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11 literary notebooks and other papers of Morley Jamieson.
21 documents relating to the lands of Curriehill near Edinburgh.
28 letters of Richard Holden, merchant, Bristol, to his father, Richard Holden, of Baldovie, Dundee, and his brothers, John and Abraham.
Some letters concern the slave trade.
With two legal documents of the Holden family, Baldovie.
43 drafts and final copies of letters of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, while Governor-General of Canada, to Kings George V, Edward VIII and George VI.
63 deeds mostly concerning tenure of lands in North and South Kinkell.
64 charters and documents, 1513-1773, of the Flemings of Wigtown.
With, 16 charters, 1592-1693, of the Earls Marischal
petition, 1746, of David Carmichael of Maudsley to sell entailed lands
four deeds, 1813-1860, concerning property in Sierra Leone.
535 legal papers pertaining to lands of the Earls of Galloway.
A collection of deeds concerning members of the family of Buchanan of Auchentoshan [subsequently Cross-Buchanan].
Ch.5911 is a charter, 1484, of William, 3rd Lord Graham [subsequently 1st Earl of Montrose] to Thomas Buchanan of Drummikill.
A collection of documents relating to the family of Moubray of Cockairnie.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
A collection of formal papers, relating to the surgeon, Robert Liston.
Comprises: instruments of sasine, 1626-1756, mostly relating to properties in Culross (Ch.5832-5838), papers, mostly passports, 1794-1818, of his uncle, Sir Robert Liston (Ch.5839-5842), and four formal documents of his own, 1814, 1818 (Ch.5943-5946). An inventory has been placed with the collection.
A miscellaneous collection of documents.
Ch.5902-5903 and Ch.5905 refer to members of the Pitcairn family of Forthar; the remainder concern transactions between John Mowat and James Fullarton, burgesses in Edinburgh. Ch.5901 is an abstract of the documents.
`A Perfect Inventor of all the Pious Donations Given to the Kirks and Hospitals in Scotland since the days of K. Iames 1 To the Regne of King Iames the vi. With Additions. Edenburgh Writen 12 novr i702 by R:M:` (i.e. Robert Mylne).
`A perfyte inventar of all the pious donations gevin to kirks and hospitalls since the dayes of king James the first to the reigne of king James the sixt`.
Abbreviated copy of Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, "Laws and Customs of Scotland in Matters Criminal".
Abridgement, 18th century, of the `Acts of the Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland, 1552-1708`.
Abridgement of the ‘Chroniche’ of Giovanni Villani (died 1348) continued by his brother Matteo (died 1363) and by Matteo`s son Filippo, to the end of 1365.
Academic and literary correspondence of Professor Alastair Fowler, with some drafts of works and press cuttings.
This accession is one of several in the National Library of Scotland covering mainly incoming correspondence, but also containing copies of some outgoing letters and other literary material.
Acc.12015/57 gives biographical details on individual correspondents.
Academic and literary papers, including typescripts, drafts and correspondence, of Angus Calder.
Concerning his doctoral thesis, books and broadcasts, his involvement in East African literature, his editorship of 'Journal of Commonwealth literature' and convenorship of the Scottish Poetry Library.
Includes lectures notes, drafts, histories, correspondence and interviews.
Accounts and papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies (Darien Company).
Additional papers to the collection of John Riddell, the Peerage lawyer.
Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.
Address by the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, presented on his retirement to Sir James Lewis Caw, Curator of the National Portrait Gallery and Director of the National Gallery.
Written by Edward Johnston in black and red, with decorations in blue and gold.