Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".
Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:
'Observations on the Restored Government of Shah Shooja by Sir Alexander Burnes dated Cabool, February 4, 1840'., 1840.
Item
Identifier: MS.12189
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:
1840.
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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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed confidential papers chiefly relating to the affairs of India.
Official letters of Hugh Elliot to the Foreign Office concerning principally the flight of the Sicilian Court from Naples to Palermo, and the French campaigns in Calabria., May 1805-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13025
Scope and Contents
With accounts and a plan (folio 259) of the battle of Maida.
Dates:
May 1805-1806.
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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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission.
Official papers, undated, covering the period of Sir Robert Liston's embassy in Madrid., [1783-1788.]
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Identifier: MS.5529
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Having taken up his post as Chargé d'Affaires in Madrid, Robert Liston was, in May 1783, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary on Lord Mountstuart being ordered to Sweden.The main themes of his reports home were: the strength of the Family Compact; the constant endeavours of Spain to retrieve Gibraltar; and the negotiations for the removal of British settlers from the Mosquito shore. Liston's constant pressure eventually resulted in an amicable settlement on the settler issue, but...
Dates:
[1783-1788.]
Papers, 1655-1680, concerning Scottish religious affairs including 'Answers to a paper from some of our bretren dissenters', 19 November 1655, 'Answers to querees proposed by our brethren upon our overtures of the 1st June', 1655, and a copy of the Sanquhar Declaration., 1655-1680.
File
Identifier: MS.13500, folios 108-123
Dates:
1655-1680.
Papers, 1774, concerning vote creation in the county of Perth and general correspondence and papers, 1784-1802, 1806, on Perthshire electoral politics., 1774-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.16124
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From the Sub-Series:
The general elections of 1812, 1831 and 1832, and the by-election of 1834, are particularly well documented in this series.
Dates:
1774-1806.
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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Correspondence, papers, legal and financial documents, canvass records and printed ephemera concerning elections and politics in the County of Perth parliamentary constituency involving Thomas Graham (M.P. from 1794 to 1807) and Robert Graham (Whig/Liberal campaign manager, 1831-1832, and parliamentary candidate, 1834).
Papers and accounts, 1703-1758, undated, relating to the estate of Duddingston, Midlothian, and inventory of papers found in the 2nd Duke of Argyll's lodgings in Edinburgh, 1744, with some of the papers., 1703-1758, undated.
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Identifier: MS.17693
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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:
1703-1758, undated.
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.
Papers and accounts concerning the barley-mill and the bleachfield., 1712-1756, undated.
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Identifier: MS.17248
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Papers and accounts concerning the barley-mill, chiefly its establishment and its lease to Joseph Christy (folio 1) and the bleachfield, 1722-1756 (see also the papers of the British Linen Company, MSS.17594-17600) (folio 126).
Dates:
1712-1756, undated.
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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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
Papers and copies of correspondence concerning the Royal Navy., 1791-1829, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1044
Scope and Contents
Includes the following:
(i) Papers on various subjects, 1791-1829, undated, including administration, the Transport Board, the post of Checquer Clerk to the Greenwich Chest, inventions, and personnel (recruiting, impressment, pay, health, prizes);
(ii) 'Correspondence relating to the state of the Navy' between the Admiralty and the Navy Board, 1815-1818 (copies).
Dates:
1791-1829, undated.
Papers and correspondence chiefly concerning civil litigation involving the estate, and family trusts., 1719-1855.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16260-16268
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1719-1855.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
Papers and correspondence concerning roads, building specifications and copies of acts., 1790-1820.
File
Identifier: MS.16274
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1790-1820.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and correspondence concerning roads, bridges and churches.
Papers and correspondence concerning the Royal Navy., 1793-1841, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1045
Scope and Contents
Includes the following:
(i) Papers concerning docks and harbours (including some commercial), shipbuilding and materials, and States, 1793-1827, 1838, 1841, undated;
(ii) Letters of Patrick Holland, 1804-1810, chiefly about the manning of the Navy and the press-gang.
Dates:
1793-1841, undated.
Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot., 1826-1878, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19420-19433
Scope and Contents
Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, the son of Hugh Elliot, Diplomatist, spent his entire career either in or attached to the Colonial Office. In the 1830's he was in Canada for some years and his memoranda and correspondence for the period are of great interest. He was also involved in the organisation of the penal colonies, in emigration, and in the running of the Colonial Office itself.
Dates:
1826-1878, undated.
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 and correspondence relating to India., 1778-1828, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1060
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers concerning administration, defence, policy, and general matters, 1778-1815, undated (folio 1);(ii) Papers concerning the Army, 1785-1811, 1828; administration, etc., including the question of the relative rank of the Company's and King’s officers (folio 129);(iii) Letters of George Smith, Member of the Bengal Council, 1785-1791, to Henry Dundas or his clerk, William Cabell, containing information and proposals...
Dates:
1778-1828, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
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Papers relating to India and the East received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
Papers and correspondence relating to Lochgelly and Melgund estates., 1620-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.13299
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Accounts, correspondence and memoranda relating to gardens at Lochgelly and Melgund, 1726-1742 (folio 1);(ii) Inventories of deed, 1620-1793 (folio 31);(iii) Account of the family of Kinninmound of that Ilk, compiled by Andrew Chalmer, writer in Edinburgh, circa 1740. Another copy of this appears in Walter MacFarlane's genealogical collections, Adv.MS.35.4.8(ii), page 487 (volume 2, page 531 of the Scottish History Society edition,...
Dates:
1620-1858.
Papers and diplomatic correspondence concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1846-1848.
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Identifier: MS.12220
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) A Foreign Office memorandum, March 1847, on the Russian-Dutch loan, 5 pages;
(ii) Extract from a report, 1850, of the United States Secretary of War on an exploration of Minnesota Territory by Brevet Captain Pope, 5 pages;
(iii)-(iv) Papers relating to Portuguese affairs 1846-1847, 12 pages ; 11 pages;
(v)—Memorandum by Consul Stoddart on British policy towards Egypt, 1847, 35 pages;
(vi)-(xiii) Diplomatic correspondence and papers on Anglo-Spanish relations...
Dates:
1846-1848.
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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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Papers and notes of John Pinkerton relating to Scottish history and other subjects., 1342-1796, undated.
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Identifier: MS.1710
Scope and Contents
Materials and notes relating to Scottish prehistory, history, and genealogy (folios 1, 208), portraits (folio 143), and coins and medals (folio 185). They include some historical documents (originals and contemporary or later copies)—deeds relating to the College Kirk of Dunbar, 1342, and the Swintons of that Ilk, 1401; a sheet, apparently torn from a letter-book, being contemporary copies of letters of James VI, [1594-?1595/1596]; a copy of a letter of Charles I, appointing Sir Lewis...
Dates:
1342-1796, undated.
Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry., 1786-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16247-16259
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1786-1815.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane., [Circa 1905-?1917], undated.
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Identifier: MS.20220
Scope and Contents
Also included are a letter to and a letter of Richard B Haldane, 1922, undated (folio 1).
Dates:
[Circa 1905-?1917], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane.
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Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane on a variety of philosophical and other topics; several are incomplete.
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane., 1919-1928, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20221
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers consist of notebooks containing notes on and for lectures and essays chiefly on philosophy (MSS.20213-20219), a quantity of writings on various topics (many incomplete) written on loose sheets (MSS.20220-20222) and press cuttings concerning the death and funeral of Richard B Haldane (MS.20223).
Dates:
1919-1928, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane.
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Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane on a variety of philosophical and other topics; several are incomplete.
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane., [Circa 1904]-[?1936], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20222
Scope and Contents
The manuscript also includes: (i) Press cuttings, 1904-1914, relating to Richard B Haldane’s public career (folio 109); (ii) Telegrams of condolence, 1928, to Haldane’s sister on his death (folio 123); (iii) Press cuttings, 1928, from German newspapers reporting Haldane’s death (folio 254) (iv) Letters, 1928, to Haldane’s sister concerning him (folio 263); (v) Other papers, ?1936, undated, concerning Haldane (folio 272).
Dates:
[Circa 1904]-[?1936], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane.
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Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane on a variety of philosophical and other topics; several are incomplete.
Papers, chiefly amended drafts, written by Richard B Haldane on a variety of philosophical and other topics; several are incomplete., [Circa 1904]-[?1936], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20220-20222
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers consist of notebooks containing notes on and for lectures and essays chiefly on philosophy (MSS.20213-20219), a quantity of writings on various topics (many incomplete) written on loose sheets (MSS.20220-20222) and press cuttings concerning the death and funeral of Richard B Haldane (MS.20223).
Dates:
[Circa 1904]-[?1936], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane.
Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Dates:
16th century-early 19th century.
Papers, chiefly statements, concerning accounts with a number of banks., 1789-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.16326
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Statements, etc., 1789-1808, of account of Colonel Thomas Graham with Sir William Forbes, James Hunter and Co., Edinburgh (folio 1);
(ii) Statements, etc., 1822-1857, of account of the Lynedoch Trustees and of Robert Graham with the Perth Banking Company, but lacking the years 1843-1849 (folio 56);
(iii) Letters, statements, etc., 1824-1829, concerning the account of Robert Graham with the Perth Union Banking Company (folio 97);
(iv) Statements, etc.,...
Dates:
1789-1857.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers, chiefly statements and vouchers, concerning bank accounts.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott concerning the Border district., 1326-1828, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.903
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of copies of charters and other documents, relating to families (Haig, Scott of Raeburn, Scott of Buccleuch, Haliburton, Dalgleish, etc.) and lands of the district.
Dates:
1326-1828, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.