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Correspondence, sketch-plans, and newspaper-cuttings relating to the restoration of St Margaret’s Chapel, the Argyll Tower, and the Banqueting Hall of Edinburgh Castle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1734-1739
Scope and Contents
The undertaking was financed by William Nelson the publisher, and the architect was Hippolyte Blanc, to whom most of the letters are addressed.
Dates:
1883-1893, undated.
‘Dissertation upon Pictish buildings and antiquities in Caithness and Sutherland’ by Alexander Pope, minister of Reay, with descriptions of these.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.24
Dates:
18th century.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5510-5721A
Scope and Contents
After serving his apprenticeship as Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at the courts of Munich, Ratisbon, Berlin, Turin and Madrid, Robert Liston was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid in 1784.After leaving Madrid he was the British Representative at Stockholm, Constantinople, Washington, The Hague, and again at Constantinople.Within each regional section there are two main categories, official and personal. The first contains documents, with instructions or...
Dates:
1756-1832.
Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5843-5896
Scope and Contents
A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.
Dates:
19th century-mid 20th century.