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Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 205 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook, "No II Jamaica MSS [Letter] N(2) [and Letter] K", containing fair copy abstracts of entries concerning the Dunlop family from Alexander Dunlop's genealogical notes on Scottish families., [Before 1939.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9293
Scope and Contents
The entries in the notebook have been copied from MSS.9283 ('Letter K') and 9286 ('Letter N(2)').
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.
Notebook, "No III [Jamaica MSS] ... Vol. 187", containing fair copy abstracts of entries concerning the Dunlop family from Alexander Dunlop's genealogical notes on Scottish families.., [Before 1939.]
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Identifier: MS.9294
Scope and Contents
The entries in the notebook have been copied from MS.9289 ('[Volume] 187').
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.
Notebook, "[No IV Jamaica MSS] Vol. G, N², C², E, L, H, M", containing fair copy abstracts of entries concerning the Dunlop family from Alexander Dunlop's genealogical notes on Scottish families., [Before 1939.]
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Identifier: MS.9295
Scope and Contents
The entries in the notebook have been copied from MSS.9278 ('Letter E'), 9280 ('Letter G'), 9281 ('Letter H'), 9284 ('Letter M'), 9286 ('Letter N(2)'), 9290 ([Letter L])
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.
Notebook of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford: volume XXVII., 2nd half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.8.5
Dates:
2nd half of 19th century.
Notebook of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale containing précis of letters of General Robert Alexander and John Fryer Thomas., 1857.
Item
Identifier: MS.14534
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1857.
Notebooks containing fair copy abstracts of material concerning the Dunlop family from Alexander Dunlop's genealogical notes on Scottish families., [Before 1939.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9292-9295
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The abstracts were probably made for J G Dunlop when he was preparing ‘The Dunlops of Dunlop’, volume 2 (1939) of the ‘The Dunlop Papers’, 3 volumes (London, 1932-1953).
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.
Notes and letters on the genealogy of the Douglas family of Springwood Park including transcripts of charters and notes on other families related by marriage to the Douglases., 1739-1875, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8107
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most of these notes and letters were collected by Sir George H Scott-Douglas in preparation for the printing of the family's pedigree (MS.8109).
Dates:
1739-1875, undated.
Papers, 1651-1876, chiefly concerning Principal Dunlop's activities in Carolina, Glasgow University matters, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland from 1689 to 1700., 1651-1876.
File
Identifier: MS.9255
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Much of the collection concerns William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow University, his son Alexander, Professor of Greek at Glasgow, and his grandson John, Tide Surveyor at Greenock. The papers of William Dunlop include material on the colony of South Carolina, the Darien Scheme, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland, while those of Alexander chiefly concern the University of Glasgow. The collection also includes diaries and literary works of John Dunlop of Gairbraid, the temperance...
Dates:
1651-1876.
Papers and accounts connected with alterations to Minto House., 1860, 1864, 1891-1899, 1903, 1905-1906.
File
Identifier: MS.13250
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates:
1860, 1864, 1891-1899, 1903, 1905-1906.
Papers and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot, Admiral of the Fleet., 1844-1875, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21223-21232
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
File
Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents
This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates:
17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.
Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.
Sub-Series
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.
Papers concerning the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, including copies of examinations of rebels, abstracts of correspondence, and minutes of the proceedings of the Lords Justices., 1744-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.7079
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most of the letters addressed to the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (MSS.7044-7074) date from 1742 to 1745 and are written to the Marquess in his capacity as Secretary of State for Scotland. They include regular letters on Scottish affairs from the Keeper of the Signet, the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General, and others; a series of letters (mostly copies and in duplicate) on the progress of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion from Sir John Cope and others; and a large number of letters soliciting the...
Dates:
1744-1745.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; and papers of Lord Charles Hay.
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Letters, September 1745-1756, of and for the 4th Marquess, chiefly drafts in his own hand or copies; and papers concerning the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion.
Papers concerning the Arbroath and Forfar Railway., 1840-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.15482
Scope and Contents
The papers include accounts and abstracts of traffic on the railway, together with minutes of some Annual General Meetings, annual reports, etc., 1840-1833 (folio 1); fortnightly and then four-weekly statements of revenue and expenditure, 1842-1848 (folio 39); a report of an accident, 1841 (folio 103); a book of 'Rules and regulations to be observed by contractors' working on the line, 1846 (folio 110); Acts of Parliament relating to the capital of the company (folio 122); a proposed...
Dates:
1840-1853.
Papers concerning the destruction of shipping off the American coast., 1813-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.2339
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1813-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1661-1765, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17548-17550
Scope and Contents
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1661-1765, undated.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1661-1750.
File
Identifier: MS.17548
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1661-1750.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1751-1757.
File
Identifier: MS.17549
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1751-1757.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1758-1765, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17550
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1758-1765, undated.
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, concerning the office of Commissary-General to the army in Germany., 1761.
File
Identifier: MS.11039
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...
Dates:
1761.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his career as tutor to the sons of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, of Minto, to the beginning of his diplomatic career in Munich and Ratisbon., 1756-1776.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5510-5517
Scope and Contents
The papers concern: Robert Liston's career as tutor to the sons of Sir Gilbert Elliot; the period from 1771 to 1773 which he spent in applying, unsuccessfully, for various posts; his assisting Gilbert Stuart in editing 'The London Magazine'; and the beginning of his diplomatic career, as secretary to Hugh Elliot in Munich and as Chargé d'Affaires to the Imperial Diet in Ratisbon, 1774-1776.
Dates:
1756-1776.
Papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1806-1874, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14532-14534
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1806-1874, undated.
Papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar concerning railways., 1818, 1836-1865.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15482-15485
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1818, 1836-1865.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1752-1754.
File
Identifier: MS.17685
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1752-1754.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine; and, personal recollections of Fairbairn in the context of self-analysis., 1919-circa 1955.
File
Identifier: MS.50169
Scope and Contents
The papers in this file have been arranged by theme. Psychic experiences of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Manuscript note, 1919, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn recorded on a postcard. The note outlines an incident experienced by Fairbairn, and others, on 11 December 1919 which he questions whether it was not a psychic experience. Folio 1.Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine. Extracts and...
Dates:
1919-circa 1955.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
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Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn relating to his development and activity as a practising psychoanalyst.
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Self-analytical notes of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.