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Biographical notes on Rev Malcolm Moffat, missionary.
Biographical notes, 2013, on Rev Malcolm Moffat, missionary to Livingstonia, Malawi. Rev Moffat, grandson of Robert and Mary Moffat, became an agriculturalist at the Overtoun Institute at Livingstonia, Malawi in 1894. He spent much of his career at Chitambo, and his work included Bible translation.
Biographical notes on the Senators of the College of Justice from 1532 to 1789, collected by John Philp Wood, probably in connection with his biographies in Adv.MSS.37.2.2-37.2.4.
The notes are followed by extracts from the Balcarres Papers and notes on the Court of Session, undated; with an index and a note on the papers by John Philp Wood's daughter, Marion Wood, who arranged them, 1877 (folio 29).
A list of Advocates (folio 1) and an account of the Duke of Hamilton's duel with Lord Mohun (folio 25), found loose in the volume, have been pasted in.
Biographical notes on William Drummond of Hawthornden by Mark Noble.
Similar to Noble`s work in continuation of Granger`s "Biographical History".
Biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie.
Biographical notices of Scottish pipers, in continuation of a series published in "Piping Times".
Includes additions and corrections.
Biographical papers concerning student ministers and congregations of the Secession churches that formed the United Presbyterian Church in 1847.
Biography entitled "J M Hogge: Back-Bench Maverick" by R Ian Elder.
Biography entitled "The Celebrated Captain Barclay, RN", by Ruth Jennings.
Biography of James Bonar, compiled by his son.
Mostly comprising extracts from Bonar`s diary and correspondence.
Brief biographies of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews from the 10th century to 1615, by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
The work was compiled after 1623 (reference is made to John Selden’s edition of Eadmer`s works published in that year) and used Fordun, Boece and other historians as sources.
Carbon copy typescript of chapters 1-5 of a biography of Robert B Cunninghame Grahame by Herbert Faulkner West.
Collection of romances and religious material, mostly in verse, written in the North Midlands by Richard Heeg with some items by James Hawghton and additions in other hands.
Copies, 17th century, of `Sayings and Observations` by John Livingstone, minister of Ancrum (page 1) and of his notes on the lives of eminent ministers of the Church of Scotland (page 15).
The end of a religious meditation is written upside-down on page 108.
Copies of correspondence of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826), apparently intended for publication.
Copies of letters, 1889, 1894, of Alexander and Duncan Matheson to their parents in Duirmish.
With a biographical sketch, 1921, of Duncan Matheson from the Hudson`s Bay Company journal, "The Beaver"
Copies of "The Works of Robert Burns..." (Liverpool, 1800), and "Reliques of Robert Burns" (London, 1808), both annotated by Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Copy, 17th century, of `Prince Henry his Life, Death and Funeralles`, the life of the Prince of Wales, which was published in 1641 attributed to Sir Charles Cornwallis.
Copy, 17th century, of `The Life, Araignment, and Death of the famous and learned Sir Thomas More Knight, sometimes Lord Chauncellor of England. Together with his Vision`.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘The Life and Death of ... James Renwick’ by Alexander Shields, Minister of St. Andrews, written in the late 17th century.
The manuscript version corresponds more or less with the first printed version but excludes the `Epistle to the Reader` at the beginning and Renwick`s ‘Admission of Elders’ and several of his letters which are added at the end. The present manuscript breaks off abruptly near the end of the text and is left incomplete. There is no title page.
Copy of "Commentaries of the 17th Century Scots Traveller William Lithgow. With a Biographical Introduction by John Scotland".
Copy of G K Chesterton, "George Bernard Shaw" (London, 1914), with author`s signature.
Copy of George F R Henderson, "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War" (1898), inscribed and marked by Douglas Haig.
Containing a letter and report, 1919, to Haig, and a few maps, undated.
Copy of John Buchan, "Montrose", with five letters.
Letters of Walter Elliot, the Duke of Buccleuch, Susan, Lady Tweedsmuir, and Ronald Selby Wright, all to William Hunter, concerning the unveiling of the Montrose Memorial at Selkirk.
Copy of "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846) of John Hill Burton.
Includes an letter of David Hume, 1773, and interleaves bearing transcripts of 16 letters of Hume to his brother John and John`s son Joseph (`Josey`), transcribed by John Turnbull, WS, circa 1872.