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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
Biographical and genealogical notes, mostly extracts or cuttings from books and newspapers, compiled by William B D D Turnbull.
Almost all of the notes are undated, but the press-cuttings are dated 1855.
Corrected typescript of ‘Sir Walter Scott and his wife: the happy marriage and the mystery’ by Elisabeth Anthony Dexter.
At the end is a genealogical table of the Scott family.
Correspondence and papers of Louisa Kathleen Haldane concerning her parents, Coutts and Harriet A Trotter of Dreghorn, and their ancestors.
Correspondence and papers of Patrick William Campbell, Writer to the Signet.
Includes material on investments in Argentina, genealogy, biography and poetry.
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.
Materials for a Baronetage of Scotland, collected by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges.
Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Notebook, presumably of the late nineteenth century, containing an epic poem in Gaelic, and related material.
Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings concerning Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of the poet Robert Burns, and her descendents, including the Glasgow artists, the Begg sisters.
Includes family tree and biographical notes on the members of the Burns Begg family who feature in this collection, including a letter of Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, to Robert Burns Begg.
Research papers of Adriano Galantini on the genealogy and biography of the last members of the Stuart Royal family.
Typescript of "The Legend and Genealogical Chart of St Margaret" by Imre Kish.
Typescript Peeblesshire church histories, by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn, intended to form part of the author's series of 'Books of the Church'.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.