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Commonplace book of James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Commonplace book, probably English, mostly compiled from classical authors and church fathers.
Later authors include Bishop Stillingfleet (folio 197), Thomas Hooker (folio 92) and John Paul Marana, author of ‘The Turkish Spye’ (1686) (folio 178).
The date of the volume is no earlier than 1686.
Composite volume consisting of several commonplace books of William Thoirs of Muiresk, born 1666, covering the years 1705-1724, but also containing earlier material.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
Manuscript commonplace book entitled "Fancy Gleanings".
Miscellaneous manuscripts formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton.
Notebook ruled for cash, which was used for legal notes, elementary French exercises and as a commonplace book (folios 2-12, 1-34 verso inverted). The entries, the latest of which is dated 1739, are written mostly in Byrom`s system of shorthand, which was not published until 1767.
The owner, who remains unidentified, was a young man, probably of wealthy family, studying law, possibly at one of the Inns of Court in London. Pages have been torn out after folios 11, 12 and 13 inverted; folios 30-34 are written sideways. The volume, which was received without the original covers, was unintentionally rebound upside-down, and incorrectly labelled on the spine ‘French Commonplace Book’.
Papers and correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.
Photocopies of papers of John Buchan.
Including:
1. corrected manuscripts of "Green Mantle" (1916), "The Three Hostages" (1924), "Montrose" (1928), "Memory-Hold-the-Door" (1940)
2. manuscript and typescript of "The Mountain", an unfinished novel
3. manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, 1904-1937
4. commonplace book, circa 1896
5. 30 letters, 1893-1940, of and to various correspondents, including Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, T E Lawrence, and Ezra Pound.
Photostats of manuscripts held in the Abbotsford Library, all in the hand of Sir Walter Scott.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.