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Correspondence and other papers chiefly of the Scotts of Raeburn.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1660-1822, of the Scotts of Raeburn (MS.2889);
Correspondence, accounts and other papers, [?1698-?1853], chiefly of the Scotts of Raeburn (MS.2890).
Correspondence and papers of Charles Steuart, Cashier and Paymaster, American Board of Customs.
Correspondence of, and concerning, Sir Walter Scott.
Correspondence of William Mure.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Diary and correspondence of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Trumland.
The contents are as follows:
Diary, 1855, 1858, of Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Trumland as a Captain of the 93rd Regiment, in India. (MS.2234);
Correspondence, 1855-1875, of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Trumland. (MS.2235).
Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist.
Jessy Harden's journal, essentially a series of family newsletters, was sent in instalments to her sister, Agnes Ranken, in India. Many of her husband's drawings were used to illustrate it. Journals and sketches alike survived because Agnes Ranken preserved them and eventually brought them back to Great Britain.
Lectures on Torsellino by Pieter Burman: ‘Viri eruditissimi Petri Burmanni professoris in Acad. Lugd. Batav. celeberrimi Dictata in Horatii Tursellini Historiarum Epitomen’.
Letter books containing copies of letters of William Elliot of Wells and the Lord Lieutenant, the Duke of Bedford.
The contents are as follows:
Letter book, February 1807, containing copies of letters of William Elliot and the Duke of Bedford to the Home Secretary, Earl Spencer. (MS.12908);
Letter book, 1806-1807, containing copies of letters of William Elliot to the Duke of Bedford (MS.12909).
Letters of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to the Earl of Rosebery, written chiefly in his capacity of Secretary of State for War.
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1882-August 1894 (MS.10002);
Letters, [October 1894-1907] (MS.10003).
Letters to David Hume from writers with surnames beginning with L-R.
Microfilm and photocopies of journals, diaries, and letters of David Livingstone, 1853-1866, with some letters of members of his family, 1860-1874.
Microfilm, chiefly of correspondence of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Microfilm chiefly of photographs and prints of works of Phoebe Anna Traquair.
The contents are as follows:
Photographs of and printed articles concerning murals of Phoebe Anna Traquair, [1890-1948] (MS.8123);
Illuminated manuscript, 1895-1897, by Phoebe Anna Traquair of ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (MS.8127);
Collotype prints of an illuminated manuscript, 1890-1892, by Phoebe Anna Traquair of ‘In Memoriam’ by Alfred Tennyson (MS.8128).
Microfilm of 11th and 12th century manuscripts.
Microfilm of 13th-century Bible, written in France.
Microfilm of 13th century manuscript, Chartulary of Melrose Abbey.
Microfilm of 13th-century manuscript of the 'Decretum' of Gratian.
Microfilm of 13th century manuscript, 'Perceval' of Chrétien de Troyes.
Microfilm of 13th century manuscript, the prose romance of Tristan.
Microfilm of 13th century manuscript, 'The Rosslyn Missal'.
Microfilm of 14th century copy of the ‘Historia Anglorum’ of Henry of Huntingdon, 12th century; and, late 14th century manuscript of the ‘Chronicle’ of Walter of Guisborough.
The contents are as follows:
English manuscript, 14th century, of the ‘Historia Anglorum’ of Henry of Huntingdon, 12th century (Adv.MS.33.5.2);
Manuscript written in England in the late 14th century by several hands of the ‘Chronicle’ of Walter of Guisborough (Adv.MS.33.5.3).