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Miscellany of antiquarian papers compiled by Richard Augustine Hay., ?1725-?1726.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.

Dates: ?1725-?1726.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer. / Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection. / Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection.

Miscellany of antiquarian papers compiled by Richard Augustine Hay, volume 1., 12th century-17th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers are in some confusion and many others dispersed. Some (Adv.MS.25.9.10) were acquired by the Advocates` Library in 1881 as part of the Riddell Papers; and others (Acc.5022 and Acc.5694) were acquired by the National Library of Scotland in 1970 and 1972.

The purposes for which the papers were originally compiled and the circumstances of their dispersal are alike unknown.

Dates: 12th century-17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Miscellany of antiquarian papers compiled by Richard Augustine Hay in 1725-1726 and probably over a somewhat longer period, consisting for the most part of transcripts of royal, episcopal, baronial and other charters and other formal documents from the 12th to the 17th centuries, together with some extracts from medieval cartularies, and a few notes on contemporary published works.

Miscellany of antiquarian papers compiled by Richard Augustine Hay, volume 2., 12th century-17th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.17
Scope and Contents

Bound in at the front of the volume (folios 1-49) are some extracts from cartularies made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane.

Dates: 12th century-17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Miscellany of antiquarian papers compiled by Richard Augustine Hay in 1725-1726 and probably over a somewhat longer period, consisting for the most part of transcripts of royal, episcopal, baronial and other charters and other formal documents from the 12th to the 17th centuries, together with some extracts from medieval cartularies, and a few notes on contemporary published works.

Miscellany of papers, consisting of numerous memoranda, transcripts of documents, and a few letters, relating to different families of Ogilvy, to the Earldom of Findlater and the claim thereto by Alexander Ogilvie, Doctor of Medicine., 1607, 1812, 1814, 1845-1850, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).

Dates: 1607, 1812, 1814, 1845-1850, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer. / Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection. / Correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.

Narrative of the first three sessions of the General Assembly of 1586, sent to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Richard Fletcher of Peterborough, who received them from his brother., 1586.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.6.1.13(viii), folios 33-34
Dates: 1586.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Volume of miscellaneous papers, mostly Scottish, many relating to ecclesiastical affairs.

Notarial transumpt of a charter granted by John Lawmond of Ardlawmond to Walter McDunnachy McPersoune., 16 June 1524.

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Identifier: Ch.7371
Dates: 16 June 1524.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds of, or connected with, the Lamonts of Lamont.

Notarial transumpt of an indenture between Robert Lawmanson, Lord of Inneryne and Fynlo Ewynson, Lord of Ardlawmane., 25 May 1481.

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Identifier: Ch.7364
Dates: 25 May 1481.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds of, or connected with, the Lamonts of Lamont.

Notebook containing: `History of the family of Oliphant of Gask’, from William Oliphant of Newton to 1839, by James A Robertson, 1839 (folio 1); and an annotated transcript by T L Kington Oliphant of part of a diary of Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1792), 1773-1781 (folio 43 verso)., 1773-1781, 1839.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.11
Dates: 1773-1781, 1839.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask. / Miscellaneous papers of the Oliphants of Gask.

Offprints and extracts of articles and lectures by George M Robertson, held as file copies by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1910-1931.

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Identifier: MS.50228
Scope and Contents The offprints are arranged chronologically. 1910.Offprint, 1910, from the ‘Journal of Mental Science’ of an article, ‘Treatment of Mental Excitement in Asylums’, by George M Robertson. Folios 1-9.1911.Offprint, 1911, from the ‘British Medical Journal’ of an article, ‘Some Medico-Legal and Practical Considerations Relating to Melancholia’, by George M Robertson. Folios 10-15.Offprint, 1911, from the ‘Journal of Mental Science’ of an...
Dates: 1910-1931.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. / Publications by various authors, held as file copies by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.

Offprints and extracts of articles and lectures by various authors, held as file copies by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1923, 1954-1956.

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Identifier: MS.50229
Scope and Contents The offprints and extracts are arranged chronologically. 1923.Extract, 1923, from ‘The Caledonian Medical Journal’ of an article, ‘Psycho-Analysis: An Occupational Psychosis, or Volvulus of the Psyche’, by Ivy Mackenzie. Folios 1-6.1954.Transcript, 1954, of a talk ‘Science and the Freudian Unconscious’ by Nigel Walker, broadcast on BBC radio’s ‘Third Programme’ service, 13 September 1954. Folios 7-17. 1956.Offprint,...
Dates: 1923, 1954-1956.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. / Publications by various authors, held as file copies by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.

Papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews., 1438-1630.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.7
Scope and Contents Most of the papers relate to, or resulted from the various Royal Commissions to Saint Andrews University in the late 16th century. Copy of the statutes of the Faculty of Theology, 1438; in Latin (folios 1-8). - This has been printed from other manuscripts in Hannay, page 112.Transcript, 1570, of the statutes of the Faculty of Arts, signed by John Rutherford; in Latin (folios 9-15). - This has been printed from another manuscript in Hannay, page...
Dates: 1438-1630.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Balcarres Papers.

Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.24
Scope and Contents The material was compiled over a number of years, probably between about 1825 and 1840, and consists of accounts of parishes and families, notes and extracts from printed sources and collections of formal documents, and some original documents and printed items. The complete title of the work was apparently intended to be `Dumbartonshire Illustrated with regard chiefly to its Territorial History and Family Antiquities`, but the work appears never to have been finished (for example, there are...
Dates: 1825-?1842.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.

Papers concerning an article, “Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations”, by Karl M Abenheimer, and the reply, “Observations in Defence of the Object Relations Theory of the Personality”, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1953-1955.

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Identifier: MS.50227
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1953.Letter, 1953, of Karl M Abenheimer to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Abenheimer forwards a copy of his own paper, ‘Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations’ (folios 2-37, below), for Fairbairn’s comments and reply. Folio 1.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, 1953, of ‘Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations’, by Karl M Abenheimer. The typescript has been amended...
Dates: 1953-1955.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. / Publications by various authors, held as file copies by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.

Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin., 1822-1960.

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Identifier: MSS.42469-42476
Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.

Dates: 1822-1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.

Papers concerning the family history of Dumbartonshire, compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., ?1827-?1828.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.17
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of draft genealogical accounts, compiled for the most part about 1827-1828, of families possessed of territories in the county (or otherwise strongly connected with it) arranged in alphabetical order. Some of the accounts are supplemented by transcripts of documents or of relevant letters.

Dates: ?1827-?1828.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary. / Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire.

Papers of and collected by James Dennistoun (including some printed items), together with some correspondence mostly relating to the Scots monasteries at Würzburg and Ratisbon, being materials towards a projected book by Dennistoun on the Scots monasteries in Germany and elsewhere on the Continent (cf. folio 408)., ?1650-1839.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.25
Scope and Contents The more substantial items include:(i) a copy in the hand of Friar Alan Chisholm of a version brought up to date in 1687 of `Indiculus Monasteriorum Scotorum S. Benedicti Extra Scotiam` by James Brown (see `"Germania Sancta": a seventeenth-century trilogy`, pages 118-140) (folio 1).(ii) two engravings depicting the Scottish Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon, followed by notes by Dennistoun on the library, the funerary monuments, extracts from the necrology,...
Dates: ?1650-1839.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.

Papers of and concerning Caroline Norton., 1834-1974.

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Identifier: MSS.42507-42509
Scope and Contents Caroline Norton (later Stirling Maxwell) was a social campaigner for the rights of women and children and an author of poems, political pamphlets, novels and plays. John Murray published her poem 'A Voice from the Factories', which raised the problems faced by child workers, in 1836.The letters here are of Caroline Norton to John Murray [II] and largely relate to the publication of her poem. However, there are also references to her reputation in society, attacks on her...
Dates: 1834-1974.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.

Papers of and concerning Henry Fox., 1812-1948.

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Identifier: MSS.42233-42235
Scope and Contents Statesman Henry Richard Vassall Fox (1773-1840) and his wife, Elizabeth (?1771-1845), (also known as Lord and Lady Holland) were at the centre of the Whig political and social circle that became known as the Holland House set. The material here largely consists of letters, and typescript transcriptions of letters, of Henry Fox to John Murray [II], although there are also some letters of Elizabeth Fox included. In addition to the correspondence, there is some miscellaneous...
Dates: 1812-1948.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.

Papers of and concerning Maria Edgeworth., 1814-1843, 1937.

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Identifier: MSS.42180-42184
Scope and Contents Novelist Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) published stories for children, educational works, novels and a memoir of her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth. John Murray was one of her publishers and they had many mutual acquaintances, including Walter Scott. The papers here include letters of Edgeworth to John Murray; papers relating to 'Lost letters of Maria Edgeworth and Lady Romilly' with an offprint of a 20th century article relating to Edgeworth; and a manuscript of a story by Edgeworth...
Dates: 1814-1843, 1937.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.

Papers relating to an article entitled, 'Lost letters of Maria Edgeworth and Lady Romilly', by Samuel Henry Romilly: includes typescript transcriptions of the letters, manuscript notes and an off print of the article., ? 1937.

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Identifier: MS.42182
Scope and Contents The papers here all relate to an article published in the 'Quarterly Review' about letters between Maria Edgeworth and Anne Romilly. They have been divided into three distinct sections:(1) typescript transcriptions of the "lost letters", 1814-1817, of Maria Edgeworth to Anne Romilly, including a transcription of a letter, 1823, of Edgeworth to Sophia Kennedy, daughter of Romilly, ? 1937: folios 1-76;(2) manuscript notes on the contents of the letters of Maria...
Dates: ? 1937.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning Maria Edgeworth.

Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh., 1786-1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.6.33-81.6.41
Scope and Contents

It appears that the task of transcription was tackled chapter by chapter and was never finished, as the chapter on Insurance was left incomplete; but in the other cases of incomplete chapters (`Voluntary Servants` and `Extinction by Compensation and Retention`), some pages seem to have been lost. The introductory chapter is known only from this transcript. Part II, Chapter XIV is placed after Chapter XVI.

Dates: 1786-1822.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Autograph manuscripts, with an incomplete transcript, of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh.

Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh; Part I, Chapter I `Nature of Subject and Plan of Treatment` (folio 1); Chapter II `Husband and Wife`, 1st part (folio 57) (Volume I, pages 1-92)., 1786-1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.6.33
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

It appears that the task of transcription was tackled chapter by chapter and was never finished, as the chapter on Insurance was left incomplete; but in the other cases of incomplete chapters (`Voluntary Servants` and `Extinction by Compensation and Retention`), some pages seem to have been lost. The introductory chapter is known only from this transcript. Part II, Chapter XIV is placed after Chapter XVI.

Dates: 1786-1822.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Autograph manuscripts, with an incomplete transcript, of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh. / Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh.

Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh; Part I, Chapter II `Husband and Wife`, 2nd part (Volume I, pages 92-189)., 1786-1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.6.34
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

It appears that the task of transcription was tackled chapter by chapter and was never finished, as the chapter on Insurance was left incomplete; but in the other cases of incomplete chapters (`Voluntary Servants` and `Extinction by Compensation and Retention`), some pages seem to have been lost. The introductory chapter is known only from this transcript. Part II, Chapter XIV is placed after Chapter XVI.

Dates: 1786-1822.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Autograph manuscripts, with an incomplete transcript, of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh. / Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh.

Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh; Part I, Chapter IV `Guardian and Ward` (folio 1); Chapter V `Voluntary Servants` (folio 169) (Volume I, pages 243-324)., 1786-1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.6.35
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

It appears that the task of transcription was tackled chapter by chapter and was never finished, as the chapter on Insurance was left incomplete; but in the other cases of incomplete chapters (`Voluntary Servants` and `Extinction by Compensation and Retention`), some pages seem to have been lost. The introductory chapter is known only from this transcript. Part II, Chapter XIV is placed after Chapter XVI.

Dates: 1786-1822.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Autograph manuscripts, with an incomplete transcript, of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh. / Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh.

Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh; Part II, Chapter I `Distinction of Things - Rights - Personal Rights - Contract - Sale` (Volume II, pages 1-55)., 1786-1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.6.36
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

It appears that the task of transcription was tackled chapter by chapter and was never finished, as the chapter on Insurance was left incomplete; but in the other cases of incomplete chapters (`Voluntary Servants` and `Extinction by Compensation and Retention`), some pages seem to have been lost. The introductory chapter is known only from this transcript. Part II, Chapter XIV is placed after Chapter XVI.

Dates: 1786-1822.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Autograph manuscripts, with an incomplete transcript, of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh. / Partial transcript of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh in the hand of the donor, Lord Kingsburgh.

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