Excerpts.
Found in 686 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Duncan Macrae reflecting his service in India and life in Bute after his retirement in 1868., 1850-1898, undated.
Papers of George Chalmers on the history of printing., ?1st quarter of 19th century.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on America, Australasia, with miscellaneous material., 1766-1796, undated.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on anthropology and travel, consisting to a great extent of notes taken from published works., 1766-1796, undated.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on population., 1774-1796, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Essays on population in ancient and modern times, 1779, 1787, undated. (Folio 1.) Includes Monboddo numbers 276, 197. (ii) Notes and excerpts from printed works, 1774-1796, undated. (Folio 50.) Includes Monboddo number 198. (iii) Statistics of baptisms in Kincardineshire parishes for 1686 to 1778, with other miscellaneous papers, 1778-1780, undated. (Folio 59.) Monboddo numbers 177, 216.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on Scottish, English and Irish history., 1765-?1794, undated.
Papers of John Maclean, Clydeside agitator, 1909-1923; with material concerning him, 1924-1966.
Papers of John Spottiswoode, Advocate, Keeper of the Advocates’ Library, 1702-1728.
Papers of Robert Moir., 1537-1862, undated.
Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale concerning Lord Charles Hay of Linplum., 1756-1760.
Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates chiefly concerning exemptions from Jury Service.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the City of Edinburgh.
Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 15th century-1927, undated.
Papers on coinage concerning the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Cadet College, Barasat., 1807-1813.
Papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition., 1811.
Papers relating chiefly to the election of Scottish Representative Peers.
Some letters to Henry Dundas (Lord Melville), 1783-1807, unconnected with election, possibly indicate that these are part of the Melville papers. The papers consist of minutes of elections, lists of peers and their votes, protests, excerpts from ancient records, proposals as to methods of electing, and other papers.
Papers relating to the sultanate of Bantam., 1808, 1812.
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Papers, undated, of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound concerning philosophy, chronology, and miscellaneous papers., Early 18th century.
Petitions and Answers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the admission of Robert Forsyth, teacher of civil law in Edinburgh.
Photocopies of documents formerly at Yester House., 1673-1739.
Photocopies of typescript transcriptions of letters of Thomas Telford to Andrew Little and other members of the Little family, with letters relating to Telford.
Includes notes and extracts from letterbooks of Joseph Mitchell.
Photocopy of a typescript of an extract, 1822, from the journal of Robert Allan, son of Thomas Allan of Lauriston, the mineralogist., 1822.
The extract, written at the age of fifteen, describes a visit to the Hardens at Brathay Hall.