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‘Account of the Ecclesiastical Benefices ... and the number of people in Scotland’, ‘prepared for the information of Government by the late Doctor Alexander Webster’, and dedicated by his son, John Webster, to Pitt.

 Item
Identifier: MS.89
Scope and Contents The manuscript begins with an account of the manner in which the figures were collected, and contains:(i) ‘An alphabet list of the parishes of the Church of Scotland, shewing the extent of each parish, the number of Papists and Protestants, the name of the patron, and the stipend payable to the Minister,' as at ‘end of the year 1785' (see ‘Explanation of Scheme First’);(ii) ‘A list of the several shires in Scotland, shewing the number of parishes, ministers, Papists,...
Dates: 1755, 1785

Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.

 File
Identifier: MS.2960
Scope and Contents The printed matter is recorded in the Catalogue of Printed Books. In addition to some forgeries, the manuscript material is as follows:(i) Letter, undated, of John Stevenson, James Maidment's publisher, probably to Maidment (folio 2);(ii) A version, in a hand of about Maidment's time, of part of the poem on Lord justice Clerk Whitelaw, 'Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell,' printed by Maidment in ‘A book of Scotish pasquils’ (Edinburgh, 1827), page 73 (folio 2...
Dates: 1696-1891, undated.

Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vols. I-II
Scope and Contents

The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.

Dates: 1793-1794.

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals of Church and Crown lands in Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.16
Scope and Contents The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: a.1.22.Some of the items in this manuscript may have been copied from Adv.MS.34.2.17: Copies of papers concerning the Exchequer and King’s rent.The contents are as follows: 1. Rentals of benefices, 1561; 2. Kings Rents & Casualties, 1628; 3. The contributions to the Lords of Session; 4. Compt of taxation of £100,000, 1593; 5. The rent paid to the king out of the...
Dates: 16th century-1628.

Copies of letters and reports from Captain John Barlow and other officers commanding detachments of the Buffs in the Western Isles and the Laggan and Loch Rannoch areas.

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Identifier: MS.10691
Scope and Contents

Captain Barlow reports on his searches for arms and Catholic priests in the islands, and on shipping in the area. He also comments on the topography and social conditions, and puts forward suggestions for a permanent garrison, the building of schools and customs houses, etc. Reports from the mainland are chiefly concerned with cattle thieving and the power of the chiefs. The inverted folios contain tables of military posts in the Highlands and Scotland generally.

Dates: 1753-1754.

Copies of memorials, 1786-1788, addressed by the Carron Company to Sir Thomas Dundas as arbiter, claiming repayment of water lost to them through the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

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Identifier: MS.3006
Scope and Contents

Copies of reports of the Carron Company's inspectors, 1772, ?1775, and of George Whitworth, for the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation, 1785, 1788, are included.

Dates: 1786-1788.

Copy, possibly the holograph, of the report by Thomas Tucker on the customs and excise of Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.28.6.5
Scope and Contents Tucker had been sent to Scotland in the autumn of 1655 to set up the customs and to re-establish the excise, and his report, dated 20 November 1656, was written after his return to London. The report is followed by an unmarked copy of ‘Rules, Orders and Instructions, Made and Published by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in Scotland ...’ (Edinburgh, 1656) (folio 54), and by `The forme of the Cash or Day Booke to be kept by the severall Collectors of Customs and Excise in...
Dates: 1655-1656.

Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents

Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.

Also includes:

papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail

papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.

Dates: 1880-1958 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of John Forbes, Lieutenant-General in the Portuguese service.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15342-15350
Scope and Contents Forbes was a soldier of fortune who enlisted in the Portuguese army in the Seven Years' War and afterwards settled in Portugal, remaining in the service for the rest of his life. He was the second son of George Forbes of Skellater, Aberdeenshire and although he never owned the property (which his father sold) he was frequently referred to, and known as Forbes de Skellater, or Forbes-Skellater. The manuscripts refer to the campaigns of the Portuguese army in the wars against France of...
Dates: 1793-1797, 1801-1804, 1807, 1818, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.11001-13496
Scope and Contents The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates: 17th century-20th century.

Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates: 1981-1996, 2010.

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, undated.

Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

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Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
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Aberdeen (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Aberdeen. Longitude: -2.0667. Latitude: 57.1667. 1
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Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
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Blaikie, Walter Biggar, historian, civil engineer and publisher, 1847-1928: collector 1
Cameron, Andrew, 1929-2022 (SNP activist) 1
Charles II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1630-1685 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760 1
Craig, Robert, Principal of University of Rhodesia, 1917-1995 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Dunbar, family, of Mochrum 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fyfe, Christopher Hamilton, historian, 1920-2008 1
Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron Grenville, Prime minister, 1759-1834: recipient 1
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 1
Hamilton, Douglas Douglas-, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, nobleman and aviator, 1903-1973 1
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hignett, Sean, playwright and novelist, fl 1971-1987 1
Holt, A H E L, Major, fl 1916-1958 1
Johnstone, Stewart Soutar, claimant to Marquessate of Annandale, d 1846 1
Library and Information Services Council (Scotland) (LISC(S)) 1
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 1
MacCormick, Margaret (wife of John MacCormick, née Miller) 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1861-1937 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Maxwell, family, of Monreith 1
McCrone, David, b. 1945 (sociologist and Director of the Institute of Governance) 1
Mearns, Jim, b.1959 (civil servant, archaeologist, and political campaigner) 1
Monreith estate, Dumfries and Galloway 1
Mossman, Robert Cockburn, meteorologist, 1870-1940 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Powell, Reginald (physicist) 1
Ramsay, John, General, 1768-1845: recipient 1
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 1
Royal Academy of Arts 1
Royal Society of Edinburgh 1
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 1
Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) 1
Sim, William, colour manufacturer, b 1843 1
Sutherland Estates 1
Taylor, Wilfred (journalist and author) 1
The Robert Burns World Federation Limited 1
Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh 1
Tods, Murray and Jamieson, Edinburgh, WS 1
Torrance, David (journalist, author, and historian.) 1
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 1
United Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, 1475-, Edinburgh 1
Watt, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-, Knight, developer of radar, 1892-1973 1
Waverley Broadcasting Limited 1
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 1
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