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Letter of Abraham Craig to his wife, in Edinburgh, describing a coach journey to Liverpool and preparations for a voyage to the United States of America.
Letter recounting a tour through Scotland.
Letter to Mr Haddon, 28 September, 1839 of a tour through Scotland. The tour goes through Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Culloden, and back through Ayr to view the Eglinton Tournament of 1839.
Manuscript and printed maps concerning railways between Edinburgh and Bathgate and between Airdrie and Bathgate.
Manuscript entitled "Collections towards a history of tolbooths, bridewells and prisons in Edinburgh", compiled by John A Fairley.
Includes related printed papers, and historical notes by Fairley on this and other topics of Edinburgh history and biography.
Manuscript of John Howell, in the form of 13 letters.
Describing Edinburgh life and topography at the end of the 18th century.
Masonic manuscript, "Décoration de l`Académie Ecossoise d`Edimbourg".
Meteorological journal, volume 2, kept in Edinburgh by George Waterston.
Minute book of St. Bernard`s Ward Unionist Association.
Minute book of St. Bernard`s Ward Unionist Association with some loose minutes, 1937-1940, of West Edinburgh Unionist Association.
Minutes, journals, newsletters, visitors’ books, correspondence, photographs and printed books of St Colm’s College; with the papers of Effie Gray, a former student and teacher at the College.
Notebook on law lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh.
"Notes of an excursion from York to Edinburgh... and return by a few of the Lakes in Cumberland and Westmorland".
The author of this anonymous manuscript is probably George Todd of York.
Papers, 1769, concerning the feu held by Robert Ord in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
With a plan of the site of Ord`s house and garden, and a copy, 1767, of building and feuing regulations for the New Town.
With unrelated burgess ticket, 1713.
Papers from the Priscilla Chueng-Nainby and National Library of Scotland, Collecting the Referendum open day.
Materials, including luggage labels, promotional material and information about a workshop co-designed by Priscilla Chueng-Nainby and the National Library of Scotland (NLS), as part of NLS Referendum open day, 16 August 2014.
Papers of Christopher Fyfe.
Concer planning matters, community involvement and amenity groups in central Edinburgh.
Papers of Nancy Somerville comprising material produced by Edinburgh City Council and several associated community groups in relation to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Papers of Scottish interest.
Including an Edinburgh burgess ticket, 1710, to Allan Ramsay and papers, 19th century, of George Hardiman.
Papers of the Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland).
Parchment genealogy of the family of Mackintosh, authenticated by the seal of the City of Edinburgh.
Pen and ink drawings of views in Edinburgh and vicinity.
Possibly made for engraving.
Petition to the Dean of Guild by Sir William Bruce.
Concerning the repair of a tenement in the High Street, Edinburgh.
Photocopies of two letters, 1797-1798, of John Grant to his sister Janet.
With photocopy of letter, 1801, of Margaret Cummine to her cousins, concerning people and events in Edinburgh.
Photocopy, 1970, of a typescript of reminiscences, 1909, of John Gilray, entitled "Early Days of the Socialist Movement in Edinburgh".
Photocopy of anonymous manuscript, "The Custom House Club. An Epic Poem", Edinburgh.
Humorous rhyming poem ridiculing men`s clubs and a particular group of gentlemen. Mock epic style employing a procession, feast,
ballad, etc.