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11 letters of George Douglas Brown to Tom Smith.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6735
Scope and Contents

Mostly on personal matters and mentioning his own academic and literary work.

Including:

letter, 1901, of Brown to John Smith, concerning "The House with the Green Shutters"

manuscript copy, 1902, of Brown`s will.

Dates: circa 1892-1902.

Holograph will of Francis Jeffrey dated 29 March 1848.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.28
Scope and Contents

The will appears to have been registered at the General Register House in 1850 (folio 1 verso). Preceding it is a letter, 1909, of John Smart, Writer to the Signet, forwarding the manuscript to W K Dickson.

Dates: 1848.

Letters and papers of the Urquhart family of Burdsyards, in Morayshire, together with some legal documents, chiefly from the parish of St Fergus, Aberdeenshire.

 File
Identifier: MS.9241
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1698-1830, undated. Most of the letters are to Captain Robert Urquhart (died 1741) and his wife, Mary, on personal and legal matters. Among the correspondents are several members of the Forbes family of Culloden, who were related to Mary Urquhart. There are also some letters to Robert's two elder sons, and to his grandson, Colonel Duncan Urquhart, and a few miscellaneous letters, including one, 1830, of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder to the...
Dates: 1697-1830.

Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.20768
Dates: 16th century-1914, undated.

Miscellaneous letters and manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.3112

Papers of and concerning John Mackinnon.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7428
Scope and Contents

Seven documents:

will, 1807, of Roderick Mackinnon

two letters, 1838, of Major Macdonald, 93rd Highlanders, in Halifax, Nova Scotia

furlough, 1835, containing physical description of John Mackinnon

pay list, 1839, of a recruiting party at Stornoway

discharge certificate, 1842, of John Mackinnon

certificate of pledge, 1849, of the Marine Temperance Society of New York.

Dates: 1807-1849.

Papers of and concerning the Holden family of Baldovie; with a document concerning Thomas Greig, and with genealogical notes on the Guthries of Guthrie.

 File
Identifier: MS.50266
Scope and Contents Documents, 1753, concerning the clandestine marriage of Abraham Holden and Elizabeth Barclay (folios 1-4).Letters and documents, 1759-1776, of and to John Holden concerning Richard Holden's death, the sale of Scottish goods in West Africa, instructions for a survery and a bond (folios 6-13).Letters of Richard Holden (fl 1747-circa 1761), 1747-1758, of Richard Holden to his father and brothers concerning slaving voyages and the sale of enslaved people (folios...
Dates: 1717-1822.

Papers of Charles Baxter, Writer to the Signet, relating to his role as executor of members of the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9977/1-63
Scope and Contents

Concerning Baxter's work as executor of Thomas Stevenson, his wife Margaret, and their son, Robert Louis Stevenson, with additional material relating to the literary estate of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dates: 1830-1983.

Papers of Hercules Ross.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50264-50265
Scope and Contents

Papers include copies of letters sent to Lord Nelson and letters sent by Ross during his time as a merchant at Kingston, Jamaica.

Dates: 1782- circa 1891.

Six letters, 1785-1788, of Henry P Wilsone.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6381
Scope and Contents

Concerning life in India.

With his will and other papers, 1779-1792.

Dates: 1779-1792.

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Names
Baxter, Charles, Writer to the Signet, 1848-1919 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Gardiner, family, Banffshire 1
Gregor, family, Banffshire 1
Greig, Thomas (sailor, Arbroath) 1