuart, concerning Walter de la Mare.
Dates:
1945-1961.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters concerning Wemyss Castle estate, Fife.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.3110- is now MS.10686.
Dates:
1800-1838.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters of 5th Earl of Rosebery.
File
Identifier: Acc.5149- is now MS.10250.
Dates:
1894-1899.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters of Allan Cunningham.
File
Identifier: Acc.600- is now MS.1808.
Dates:
19th century.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters of and to Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.8967
Scope and Contents
Concerning his business affairs in Spain and Portugal.
Dates:
1808-1833.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters of David Livingstone to his daughter, Agnes, and others family members.
File
Identifier: Acc.5538- is now MS.10704.
Dates:
1852-1862.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto, to Sir John Murray, Lord Advocate.
File
Identifier: Acc.3860- is now MS.19736(part).
Dates:
1837.
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Archives and Manuscripts
18 letters of Henry Dundas to his son Robert.
File
Identifier: Acc.6409- is now MS.14839, ff 48-101.
Dates:
1807-1810.
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Archives and Manuscripts