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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
Scope and Contents
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Dates:
1778-1961, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Dates:
1802-mid 20th century, undated.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.176
Dates:
1884-1969.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates:
19th century-[?1913].
Papers, 1704-1733, relating to the dealings of William Law, goldsmith and burgess of Edinburgh, with John Mackenzie of Delvine, advocate, his sons George and Alexander, and Colin Mackenzie of Rossend, with a modern biographical note, undated, on Law.
Series
Identifier: Ch.1632-1641
Dates:
1704-1733, undated.