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21 documents relating to the lands of Curriehill near Edinburgh.
Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Correspondence and accounts of the Faculty of Advocates concerning publication and sales of Faculty Decisions.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Customs book, to which has been added historical material relating to contemporary affairs in Scotland.
Diary of Walter Scott, farmer at Nether Bonchester, Roxburghshire.
The entries date from Walter Scott's acquisition of the property in May 1730, where an account is given of the conditions of the transaction, and break off in March 1743. They consist of memoranda concerning the management of the farm, such as details of the hiring of labour and the sowing and harvesting of crops, transactions with other farmers, and miscellaneous accounts.
Documents relating to the management and improvement of the estate of Ladykirk, Berwickshire.
Detailed schemes of inclosing, building, stocking, planting, and general work on the farm are described.
Letters of Matthew Urlwin Sears to Messrs A and C Black and Co, with a letter of Harriet Beecher Stowe, in the hand of Charles Beecher, to Messrs A and C Black and Co, inserted into a copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853).
Memoranda and accounts of Archibald Campbell Colquhoun, Lord Clerk Register, concerning the estates of Clathick, Ryding, Garscadden and Killermont.
Most of the entries concern building and farming operations and agreements with tenants. There are also references to coal-mining on the Ryding estate, and records of crops at Killermont.
Minute books and papers of the Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library, including inventories, petitions and accounts.
Notebook belonging to William Rankin, James Rankin, and, finally, to Gabriel Rankin of Orchardhead.
Notebooks belonging to John, 4th Earl of Loudoun.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.
Papers of the Dunbars of Mochrum.
Pocket-book of Sir John Gordon of Invergordon, containing a digest of ten pocket-books of memoranda.
The subjects include a family pedigree with chart and blazonings, accounts of income and expenditure, estate accounts and other business, receipts from the Principality of Scotland, prices, journeys, from Edinburgh to London, politics and elections, household recipes, verses.
Records of Edinburgh South Liberal Democrats.
Agendas, minutes of executive committes and annual general meetings, treasurer`s accounts and reports, internal mailings.
Records of the Edinburgh dining club, The Friday Club, formed in June 1803 and continued until 1850, prefaced by a long autograph memorandum by Lord Cockburn.
The volume contains accounts kept by John Richardson, original bills from taverns and hotels, and an incomplete series of the club's printed fixture-cards.