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Commonplace books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books in which noteworthy literary passages, cogent quotations, poems, comments, recipes, prescriptions, and other miscellaneous document types are written.

Found in 230 Collections and/or Records:

Commonplace book of James Brown, a teacher of Latin in Monimail and Edinburgh.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.8
Scope and Contents

The volume contains poems, including a satire on James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews (page 54), epitaphs, acrostics, and items copied from printed works. There are also copies of Brown`s correspondence, chiefly with Sir Robert Sibbald.

Dates: 1665-1690.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.3
Scope and Contents Composite manuscript produced in Scotland and compiled in the late 15th century, probably circa 1500, by James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane and secretary to William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews. The manuscript is a commonplace book and consists of a variety of religious, historical, legal, and literary material. There are several hands evident throughout the manuscript. Anderson states that folios 1r-24v are written by very similar hands, and could...
Dates: Late 15th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Janet W M Stewart.

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Identifier: Acc.14402
Scope and Contents

Includes excerpts from the novels of Sir Walter Scott, the poetry of Lord Byron and John Milton, and the plays of Joanna Baillie. The volume also includes a number of drawings of buildings and landscapes and several illustrations of flowers.

Dates: 1820-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace Book of John Ewart.

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Identifier: Acc.13927
Dates: 1817-1820.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1888-1889.

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Identifier: MS.2658
Dates: 1888-1889.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family. / Commonplace-books of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc.

Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1886-1888.

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Identifier: MS.2659
Dates: 1886-1888.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family. / Commonplace-books of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc.

Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1891-1894.

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Identifier: MS.2660
Dates: 1891-1894.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family. / Commonplace-books of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc.

Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1889-1891.

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Identifier: MS.2661
Dates: 1889-1891.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family. / Commonplace-books of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc.

Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1885.

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Identifier: MS.2662
Dates: 1885.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family. / Commonplace-books of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc.

Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1884.

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Identifier: MS.2663
Dates: 1884.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family. / Commonplace-books of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc.

Commonplace book of Joshua Henry Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie, Senator of the College of Justice, containing chiefly prayers and moral reflections., 1815-1824.

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Identifier: MS.6373
Scope and Contents

The commonplace book contains chiefy prayers and moral reflections.

Dates: 1815-1824.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’, and of his family. / Diaries and related items of various members of the family of Henry Mackenzie.

Commonplace book of Lady Caroline Lamb., 1810.

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Identifier: MS.43365
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Two commonplace books of Lady Caroline Lamb. The first, the 'green book', contains poems, literary passages, sketches, watercolours, and translations from Greek, among other entries. The second, the 'blue book’, is addressed to Lord Byron, with whom Lamb had a disastrous affair in 1812. She compiled the 'blue book' as a commemoration of their affair and it contains letters to the poet, as well poems, prose passages and watercolours.

Dates: 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle. / Manuscripts and commonplace books of family and friends of Lord Byron, chiefly relating to the life and works of Lord Byron. / Commonplace books of Lady Caroline Lamb.

Commonplace-book of Lady Hislop., 1826-1827.

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Identifier: MS.13146
Scope and Contents From the Series: General Sir Thomas Hislop's daughter Emma Eleanor Elizabeth married the 3rd Earl of Minto. Most of Sir Thomas Hislop's papers concern business and financial affairs, and his military career, in particular the Deccan Prize Case. But his general correspondence also includes a series of letters from the Venezuelan revolutionist, Francisco de Miranda, with whom Hislop had been connected in the West Indies. The papers of Lady Hislop contain much family material, including a substantial run of...
Dates: 1826-1827.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist. / Correspondence and papers of Lady Hislop.

Commonplace book of Maria Wyndham.

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Identifier: Acc.4674
Dates: 1841.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Mrs C E R Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, containing religious verses and transcripts of letters from her son, Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) James Adam Gordon Richardson Drummond-Hay while on active service.

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Identifier: MS.8907
Scope and Contents

The thirteen letters, written between February and April 1885, are addressed by James Drummond-Hay to his parents and other members of his family, and recount in diary form his experiences as a member of the Coldstream Guards contingent both on the voyage to the Sudan and on arrival there. There is much detailed description of military activity in the Suakin region.

Dates: 1868-1885.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Nina, Countess of Minto, consisting of literary works and notes on contemporary politics., 1861-1872.

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Identifier: MS.19460
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) The Moon's Story - A Dream of 1849 (folio 1); (ii) Recollections of a conversation with Lord John Russell at Pembroke Lodge, 1848 (folio 8); (iii) Recollections of Woburn, 1856, being notes from a conversation with Francis, Duke of Bedford (succeeded 1872) (folio 13); (iv) Notes of conversations with Lord John Russell from the journal of Nina, Countess of Minto, 1863-1872 (folio 35); (v) Epigram on Sir Sidney Smith by John, 4th Marquess Townshend, undated.

Dates: 1861-1872.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family. / Papers and correspondence of Nina, Countess of Minto. / Literary papers of Nina, Countess of Minto.

Commonplace book of Nina, Countess of Minto, containing miscellaneous poetry and prose., 1850-1853.

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Identifier: MS.19458
Scope and Contents From the Series: Nina, Countess of Minto was the daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop and granddaughter of Hugh Elliot. Lady Minto's papers reflect her wide ranging interests. She was the author of ‘A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot’, of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751-1806’, and of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807-14’. Her papers contain much material relating to these publications and also to her unpublished works....
Dates: 1850-1853.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family. / Papers and correspondence of Nina, Countess of Minto. / Literary papers of Nina, Countess of Minto.

Commonplace book of Patrick Turner containing ‘Bolg an t-Sholair’ and other miscellaneous verse in Gaelic.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.7
Scope and Contents Commonplace-book (watermarked 1798) of Patrick Turner when he was a corporal in the Argyll Fencibles, dated Meath 1801 (folio 24 verso). The script is largely Roman, occasionally Gaelic, and the language of the text varies from Scotticised transliteration of Irish to pure Scottish Gaelic. Turner’s affidavit, Ingliston MS A.i.15 (g), states ‘that the manuscript in the Roman character and in his own hand writing, was transcribed from a manuscript in the possession of a Schoolmaster ten or...
Dates: 1801.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace-book of Richard Burdon Haldane begun 1901 and continued until 1904, containing extracts, chiefly of a philosophical character, from printed sources; used later, apparently until 1911, for notes whilst Haldane was Secretary of State for War., 1901-1911.

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Identifier: MS.20052
Scope and Contents

The greater part of the book is blank.

Dates: 1901-1911.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane. / Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911. / Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.

Commonplace book of Robert Edward., [?1635-?1670.]

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Identifier: MS.9450 [Manuscript]
Scope and Contents The book originally belonged to Robert Edward's father, Alexander, a Dundee merchant, and a business account dated 1622 is on folio 1. The volume chiefly consists of songs, psalms, notes, and instrumental items, several of which appear twice or with parts separated, scraps on the history of music, and poetical items alone. Many of the pieces are of Scottish origin but English and Continental composers appear, as well as both pre- and post-Reformation music.The...
Dates: [?1635-?1670.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Panmure music books. / Common place book of Robert Edward (1616-1696), minister of the Murroes; with original cover.

Commonplace book of Robina Chisholm, containing newspaper cuttings and transcripts of poems, chiefly of her brother Walter (1856-1877), a Berwickshire shepherd.

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Identifier: MS.20442
Dates: 1872-1881.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1753-1765, undated.

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Identifier: MS.25426
Scope and Contents

Included in the volume are 'Memorials concerning myself, my friends and native country, 1759' (folio 32), a copy of Lieutenant Colonel James Dalrymple's account of the capture of Quebec, a list of Lord Hailes' publications up to 1766 and notes on his literary activities, Horatio Walpole, and James MacPherson (folio 140), and 'Hints for the Public Good', undated, being suggestions for amending the legal, military, and religious establishments in Scotland (folio 169).

Dates: 1753-1765, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes. / Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. / Notebooks and commonplace books of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1786-1788, undated.

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Identifier: MS.25427
Scope and Contents

The commonplace book includes verse, historical notes, accounts, and a recipe of 1786. (Folio 7 verso.) Of particular note is the Latin poem concerning Johnson and Boswell, undated. (Folio 6.) The volume served as an engagement diary for September-October 1788, and September 1789, undated. (Folios 1-2, 22-23.)

Dates: 1786-1788, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes. / Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. / Notebooks and commonplace books of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing parodies on Virgil, miscellaneous sayings and anecdotes, reminiscences of Lord Kames, and Biblical and Classical notes., 1791.

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Identifier: MS.25429
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates: 1791.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes. / Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. / Notebooks and commonplace books of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, including legal case notes, family memoranda, Biblical notes and Greek verse., 1754-1755.

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Identifier: MS.25425
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates: 1754-1755.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes. / Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. / Notebooks and commonplace books of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

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