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20 letters, mainly of George Walker, to Cadell and Davies.

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Identifier: Acc.7652
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Concerning publication of James Cririe, "Scottish Scenery" (1803).

Dates: 1799-1802.

20 letters of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope to the Very Reverend George S Duncan and his son Douglas Duncan.

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Identifier: Acc.11201
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Concerns the naval service of Douglas Duncan, and referring to George S Duncan`s connection with Sir Douglas Haig during the First World War.

Dates: 1941-1958.

20 letters of David Roberts to Sir James Emerson Tennent and his wife.

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Identifier: Acc.11697
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Several letters concern Near-Eastern travel and the Victorian art scene.

Dates: 1846-1864.

20 letters of Eric Linklater to William N Roughead.

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Identifier: Acc.10551
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Includes four letters of Marjorie Linklater and three letters of Alison Linklater to Roughead.

Dates: 1946-1965 and undated.

20 letters of Frederick Bailey, as Secretary of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, to Robert Bell.

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Identifier: Acc.7346
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Concerning affairs of the Society.

Dates: 1893-1908.

20 letters of William Lockhart to George Lockhart.

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Identifier: Acc.5395
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With transcripts, 20th century.

Dates: 1742-1756.

21 letters and fragments of and to Scottish clergymen.

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Identifier: Acc.8670
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Correspondents include Charles Cowan, Alexander Duff, Robert H Lundie, Thomas Guthrie and George S Duncan.

Dates: 1822-1948 and undated.

21 letters of James Henry Skene to his father, James Skene of Rubislaw and other members of his family.

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Identifier: Acc.11537
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Letters concern James Henry Skene`s education in Germany, his military service and his residence in Greece.

Dates: 1826-1836.

21 letters of Sir D Y Cameron to Messrs Frost and Reed and Walter Frost.

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Identifier: Acc.6255
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Concerning his etchings and paintings.

Dates: 1913-1928.

21 letters of Sir Henry Holland to his father, Peter Holland.

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Identifier: Acc.7515
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On personal, social and academic matters.

With typescripts of the letters.

Dates: 1810-1811.

22 letters, 1843-1847, to John Stevenson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6271
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Concerning the transactions of the committee for the erection of a memorial to James Wilson, leader of the Radical Rising of 1820, in which Stevenson took part.

With a biographical note on Stevenson by George Maddocks, and a colour photograph of his portrait.

Dates: 1843-1847 and undated.

22 letters of or to Alfred C Haddon.

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Identifier: Acc.8677
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On anthropological subjects.

Including a letter, 1901, of Sir James G Frazer.

Dates: 1901-1930.

22 letters of Thomas Carlyle and 19 of Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1830-1867 and undated, to members of his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7988
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With eight letters of John Aitken Carlyle to his mother and brother, two letters, 1841, 1852, of R W Emerson to Thomas Carlyle, and associated correspondence.

Dates: 1830-1867 and undated.

22 postcards, 1933-1942, of William Soutar to William Montgomerie and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7204
Scope and Contents

On personal and literary matters, with a sketch of Soutar.

With five letters, 1977, to Montgomerie, concerning Soutar, and an associated letter of Montgomerie to Maurice Lindsay.

Also four letters of Sir John Stirling-Maxwell and 11 letters of Anne G Gilchrist, 1948-1952, to Montgomerie, on literary and musical matters.

Dates: 1933-1977.

23 letters to Hamish Henderson from correspondents including Ewan MacColl and Douglas Young.

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Identifier: Acc.10528
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With corrected typescript of Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci`s "Lettere dal Carcere".

Dates: 1950-1986.

24 letters of John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty, both in Jamaica, to friends and relatives at Greenock.

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Identifier: Acc.7285-is now MS.50258
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Discussing the effects of fever and commenting on the anti-slavery campaign of Wilberforce.

Dates: 1772-1801.

24 letters of Viscount Horne of Slamannan to Lord Beaverbrook.

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Identifier: Acc.8214
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On political and personal matters.

Dates: 1922-1940.

25 letters of Charles, Lord Cornwallis, to Colonel John Macleod.

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Identifier: Acc.6771
Scope and Contents

Mostly on the Irish Rebellion.

Dates: 1782-1801.

25 letters of Roderick Watson Kerr to George M Thomson.

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Identifier: Acc.6831
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Concerning the Porpoise Press.

With typescript copies annotated by Thomson.

Dates: 1925.

25 letters of Tom Scott and two letters of George Macleod of Fuinary.

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Identifier: Acc.12064
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Includes related material.

Dates: 1986-1995.

27 letters to J Scott.

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Identifier: Acc.8147
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Concerning the Fife potato trade.

Dates: 1840-1841.

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Language
English 4167
Undetermined 1271
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 42
Multiple languages 38
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 130
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 69
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 64
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 47
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 43
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Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 35
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 33
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 32
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 26
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 25
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 25
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 24
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 21
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 19
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 19
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 18
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 18
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 18
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 18
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 18
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 17
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 16
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 16
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 16
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 16
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 16
Saltire Society 16
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 16
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 15
Gray, Alasdair (author) 15
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 15
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 15
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 14
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 14
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 14
Stuart, Charles, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845 14
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 14
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 13
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 13
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 13
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 13
Raffalovich, Marc André, poet, 1864-1934 13
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 13
Ballantyne, James (printer) 12
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 12
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 12
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 12
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 12
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 11
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 11
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 11
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 11
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 11
Wilson, John, author and journalist, pseudonym Christopher North, 1785-1854 11
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 10
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 10
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 10
MacDonald, James Ramsay, statesman, 1866-1937 10
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 10
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 10
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 10
Soutar, William (poet) 10
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 9
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 9
Chalmers, George, antiquary and political writer, ? 1742-1825 9
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 9
Flint, Sir William Russell, Knight, artist, 1880-1969 9
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 9
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 9
Scottish National Party 9
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 9
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 8
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 8
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 8
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 8
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 8
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 8
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 8
Hume, Joseph, politician, 1777-1855 8
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 8
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 8
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 8
National Library of Scotland 8
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 8
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 8
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 8
Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 8
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907 8
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 7
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 7
Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, publishers 7
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 7
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 7
Church of Scotland 7
Combe, George (Writer to the Signet, phrenologist) 7
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 7
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 7
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 7
Lindsay, Maurice, poet and writer, 1918-2009 7
Lines Review, Scottish poetry journal 7
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