Abstracts. Summaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 205 Collections and/or Records:
Minute book of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund: volume 4., 5 May 1855-7 June 1867.
Item
Identifier: F.R.370
Dates:
5 May 1855-7 June 1867.
Minute book of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund: volume 5., 12 June 1867-19 June 1877.
Item
Identifier: F.R.371
Dates:
12 June 1867-19 June 1877.
Minute book of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund: volume 6., 27 June 1877-15 May 1885.
Item
Identifier: F.R.372
Dates:
27 June 1877-15 May 1885.
Minute book of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund: volume 7., 11 May 1885-9 June 1897.
Item
Identifier: F.R.373
Dates:
11 May 1885-9 June 1897.
Minute book of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund: volume 8., 16 July 1897-4 May 1910.
Item
Identifier: F.R.374
Dates:
16 July 1897-4 May 1910.
Minute books and other records of the United Incorporation of Mary`s Chapel, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.302
Dates:
1755-1949.
Minutes and other material concerning foreign missions of the Free Church of Scotland., 1880-1928.
Series
Identifier: MSS.7915-7916
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
At the Disruption of 1843, the missionaries in India of the Church of Scotland and in Kaffraria of the Glasgow Missionary Society adhered, almost without exception, to the Free Church. New missions were later founded in Nagpur (1845), Jaina (1855), Santalia (1871), Livingstonia (1875), and Aden (1886). The union in 1876 with the Reformed Presbyterian Church brought with it the New Hebrides mission.
Dates:
1880-1928.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
Minutes and other material concerning foreign missions of the Free Church of Scotland., 1880-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.7915
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Printed minutes, 1880-1883, 1886-1887, 1896-1897, 1899-1900, 1924, undated, of the Foreign Mission Committee (folio 1);(ii) Printed report, 1877, of the Foreign Mission Committee (folio 50);(iii) Extracts, 1895, 1905, undated, from the Proceedings of the General Assembly (folio 93);(iv) Minute, 1885, of the Presbytery of Glasgow (folio 96);(v) Minute, 1928, of the Central Fund Committee (folio 97);...
Dates:
1880-1928.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
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Minutes and other material concerning foreign missions of the Free Church of Scotland.
Miscellaneous accounts., 1861-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.14707
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Abstracts of accounts, 1861-1878, of Peter Burns Swinton, factor (folio 1);(ii) Abstracts of accounts, 1861-1870, with Gibson Craig, Dalziel and Brodies, Writer to the Signet (folio 74);(iii) Accounts, 1861-1895, of improvement expenditure (folio 90);(iv) Farm accounts, 1868-1876 for Yester Mains, Broadwoodside, Danskine, Newhall and Bankrugg (folio 118);(v) Extracts from accounts, 1876-1877, for...
Dates:
1861-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts chiefly of, to or concerning the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale.
Miscellaneous bound manuscripts of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1643-1771.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7114-7120
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection consists largely of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century correspondence. The chief correspondents are the members of the family most active in public life, and their letters are on the whole more concerned with public than with personal affairs, though there is some discussion of family matters in the seventeenth-century letters. The most important and extensive correspondence is that of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, which dates from 1660 to 1697, and covers most of his...
Dates:
1643-1771.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating to other estates with which the Minto family was in some way involved., 1731-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.13307
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence and papers relating to the following:
(i) Whitsome Hill, Berwickshire, the property of Hugh Murray Kynynmound, advocate, 1731-1741 (folio 1);(ii) Invertiel, Fife, the property of Hugh Somervell of Invertiel, Writer to the Signet, father of Isabella Murray of Melgund, 1737-1743 (folio 50);(iii) Bilton near Wetherby in Yorkshire, relating to newly enclosed land at Bilton owned by John Iveson, but over which Anna Mary Amyand, later Countess of...
Dates:
1731-1886.
Miscellaneous items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.12
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Abstract in English of Gerard Goris`s treatise on mercury, ‘Mercurius Triumphator’, probably made from the Leyden edition of 1717. Written in three hands of the early 18th century (folio 1).(ii) `The Dyet of Poland, A Satyr. Lib. J.H. Aug. 27. 1705.` A copy in two hands, of Daniel Defoe`s verse satire, published anonymously in London (with the false imprint `Dantzick`) in 1705 (folio 20). It is followed (folio 41) by a...
Dates:
16th century-18th century.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to families of the north-east of Scotland, collected by William Rose., 1644-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.13
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Biography and pedigree of Gavin Douglas, 18th century. (Inv. XXX, Mac. 65.) (Folio 1.)(ii) Account of the Caldees of Loch Leven, `taken from the Cartulary of St. Andrews, Folios 50, 51 and 52.` (Inv. XXXI. Mac. 65.) (Folio 17.)(iii) `Abstract of the History of the Parish of Aberchirder alias Marnach` from 1057 to 1795, circa 1800. (Inv. XLVI, Mac. 67.) (Folio 19.)(iv) Papers concerning the death...
Dates:
1644-early 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers concerning railway companies other than Aberdeen, and Arbroath and Forfar., 1839-1865.
File
Identifier: MS.15485
Scope and Contents
The railway companies include: the Llanelly Railway and Dock Co., 1839-1856 (folio 1); the Scottish North Eastern Railway Company, 1861-1865 (folio 17); the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, 1836-1845 (folio 21); Forfar and Dundee Railways, 1843 (folio 32); The Great Northern Railway, 1854-1864 (folio 34); the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, 1852 (folio 38); the Montrose and Brechin Railway, 1837 (folio 40); the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 1843 (folio 44); the...
Dates:
1839-1865.
Miscellaneous papers of Andrew Hunter., 1697-1890, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19733
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Rules for a horse race to be run in the Isle of Man to celebrate the birthday of James, Lord Strange, 1697. This race was inaugurated by the Earls of Derby as Lords of Man probably in the mid 17th century. With the ending of the Derby regime in the 18th century the races fell into abeyance. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Miscellaneous papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside, 1810-1853, including minutes of the Carse of Cowrie Agricultural Club, 1835, and Report to the...
Dates:
1697-1890, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Patrick and Arthur Geddes., 1891-1954, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19284
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Miscellaneous papers of Patrick Geddes, 1891-1925, undated, including material on university education (folio 1), and on the Darjeeling Summer School of 1917 (folio 10); also verse of 1916-1917 (folio 17);
(ii) Miscellaneous papers of Arthur Geddes, 1919-1954, undated, including verse and notes on his health and daily routine (folio 34).
Dates:
1891-1954, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1776-1793.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(iii)
Dates:
1776-1793.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library, including inventories, petitions and accounts.
File
Identifier: F.R.343/9
Dates:
1780-1836.
Miscellaneous reports, maps and other papers concerning various estates and lands in Scotland., 1781-1864.
File
Identifier: MS.3273
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Report, 1813, by George Brown on damage caused to the lands of Easter and Wester Bonar by the construction of the Bonar bridge and road;(ii) Papers relating to the sale or lease of estates of Letterfourie, Corriedown, and Walkerdales, Banffshire, 1781;(iii) Plan, 1795, of ground in Muirtown, Elgin, leased to the New Thread Company;(iv) Particulars of sale, and abstract of the contents and rental of the lands of...
Dates:
1781-1864.
Neat abstracts of accounts of the Public Revenue during the reign of King William III.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.11
Dates:
1688-1702, 1710-1714.
Neatly written abstract of the Inspector General’s accounts of English imports and exports.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.5
Dates:
1702-1703.
‘No. 2. Memorandum of Notes and dates for my history of England, 1749. David Hume. James Court.’, 1749.
Item
Identifier: MS.733
Scope and Contents
A chronological abstract of the period from 827 to 1737.
Dates:
1749.
‘No. 5. See Miscellaneous Notes. Memoranda &c. for my history of England written during the year 1749. James Court. 1759. David Hume.’, 1749, 1759.
Item
Identifier: MS.734
Scope and Contents
A chronological abstract of events from 1580 to the reign of William III.
Dates:
1749, 1759.
Note-book of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing copies of documents relating to the claimants of the estate of Stow., [?1850-?1855.]
Item
Identifier: MS.628
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
[?1850-?1855.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
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Note-books of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing correspondence and copies of documents relating to the claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow.
Notebook, "No I 'Jamaica' MSS Letter O and Letter F", containing fair copy abstracts of entries concerning the Dunlop family from Alexander Dunlop's genealogical notes on Scottish families., [Before 1939.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9292
Scope and Contents
The entries in the notebook have been copied from MSS.9279 ('Letter F') and 9287 ('Letter O').
Dates:
[Before 1939.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family.
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Genealogical papers of the Dunlop family.
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Genealogical notes on Scottish families; with a selective index to the notes compiled by John Dunlop of Gairbraid, and fair copy abstracts from the notes of material concerning the Dunlop family.
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Fair copy abstracts of material concerning the Dunlop family and its connections from MSS.9274-9290: Genealogical notes on Scottish families.
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Notebooks containing fair copy abstracts of material concerning the Dunlop family from Alexander Dunlop's genealogical notes on Scottish families.