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Collection of 26 letters of and to George Buchanan.
‘Collection of above 700 names that begin with Mac`, compiled By Robert Glen.
The names are listed under the letter immediately following the prefix `Mac`. The main series is followed by additional material (page 26) and a note of the number of names under each letter (page 39).
`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar.
‘Collection of Ballads, collected chiefly from tradition, by R. Pitcairn . . . Commenced Edinr., 1817', and containing later dates down to 1823.
The verse is accompanied by notes by Robert Pitcairn.
Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.
The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.
Collection of English arms in trick, probably compiled as a working notebook by herald painters in London, one of whom appears to have worked with Sir Henry Saint George, Garter King of Arms.
Collection of etymological notes, alphabetically arranged, compiled by and for George Chalmers around the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many are in the hand of his nephew James.
`Collection of illuminate arms` by Etherington Martyn, in 2 volumes, containing watercolour paintings of Scottish, English and a few foreign arms.
In an introductory note (volume 1, folio iv.), Martyn states that many of the arms were unpublished, and taken from seals, drawings, paintings and manuscript blazons; also from a manuscript collection of heraldry `purchased at Mr Cummyngs sale by a Mr Rose`. This probably refers to James Cummyng, herald painter and Lyon Clerk Depute (died 1793). Martyn sometimes gives the source for a particular coat of arms, and occasionally criticises the heraldry.
Collection of manuscript material transferred from printed theses collection, 1637-late 19th century, chiefly consisting of German academic papers, but including a small cache of Scottish legal papers, 19th century.
With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.
Collection of papers consisting mostly of briefs for various peers in support of their voting as Scottish Representative Peers in the election of 1790.
`Collection of Papers Experiments And Observations Relating to Husbandry, Grass, And other Branches Of Country Affairs,’ by William Baird of Auchmeddan.
The collection was compiled over the years 1736 to 1756, and was written in the latter year (pages iii, 234). It is made up of extracts from books, copies of letters, and notes of the experiences of the writer.
Collection of rough notes or memoranda on various legal topics in the hand of Francis Jeffrey.
The notes, which are written on various gatherings of leaves, vary considerably in length, and some have additions of varying length in the margins, also in Jeffrey`s hand. Some of the notes appear to be incomplete.
"Collection of rules for Navigation selected principally for the pupils attending Mr Crawford's school in Leith. 1817."
A copy of J G Crawford's rules, probably by Captain Henry Harper, who served his apprenticeship from 1832 to 1837. It is followed (folio 46 verso) by miscellaneous rules, mathematical calculations, and notes chiefly concerned with the measuring of cargoes for revenue purposes. There are also brief notes on Harper's career (folio 50) and on that of an official in the customs, 1848-1850 (folio 71).
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Commonplace book, 1863-1896, of Robert Dickson Glover, a merchant at Roslin and later in Portobello.
The book contains verses, historical and literary material, notes of events in Roslin, 1869-1873, and fragments of a diary for 1895-1896. A later hand has added copies of poems and of the will, May 1927, of John Glover who died in 1933 (folio 96).
Commonplace book containing poems, household and medical recipes, riddles and notes, written in several hands.
Folios 1-20 contain a collection of verses, most of which are dated 1789.
Commonplace book of George Anderson, Glasgow.
As well as poetry, recipes and miscellaneous notes, the book includes instructions for road-making (page 3) and designs for a pump and a building for making lamp-black (pages 37, 66).