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Account of the peasant rising of 1865 in Jamaica, being the final draft of part of an uncompleted work on Governor Eyre, by William Law Mathieson, Doctor of Laws.
Account of the trial of Alexander Wilson, the weaver-poet and ornithologist, at the instance of William Sharp, in connexion with his poem ‘The Shark’.
In accordance with the order of the Sheriff-Substitute, Alexander Wilson publicly burned two copies of the poem at the Tolbooth, Paisley. Bound with a printed copy of ‘The Shark’, 1792.
Accounts and abstract of accounts of the Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates.
Accounts and day-book kept by James Roberton, bailiff of Springwood Park, near Kelso.
James Roberton records the daily activities on the estate, with particular reference to the Ladyrig and Heiton steadings.
Accounts and related correspondence for alterations to the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Accounts and vouchers of the Faculty of Advocates.
Accounts concerning Sir John and Sir Charles Gilmour.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Apothecary's account for 1666-1667, presented by James Borthwick to Sir John Gilmour (folio 1);
(ii) Account of the household expenditure of Sir Charles Gilmour in 1742 (folio 7);
(iii) Account of expenditure in London during the winters of 1745-1746 and 1747-1748, kept, apparently, by a Scots official at the Board of Trade (folio 56).
Accounts, day books, and recipe books of Milton printworks near Dumbarton.
Accounts for joiner's, plumber's and plasterer's work at Edmonstone House, Midlothian, the property of John Wauchope.
The volume originally included accounts for mason's work as well, but these have been torn out.
Accounts for labourer’s wages and tradesman’s bills and receipts of the Faculty of Advocates for the building of the new library staircase.
Accounts, including pay bills and work bills for workmen employed at the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Accounts of charge and discharge between the Ladder and Kelso Road Trust and George Jordan, writer in Kelso.
These accounts include money received from toll houses, and all payments for repairs surveys and legal expenses, and occasionally notes concerning toll keepers.
Accounts of or relating to the family of Dun of Tarty in Aberdeenshire.
The accounts refer mostly to loans, rents, and bonds, but give a few instances of prices. Some appear to be the accounts of a factor or agent.
They start at both ends of a vellum-bound volume. Several leaves after folio 20 have been torn out. A modern note on the family is pasted on folio 21.
Accounts of the collieries and salt-works of the family of Wemyss of Bogie.
On the death of Sir John Wemyss, 2nd Baronet, in January 1719, the property is conducted for Sir James, 3rd Baronet, by tutors. Sir James first signs for himself, with his curators, in April 1726 (MS.3088, page 121).
Accounts of the Receiver General of Customs in Scotland, and of the Commissioners of Excise.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.v.5.3.
Accounts of tradesmen’s wages and tradesmen’s accounts and vouchers concerning work undertaken in the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Acrostic, 1876, of Lewis Carroll to Marion Bessie [Terry], written on the half-title of ‘The hunting of the snark’ by Carroll (London, 1876); a letter, 1876, of Carroll to Marion Terry is inserted.
A letter from Lewis Carroll to Marion Terry, 1876, is inserted in the volume.