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Copies of documents of and concerning David Livingstone made for William Garden Blaikie, author of ‘The personal life of David Livingston’.
File
Identifier: MS.10773
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Copies of historical works of Alexander Hume, preceded by a Latin treatise.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.3
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: w.7.18.The contents are as follows:(i) ‘De foedere Dei cum homine’, ‘Arminianorum abjectiones adversus hanc doctrinam’, 1653 (folio 1);
(ii) ‘Rerum scoticarum compendium in usum scholarum, per Alexandrum Humium’, 1660 (folio 72);
(iii) ‘Clavis in Buchananum, hoc est, nomi num propriorum aliorumque elucidatio’, undated (folio 165).At the end of the volume are some...
Dates:
1653, 1660, undated.
Copies of Icelandic legal papers, mainly ecclesiastical.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.13
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Copies of legal documents, 2nd half of 17th century, and copies, 1657 and early 18th century, of valuations, 16th century, of places in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.5
Scope and Contents
(i) 'Taxtio super integra ecclesia Scoticana tam super pralatiuris quam aliis beneficis numonluis ad valarem annuum £40 sel ad rationem £30,000' (page 1);
(ii) 'Libellus taxationum seu contrivutionum spiritualitatis conceparcum S.D.N. Regi per fraelator et Clericas Regni Scotiae' (page 16);
(iii) Extent rolls of the Shires of Scotland in some instances distinguishing the property of the Crown, kirklands, and temporal lands, all apparently of the 16th century but dated at the end Sept 10 1687...
Dates:
16th century, 2nd half of 17th century.
Copies of legal papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.3.6
Scope and Contents
There is a pencil note inscribed thus, “this volume belonged to the late Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, and appears to be the same which he has referred to in ‘The annals of Scotland’ volume II, page 261 as ‘Pitmedden’s MS. Collection’ (signed) Tho. Thomson”.
The “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. II. Law" (F.R.185) includes the note “Prof. Hannay thinks there is no evidence for it being Pitmedden’s”.
Dates:
14th century-18th century.
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 letters, tracts and other papers concerning the troubles in Scotland during the reign of Charles I.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.14
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.6.9.
Dates:
1637-1639.
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.
File
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.
Copies of miscellaneous documents relating to practice and procedure in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster, copied for, or given to, John Maule of Inverkeilor, Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.4.2-28.4.3
Dates:
1750-1751.
Copies of miscellaneous papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.11
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Copy, after 1688, of the `Account of the Affairs of Scotland relating to the Revolution in 1688’ by Colin, Earl of Balcarres. The text is similar to that of Ruddiman`s edition of 1754. For other copies of the work, see MSS.1911 and 3738, and Adv.MSS.33.7.12-33.7.13 and 49.7.6. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies, late 17th and early 18th century, of two Latin poems by Archibald Pitcairne, with translations: `Elegy on the Viscount of...
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Copies of papers concerning a threatened legal action of The United Turkey Red Company against George Dallas, "Forward", and Tom Johnston.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6088/1-4
Scope and Contents
Copies, typescript and xerox, of papers, 1911, of George Dallas of the Independent Labour Party concerning a threatened legal action of the United Turkey Red Company Ltd, against him and The “Forward” printing and publishing Company and Thomas Johnston, for the publication of statements on the working conditions of women employees in the Company’s Alexandria and other Vale of Leven plants by George Dallas, published in Forward.
For statements on working conditions in the Company`s plant in...
Dates:
1911.
Copies of papers concerning Berwick-on-Tweed.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.4902
Scope and Contents
Including copies of the laws of the marches and other papers concerning wardens of the marches.
Dates:
circa 1590.
Copies of papers concerning the Exchequer and King’s rents.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.17
Scope and Contents
On the first leaf is the inscription “Concerning the Chekker and the Kingis rent 1591”.The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: w.3.11.The contents are as follows:
(i) Act of Suretie for Angus McConell of Dunecraig, 1591 (folio 3);
(ii) The King’s command to the Seals anent the revocation, 1591 (folio 4);
(iii) Act of Suretie for McClane of Dowart, 1591 (folio 11);
(iv) Copies of papers by the King, Checker,...
Dates:
1546-Late 16th century.
Copies of papers relating to Galloway, in various hands of the 18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Retours in Kirkcudbrightshire, extracted from the Chancery records, 1542-1682; in two series (folios 1, 15).(ii) Copy of an extract (certified by Thomas Gibson, Principal Clerk of Session) of the tax-roll of Kirkcudbrightshire in 1613 (folio 44).(iii) Copy, from the Exchequer records, of the rental of the Bishopric of Galloway in 1685 (folio 46).(iv) Copy of the tax-roll of the Lordship of Galloway,...
Dates:
1542-1685, 1741.
Copies of Portuguese documents concerning a member of the Scott family.
File
Identifier: Acc.3281
Dates:
circa 1808-1833.
Copies of regulations, forms of process, etc., of the Court of Admiralty of England.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.6.6
Dates:
1639.
Copies of rentals of Roxburghshire, some imperfect.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.7
Dates:
17th century.
Copies of scripts of nine plays performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre.
Series
Identifier: Dep.321
Dates:
1980-1984.
Copies, of Sir James Balfour of Pittendrigh, ‘Practicks’.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.24.6.3(a)-(c)
Dates:
[Circa 1579.]
Copies of sixteen letters concerning public affairs in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.4
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: w.2.27.
Dates:
1746.
Copies of Stair`s "Institutions of the Law of Scotland" (Edinburgh, 1681 and 1693).
File
Identifier: Acc.11284
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript additions, late 17th century.
Dates:
circa 1681-1699.
Copies of valuations for the shire of Aberdeen.
File
Identifier: Acc.10242
Dates:
17th century to 18th century.
Copies of warrants and orders by the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.22
Scope and Contents
The documents are from 1665, when Henry Lord Carbury was Lord Chamberlain, to 1683, when the post was held by Louis, Earl of Feversham.
Dates:
1665-1683.
Copies of William Aikman of Cairnie, chronological lists of Lord Chancellors, Lord Presidents, Lord Clerks Register, Lord Advocates, and Lords of Session, and other documents concerning the College of Justice.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.13
Scope and Contents
The volume is titled ‘A collection of several Acts of Parliament, Acts of Sederunt and other documents concerning the privileges and Immunities of the College of Justice by W. Aikman of Cairnie, Advocate, 1687’. The original board contained the note, ‘This Book was written by William Grant, Servitor to William Aikman of Cairnie, Advocate, collector thereof 1687’.The contents are as follows.(i) List of the Chancellors of Scotland since the Institution of...
Dates:
1687.
Copies or drafts of letters and memoranda of Mary, Queen of Scots, or associated closely with her, probably written by various secretaries.
File
Identifier: MS.6135
Scope and Contents
The items are also closely associated with William Maitland of Lethington, and are chiefly concerned with the diplomatic negotiations of the period with England and France; they are apparently unpublished. Where no exact date is given on the document, the letters have been dated from internal evidence.The contents are as follows.(i) Copy letter, [end of February 1563], of William Maitland of Lethington to François, Duc de Guise, reporting the course of his...
Dates:
[1562]-1563, [1568].