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Letters to, and drafts of replies of, John Cay, the Convenor of the Finance Committee of the Faculty of Advocates, and other papers.
Lists of manuscripts belonging to Sir Robert Sibbald and others.
Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).
Manuscript entitled "A Large Description of Galloway by the Parishes in it" compiled by Andrew Symson.
May have been for the use of Sir Robert Sibbald in his "Statistical Atlas of Scotland".
Manuscripts from the Wordie Collection of printed books, being correspondence and papers of Sir James M Wordie, together with manuscript material owned by him.
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
Meteorological records, mostly concerning Scotland and England, collected by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Mossman and others.
Microfiche of reports of Prince Friedrich von Hessen-Cassel to his father (regent) and his uncle, the King of Sweden, concerning the Jacobite rising and events in Scotland.
Microfilm of Alexander Nimmo’s copy of his account of the survey made by him in the summer of 1806 of the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Inverness-shire, which he undertook on Telford’s recommendation, whilst rector of Inverness Academy, for the parliamentary commission appointed to fix the county boundaries of Scotland.
Microfilm of books of Assumption.
The contents are as follows:
Book of Assumption of Beneficies (Adv.MS.31.3.12);
‘Assumption of the benefices’, copy, 18th century, of a book of assumptions, tax rolls of church properties, and retour of Fife, 16th century-early 17th century (Adv.MS.31.3.13);
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals, 16th century-1628, of Church and Crown lands in Scotland (Adv.MS.31.3.16).
Microfilm of chiefly dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn on operations against Washington, and papers concerning the destruction of shipping off the American coast.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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 material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Microfilm of minutes and records of the United Trades Delegates Association of Edinburgh & Vicinity, Council of United Trades Delegates, Edinburgh United Trades Council, Edinburgh and District United Trades Council, Edinburgh and District United Trades and Labour Council, and Edinburgh & District Trades Council.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion; and, copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638.
Microfilm of official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, volume 1; and, "Appendix to Lord Cornwallis's letters to Mr. Dundas", containing the documents sent by Cornwallis attached to letters in MS.3385.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);
‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).