Narratives. Document genres.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Literary work emphasizing a story or sequence of events.
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
'Memoranda for my history of England written in July 1745 or 46. David Hume. James Court, 1750.', 1745-1746, 1750.
Item
Identifier: MS.732
Scope and Contents
A narrative of events down to 1172, which is closely followed, though elaborated, in the published 'History of England'.
Dates:
1745-1746, 1750.
Microfilm of “Alexander Cummings’s narrative”, a contemporary manuscript, containing copies of letters and other memorials of Sir Alexander Cuming, 2nd Baronet of Culter, Advocate, and Chief of the Cherokee Indians, who died in 1775.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1191
Dates:
[Circa 1760.]
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents
The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
?19th century-[?1921].
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 3. 19th century correspondence and Laurence Oliphant manuscript., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1212
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
The contents are as follows:
Small collections and single letters, 1793-1874 (MS.3925);
Manuscript, [1855, or after], of ‘The Trans-Caucasian campaign of the Turkish army under Omar Pasha: a personal narrative’ by Laurence Oliphant. (MS.4855).
Dates:
19th century.
Miscellaneous papers including copies of letters and a memorandum from Alexander Walker's time in Gujarat., 1802-[circa 1804.]
File
Identifier: MS.13651
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes:
(i) Two separate but contemporary accounts of Colonel Monson's mauling by Holkar in July 1804 and his retreat to Agra (folio 1);
(ii) Memorandum, circa 1804, probably by Alexander Walker, on the career of Kánhoji (folio 9);
(iii) Contemporary copies of official letters about the administrative arrangements at Broach in 1804 and Colonel Murray's state of preparedness in September 1804 (folio 17);
(iv) Guzra Bye's account of female infanticide, circa 1804 (folio...
Dates:
1802-[circa 1804.]
Miscellaneous papers relating to Canadian affairs concerning the 4th Earl of Minto., 1898-1902, 1923, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12582
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Miscellaneous notes by the 4th Earl of Minto, some on military matters, undated, (folio 1);
(ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1898-1902, undated, including a list of subscriptions paid by the Governor-General, the accounts of St Bartholomew's church, Ottawa, 1901, and a note of the native population of Canada divided by tribes (folio 25);
(iii) Miscellaneous addresses, many presented during the 4th Earl's visit to the West in 1900. These have not been indexed in...
Dates:
1898-1902, 1923, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's tenure of office as Governor-General of Canada.
"Mulhar Row's narrative" by Alexander Walker., [1808, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.13870
Scope and Contents
The manuscript was sent by Alexander Walker with a commentary and covering letter to Jonathan Duncan, 12 October 1808 (folio 1).
Dates:
[1808, or before.]
Narrative by Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, of proceedings in the House of Commons, January-February 1764, chiefly concerning John Wilkes., 1764.
Item
Identifier: MS.17502
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers grouped here are Lord Milton's political papers, reflecting his manifold interests and involvements. There are however some of earlier and later date, generated or collected by other members of the Fletcher family.
Dates:
1764.
Narrative of a journey by two unidentified people travelling by road to Scotland.
Item
Identifier: MS.10991
Scope and Contents
The author and his companion started from Newcastle on 19 February 1786 and travelled up or near the east coast with lengthy stops at Edinburgh and Dundee, arriving at Aberdeen on 2 May, where the narrative breaks off. It appears to be a fair copy written up after the journey was completed and is written on the blank leaves and sides of leaves in a copy of ‘The Aberdeen almanack for the year MDCCLXXX’. The travellers appear to have been English, and may have been members of a theatre...
Dates:
1786.
Narrative of a Swedish Officer serving as a volunteer in the Seven Years' War, in the army of Frederick the Great and attached to Marshal Keith.
Item
Identifier: MS.3809
Scope and Contents
The narrative, which is in English and may be a copy of a journal written during the campaign, describes in some detail the march from Dresden to Prague, the battle and siege of Prague, and the retreat to Saxony after Kolin. On 3 August the writer left the service in consequence of Sweden declaring war on Prussia, but he continues to give reports of operations received in Dresden.The book ends with accounts of Frederick's opinions of other leaders, of his reasons for attacking at...
Dates:
1757.
Narrative of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton's affairs and stated accounts of William Alston's factory, drawn up in relation to an arbitration by Thomas Boswell in 1771., 1771.
Item
Identifier: MS.17056
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1771.
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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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers concerning William Alston's factory for Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton when he was no longer capable of conducting his affairs (1765-1766) and for his executors (1766-1773).
Narrative of Captain, later Colonel, the Honourable J N Stanhope, A.D.C. to Lord Lynedoch, entitled 'Journal of events from my leaving England for Holland 1813 to returning from thence in 1814', and including an account of the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom., 1813-1814.
Item
Identifier: MS.16187
Dates:
1813-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Narrative of Colin, Earl of Balcarres, in various seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century hands., 17th century-early 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3738
Dates:
17th century-early 18th century.
Narrative of events during the conquest of Java, in the hand of the Countess of Minto., 1811.
Item
Identifier: MS.11704
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
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Copies of printed papers of Thomas Stamford Raffles, and a narrative of events during the conquest of Java in the hand of the Countess of Minto.
"Narrative of Lieut: Shomberg's of Major-General Hopson's Regt." A self-defence written by Lieutenant Henry Schomberg, 40th Foot, describing events of 1756-1758 which led to his arrest by the Governor of Placentia, Newfoundland., [1758, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.7094
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:
[1758, or after.]
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.
Narrative of Robert Landess of Robroyston, Minister of Blantyre, in his autograph, with related material.
File
Identifier: MS.548
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) The narrative (which begins on page 39 - pages 1-38 are wanting). The portion from 1662 to 1672 (pages 39-67) is printed in Robert Lamond, ‘Ecclesiastical persecution in the seventeenth century’, ‘Scottish Historical Review’, volume vi (1909), page 373. See also, ‘Scottish Historical Review’, volume vii, page 215. (Folio 6.)(ii) Record by Robert Landess, son of the Minister, of the births and deaths of his children, 1732-1757, and other...
Dates:
1662-1757.
‘Narrative of the mutiny at Bolarum in September, 1855’ (London, 1856)., 1856.
Item
Identifier: MS.8967
Dates:
1856.
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 Free Church of Scotland.
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Papers of Stephen Hislop, missionary in Nagpur.
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Pamphlets and other printed items belonging to Stephen Hislop or preserved with his papers.
Narrative of the operations of the Army commanded by Brigadier-General Mathews and of the siege of Mangalore, 1782-1783, and an account of Tipu Sultan composed at Fort St George, Madras, December 1789., 1782-1783, 1789.
File
Identifier: MS.13615A
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1782-1783, 1789.
'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', a series of confidential papers printed for the use of the Foreign Office or British envoys abroad., 1830-1835.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12148-12151
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1830-1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', part I., 25 August 1830-16 July 1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.12148
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
25 August 1830-16 July 1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', a series of confidential papers printed for the use of the Foreign Office or British envoys abroad.
'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', part II., 16 July-15 November 1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.12149
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
16 July-15 November 1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', a series of confidential papers printed for the use of the Foreign Office or British envoys abroad.
'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', part III., 15 November 1831-22 October 1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.12150
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
15 November 1831-22 October 1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', a series of confidential papers printed for the use of the Foreign Office or British envoys abroad.
'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', part IV., 22 October 1832-17 January 1835.
Item
Identifier: MS.12151
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
22 October 1832-17 January 1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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'Narrative of the Proceedings and Negotiations Respecting The Separation of Belgium from Holland', a series of confidential papers printed for the use of the Foreign Office or British envoys abroad.
Notebook containing the 2nd Earl of Minto's comments on national and local politics and family affairs., 29 November-5 December 1819.
Item
Identifier: MS.11980
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains a complaint (folio 8) of partisan local political activities by (Sir) Walter Scott as Sheriff of Selkirkshire, and accounts of Opposition meetings in London and of a visit to the studio of Sir Francis Chantrey (folio 22).
Dates:
29 November-5 December 1819.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.
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Notebooks forming a continuous narrative journal, containing the 2nd Earl of Minto's comments on national and local politics and family affairs.
Notebook containing the 2nd Earl of Minto's comments on the proceedings against Queen Caroline., 5 December 1819-26 October 1820.
Item
Identifier: MS.11981
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
5 December 1819-26 October 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.
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Notebooks forming a continuous narrative journal, containing the 2nd Earl of Minto's comments on national and local politics and family affairs.