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'Memorandum for the Committee on Scottish Administration, February, 1937', a typescript copy of Sir George Macdonald's memorandum on the Scottish Office, with his recommendations for its reorganisation.
The report of the Committee was published in October 1937 (Command paper 5563).
Memorandum of goods belonging to Catherine McLean in Bunessan.
"Memorandum of [James] Thomson the poet and his associates communicated by Mr [William] Robertson of Richmond in Surrey... to the Earl of Buchan", in the hand of David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan.
Memorandum of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingden, concerning seven engravings representing the death of Mary Queen of Scots.
Made to accompany appropriate music.
Memorandum on Jacobite intrigues in Sweden.
The manuscript signed by Johan Friedrich Osthoff, describes intrigues conducted in the interest of Prince James Stuart in 1719, with especial reference to a bogus expedition to Madagascar. The persons chiefly active were one Morgan, Captain Galloway of the frigate ‘Revolution’, Colonel Sebach, Clincowstrom (Klinckowstrom), and Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish Minister in London.
Microfilm of collection of rough notes or memoranda on various legal topics in the hand of Francis Jeffrey.
Microfilm of dispatches, memoranda and enclosures of or to the 1st Earl of Minto.
The contents are as follows:
Various dispatches and memoranda, August 1809, sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam (MS.11657);
Copies of dispatches and enclosures, 12 October-27 December 1809, of the 1st Earl to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors (MS.11662);
Copies of enclosures, 15 April 1810, in dispatch of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors (MS.11663).
Microfilm of fair copy, [1821, or after], of ‘Jadee Jathu’, an account of the castes in Malabar by Alexander Walker; and, Memorandums, [circa 1800], of Alexander Walker concerning Malabar.
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy, [1821, or after], of ‘Jadee Jathu’, volume I by Alexander Walker (MS.13810);
Fair copy, [1821, or after], of ‘Jadee Jathu’, volume II by Alexander Walker (MS.13811);
Memorandum, [circa 1800[, of Alexander Walker on the 'origin of money in Malabar' (MS.13825);
Memoranda, 1801, of Alexander Walker on land tenures and on the state of slavery in Malabar (MS.13826).
Microfilm of letter books, registers and orders and memoranda, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station.
Microfilm of letters and documents of Mary Queen of Scots.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of Mary Queen of Scots; with one letter of Mary of Guise.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
The contents are as follows:
Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);
Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Microfilm of memoranda for David Hume’s ‘History of England’, not in Hume’s handwriting except the titles which are written and signed by him; and, historical notes of David Hume.
'Memoranda for my history of England written in July 1745 or 46. David Hume. James Court, 1750’ (MS.732);
‘No. 2. Memorandum of Notes and dates for my history of England, 1749. David Hume. James Court’ (MS.733);
‘No. 5. See Miscellaneous Notes. Memoranda &c. for my history of England written during the year 1749. James Court. 1759. David Hume’ (MS.734);
Historical notes, [?1797-?1850], of David Hume (MS.786, folios 143-150).
Microfilm of memoranda of Dr John Leyden to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning Makasar, Siam, Japan, the interior of Malacca, and Borneo.
Microfilm of memorials and passages of church and state from the collection of Sir James Balfour.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant.
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane from the time of his service at the East India Station.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).