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This was the copy used by the printer and marked up accordingly. It was foliated by the printer with a red stamp; folios 598-600 are missing.

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This was the copy used by the printer and marked up accordingly. It was foliated by the printer with a red stamp; folios 598-600 are missing.

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This was the copy used by the printer and marked up accordingly. It was foliated by the printer with a red stamp; folios 598-600 are missing.

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This was the copy used by the printer and marked up accordingly. It was foliated by the printer with a red stamp; folios 598-600 are missing.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of part of a work on Sir William Wallace with the deleted title, 'Lang Syne', circa l935 (folio l); (ii) Typescript of the beginning of a satire, 'Lowland Scots as a literary medium', undated (folio ll); (iii) Typescripts of two unfinished versions of the story, 'Walpurgis Eve', undated (folio l3). The title has been altered to 'Lost Tribes', but only the opening page of one version (folio l4) corresponds to the story...

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A few proofs and printed versions are included.

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Poems and notebooks of Alan Jackson, Edinburgh poet, some of them used in his book 'Underwater wedding' and 'Salutations'.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...

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...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Original documents: account of copper coins issued by the Earl of Stirling, 1633; account with Mr George Halyburtoun, 1636; letter regarding appointment of a minister to Eddleston, 1642 (folio 1);(ii) 'The Original of the Antient Scots', by Chevalier O'Gorman, undated (folio 7);(iii) Papers relating to the 'Monasticon Scoticanum' (folio 71); also copies of letters, etc., of the Earl of Buchan regarding Walter Macfarlane's...

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The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Notes and drafts of speeches and motions on Indian affairs, [1783-1784] (folio 1); (ii) Printed copy of the exchange of letters, December 1788-January 1789, between William Pitt and the Prince of Wales, with drafts of letters, memorials and addresses on the Regency bill, 1788-1789, and drafts for the memorial of the Prince of Wales to the King, February 1789 (folio 17); (iii) Letters and memorial, 1791, chiefly concerning the memorial of the General Assembly...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) ‘State of the Process of Division of Commonty, David Smyth, Esq., of Methven, against Thomas Graham, of Balgowan, Esq., and others’, 1793.(ii) ‘The Morning Chronicle’, 4 May 1811, containing an article on Barrosa.(iii) Letters [of 1811] from Lieutenant-General Graham to ... the Earl of Liverpool, undated, regarding Barrosa.(iv) ‘Definitive Treaty of Peace’ (Treaty with France), 1814.(v) ‘An Act to...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Annual summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration, Department of Military Supply, 1905-June 1908 (folio 1); (ii) Annual summaries of principal events and measures, June 1906-May 1909 (folio 29); (iii) ‘Imperial Gazetteer, India’, volume iv, chapter xi, Army, 1905 (folio 51); (iv) Notes on establishments, 1907 (folio 86); (v) Progress report, number 3, on the preparation of the army in India for war, and the redistribution scheme, 1908 (folio...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers, including copies of earlier material, relating to the reorganisation of army administration, 1905 (folio l); (ii) Memorandum by Lord Kitchener, 1906, concerning army reforms, an answer to the article by John and Richard Strachey, 'Playing with fire: Mr Brodrick and Lord Curzon', ‘National Review’, volume xlvi, 1905-1906, pages 593-620 (folio 151); (iii) Miscellaneous papers connected with the reform of army administration in India,...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers concerning army commissions for Indians 1909-1912 (folio 1); (ii) Papers concerning rumours of a mutiny, 1900 (folio 62); (iii) Memorandum concerning a meeting of Lieutenant-Generals, 1905 (folio 68); (iv) Note of a redistribution scheme for garrisons, undated (folio 71); (v) Correspondence and papers on prostitution in the army cantonments, 1907 (folio 83); (vi) Report of the subcommittee of the Imperial Defence Committee, on the...

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The contents are as follows. (i) Annual summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration, 1905-March 1909 (folio 1); (ii) Summary of principal measures, 1905-1909 (folio 95); (iii) Papers regarding the views of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce as to the move of the administrative capital of India to Delhi, 1912 (folio 100).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Summary of the principal measures during the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-November 1908 (folio 1); (ii) Letter and resolution concerning the revision of the rules for sanctioning expenditure from Indian revenue, 1908 (folio 52); (iii) Papers relating to alterations in budget procedure, 1908 (folio 59); (iv) Principal events affecting the Finance Department, 1906-1909, chiefly relating to the gold standard, currency, and excise (folio 76); (v)...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Summaries of the principal events and measures of the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-March 1909 (folio 1); (ii) Memorandum by St John Brodrick, 1905, on Indian relations with Afghanistan from the Treaty of Gandamak in 1879 until 1905 (folio 32); (iii) Memorandum by Lord Cromer on the situation in Egypt, 1906, chiefly concerning the strength of the Pan-Islamic movement (folio 40); (iv) Reports on affairs in Afghanistan by the British agent in...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Annual summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration, 1905-1907, 1908-1909 (folio 1); (ii) Papers connected with the surveying and financing of the projected railways from Peshawar to Kabul by the Khyber, and from Kohat to Kabul by the Kurram Valley, 1906 (folio 70); (iii) Papers relating to the Baghdad Railway, 1907-1909 (folio 88); (iv) Memorandum for the Secretary of State on funds for railway construction, 1909 (folio 136); (v) Memorandum on the...

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...