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3 letters to George Chalmers (from Joseph Ritson, Alexander Luders, and Christoph Friedrich Freudenreich) concerning the Bern manuscript of English and Scots laws, together with a calendar of the burgh laws and leges Scotie contained in it and a transcript of the memorandum on folio 61 verso.
21 documents relating to the lands of Curriehill near Edinburgh.
31 letters, 1822-1836, of Sir David Wilkie to Sir James Willoughby Gordon.
Mostly on artistic matters.
With copies of three letters, 1828-1839, of Gordon to Wilkie, and an associated memorandum.
"A Skylight on the Past", copy of a typescript of letters and memoranda of the families of Pemberton in County Durham and Wallace in Nairn, compiled by Nisa Laing.
Contains material concerning India and the First World War.
Administrative Records of the Scottish Film Producers Association
Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Business and personal papers of William Sim, colour manufacturer.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Catalogue of, and memorandum concerning imperfect books and books in the course of publication at the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Christmas cards of Naomi Mitchison, with woodcuts of Gertrude Hermes and others.
With typescript and copy of memorandums on National Parks, Highland education and museums of Mitchison.
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 papers concerning supplies and men for the army in Scotland addressed to General Bland.
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 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`.
‘Collections relative to the affairs of Scotland. Written by George Chalmers, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh’.
Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.
Copies of documents relating to roads in the Highlands.
Copies or drafts of letters and memoranda of Mary, Queen of Scots, or associated closely with her, probably written by various secretaries.
Copy, 17th century, of the statutes of Christ`s College, Cambridge, 1506.
Correspondence and accounts of the Faculty of Advocates concerning publication and sales of Faculty Decisions.
Correspondence and memoranda, chiefly of the ‘Ossian Committee’ of the Highland Society of Scotland in preparing the Ossian Report (1805).
Also contains correspondence and memoranda of Sir John Sinclair in preparing ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’. There are no Gaelic items. For a detailed listing see John Mackechnie.