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Copies, apparently by Alexander Ross, of Johannes Ferrerius "Historiae Compendium de Origine et Incremento Gordonias Familiae", 1545, and of his own "Suthirlandiae Comitum Annales", 1625.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11085
Scope and Contents
Indluding:
1. "Vera Narratio...Victoriae...quod Auinum Amen [Glenlivet]... Anno Dmi 1594", with ownership inscription of Robert Gordon and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
2. incomplete charter, undated, of John, Earl of Sutherland
3. letters, 1605, 1623 and undated
4. two fragments of a writing excercise, undated
5. poems, undated, mostly of Robert Southwell, with a photocopy of typescript on the poems.
Dates:
16th century to 17th century.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
1818-2011, undated.
Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8022
Scope and Contents
With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.
Dates:
1839-1920 and undated.
Photocopies of letters, 1859-1860, to Kenneth Morrison, from relatives in Barvas and North Tolsta, Isle of Lewis.
File
Identifier: Acc.6879
Scope and Contents
With later family letter, 1874, fragments of letters, and press cuttings.
Dates:
1859-1874.
Photocopies of two fragments of extempore verse in the hand of Robert Burns.
File
Identifier: Acc.4189
Dates:
1794 and undated.
Photocopy of a leaf from an exciseman`s record book of Robert Burns.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7523
Dates:
1790-1795.
Photocopy of an autobiographical fragment of John Saunders.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6277
Scope and Contents
Describing country life in Perthshire.
Dates:
circa 1875.
Photocopy of music and first line of text of Robert Burns`s "Wha is that at my Bower Door".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10370
Dates:
circa 1792
Photocopy of part of the journal of Sir James Hall.
File
Identifier: Acc.4616
Scope and Contents
Covering the period 7th - 15th April 1781.
Dates:
1781.