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Copy, 17th century, of five prose tracts of William Drummond, of Hawthornden, the poet, written between 1638 and 1642 about the time of Rebellion and Civil War in the reign of Charles I.
Copy, 18th century, by Samuel Ayscough of documents concerning revenues of religious houses.
The manuscript is an imperfect copy of the book of assumption of benefices.
The transcript is from the Harleian manuscript (4623 (or 4613) tom 2).
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Ane Essay upon Tiends`, an anonymous essay in six chapters.
Internal evidence suggests that the original essay was written circa 1732. It begins on folio 1, and is followed by a discussion on `patronage` (folio 28 verso), apparently a memorial by C Talbot for an unnamed litigant; and a copy ‘Memorial for Mr Thomas Linning, Min[?]. at Walstoun` (folio 30). The original of this memorial must have been written before Linning`s death in 1731.
Copy, 18th century, of “Chroniques au foumaire recit de ce qui se trouve de plus remarquable dans l’etat de la Republique de Geneve et de l’eglise qui y est recueillie depuis qu’elle est connue jusques à l’année 1562 par Michel Rozet.”
Six volumes bound in four.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Historia diplomatica’ by Petrus a Thymo (van der Heyden).
Copy, 18th century, written on paper watermarked 1742 or 1749, of an extract from `An Abridgment of the Scotishe historie`, written by John Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries of Terregles and dated 1656.
Copy, 1766, of ‘The laws and acts of the Chapmen of Perthshire’, 1713, and minutes of the society, 1748-1805.
Copy, 1821, of ‘De antiqua Atheniensium religione’, ?16th century, transcribed from an anonymous manuscript treatise in the Royal Library at Hanover.
Copy, apparently the licence copy, of the play 'The fair Quaker' by Edward Thompson.
The volume is made up of pages from a copy of the 1769 edition of ‘The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, the Humours of the Navy’ by Charles Shadwell (originally published in 1710), bearing numerous small textual alterations and deletions, and leaves containing a great deal of new or completely revised material, written in a formal contemporary hand.
Copy by John Boswell of "Decreets of Division of Valuations in the Shire of Ayr".
Consisting of records of meetings of the Commissioners of Supply and other papers.
Copy by John Chalmer, 1732, of the 3rd edition of John Spottiswood, ‘An introduction to the knowledge of the stile of writs’.
Copy, circa 2006, of notes of speech by Arthur Woodburn to Women`s Conference in Perth entitled "What Labour has done for Scotland", 1949.
Copy, early 19th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
The volume contains numbers 1-170 of the Orders, followed by an index (folio 113). There are a number of deletions, and the text does not include the emendations of 1813 (cf. ‘Standing Orders of the House of Lords except as to local and personal bills’). The latest Orders are dated 1803.
Copy in 5 volumes of corrected typescripts of journalism and broadcasts of Janet Teissier du Cros (nee Grierson); with copy of unpublished family memoir by Molly Dickins (nee Grierson).
Copy, in a 17th-century hand, of several prose tracts of the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden, written at the time of the Civil War.
Copy, in a mid-18th century hand, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’.
Copy, late 17th century-mid 18th century, of Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’.
Copy, late 17th century to 18th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’ by Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie.
A collection of decisions and law notes.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.3.20).
Copy, late seventeenth century-eighteenth century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Major Practicks’.
Copy, late seventeenth century, of Sir Thomas Nicolson of Carnock, ‘Practicks’.
Copy of a speech of Prof Kenneth Varty.
Concerns the presentation of his "Festschrift" to Prof H T Barnwell, London.
Copy of Adv.MS.31.3.18, documents relating to heraldry, made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist.
Translations have been provided with the material in Latin.
Copy of an apparently unpublished work entitled 'Practical Tracts of Artillery', written by Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Fellow of the Royal Society.
The work was written by John Macdonald when he was Captain Commanding the Artillery at Fort Marlborough, [Sumatra]. The text is preceded by a letter to the Governor and Council of the Military Department there, an introduction to the work, and a letter to the Governor-General and the Supreme Council at Fort William.