Excerpts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Portions of a larger work, such as a literary work or motion picture, reproduced or excised without further change from their original context.
Found in 686 Collections and/or Records:
Editorial papers of Professor Ian A Gordon for an unpublished edition of John Galt`s "The Ayrshire Legatees" based on the 1823 edition.
File
Identifier: Acc.12362
Dates:
1987.
Essay, notes, and extracts from other works, on teinds and other ecclesiastical matters.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.11
Scope and Contents
According to a pencil note on page i, `This Book is in handwriting of Commissary John Goldie [of Craigmuie]`.The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Note on reason for parsons being addressed as `Sir’. (Page i.)(ii) `Ane Essay on Teinds.’ This is basically the same text as in Adv.MS.81.1.3. (Page 1.)(iii) `Extracts from [White] Kennets Parochiall antiquitys of Ambrosden andc [Oxford, 1695]`. (Page 88.)(iv) `Extracts from a...
Dates:
18th century.
Ewen MacLachlan’s ‘Leabhar Caol’, containing transcripts (with occasional notes) from nine manuscripts sent to him for examination by the Highland Society of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.5
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts were sent to Ewen MacLachlan by the Highland Society of Scotland in 1812. Dated passim. MacLachlan generally called the volume ‘An Leabhar Caol’, but on the title pages added as alternatives ‘An Diabhol Caol’, ‘The Celtic Repository’. Binding inscribed ‘Ancient Celtic Tales’, ‘The Tales of Other Times’.The contents (text) as follows.(i) Contents list. (Page ii.)(ii) Note on 8th-century learning. (Page iii.)(iii)...
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Excerpts, 1833-1837, from kirk session records, chiefly 17th century, written by instruction of George R Kinloch, advocate.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.32.2.1-32.2.10
Dates:
1595-17th century.
Excerpts and cuttings from records, journals, and other documents, regarding persons named Fergusson and Ferguson., 1537-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.5176
Dates:
1537-1918.
Excerpts, circa 1820, from the records of Ayr Town Council concerning the building of a new church, 1653-1718., 1653-1718.
File
Identifier: MS.10335, folios 141-145
Dates:
1653-1718.
Excerpts concerning the Graham family, taken from papers in the Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh, and the Public Record Office, London.., 1599-1611.
File
Identifier: MS.5276
Excerpts from books and other notes of bibliographical and historical interest of John Smith Gibb titled, 'Notabilia Librorum'.
File
Identifier: MS.1023
Dates:
19th century.
Excerpts from journals of Lady Henrietta Liston., 1814-1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.5708
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
After serving his apprenticeship as Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at the courts of Munich, Ratisbon, Berlin, Turin and Madrid, Robert Liston was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid in 1784.After leaving Madrid he was the British Representative at Stockholm, Constantinople, Washington, The Hague, and again at Constantinople.Within each regional section there are two main categories, official and personal. The first contains documents, with instructions or...
Dates:
1814-1815.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume I: Parishes of Balmerino, Blairgowrie, Benholm, Bervie, Dunnottar, Fettercairn, Fetteresso, Fordoun, Laurencekirk, and St. Cyrus., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.1
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume II: Presbytery of Lanark., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.2
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume III: Parishes of Abercrombie, Crail, Cupar, Kilconquhar, Leuchars, Logie, Newburgh, Strathmiglo, Monimail, and Forgan., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.3
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume IV: Presbytery of Cupar., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.4
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume IX: Parish of Edinburgh, volume II., 1638-1673.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.9
Dates:
1638-1673.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume V: Synod of Fife., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.5
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume VI: Presbytery of St. Andrews., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.6
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume VII: Parishes of Perth, Cambusnethan, Lesmahagow, Carmichael, Lanark, Glenbervie, Strachan, Saltoun and presbyteries of Kirkwall and Dunfermline., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.7
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume VIII: Parish of Edinburgh, volume I., 1595-1637.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.8
Dates:
1595-1637.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume X: Parish of Edinburgh, volume III., 1674-1688.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.10
Dates:
1674-1688.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volumes VIII-X: Parish of Edinburgh, volume I-III., 1595-1688
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.32.2.8-32.2.10
Excerpts from letters of Colonel Sir Neil Campbell regarding Napoleon's banishment to Elba, with other notes, all in Sir Walter Scott's autograph., 1814.
File
Identifier: MS.888
Dates:
1814.
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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Material for the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott.
Excerpts from letters of Lord Melfort to Mary, Queen of James II and VII, and probably to Lewis Innes, written from Italy (partly in code), on his interviews and the attitude of various of the Powers to King James., [Circa 1690.]
File
Identifier: MS.3836, folios 3-8
Dates:
[Circa 1690.]
Excerpts from Minto Kirk Sessions records, 1703-1748, sent by the 4th Earl of Minto to the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot., [Circa 1885.]
File
Identifier: MS.13325
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
[Circa 1885.]
Excerpts from printed works concerning history and genealogy, compiled by Andrew Stuart and his brother James Stuart., 1787-1795.
File
Identifier: MS.8304
Scope and Contents
The excerpts are from the following:(i) Scottish sources, including ‘System of heraldry, speculative and practical’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1722-1742), ‘Annals of Scotland’ by David Dalrymple (Edinburgh, 1776-1779), and ’History of the House of Douglas’ by David Hume of Godscroft (Edinburgh, 1643) (folio 1);(ii) English sources, including ‘Holinshed’s Chronicles’ (London, 1577) and ’Foedera’ by Thomas Rymer (London, 1704-1713), with a biography of Arabella...
Dates:
1787-1795.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart.
Excerpts from religious works compiled by James B Burnett., 1846-1847.
File
Identifier: MS.24607
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.
Dates:
1846-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Papers of the Burnett family of Monboddo other than Lord Monboddo.
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Correspondence and notebooks of the Burnett family of Monboddo.
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Excerpts from religious works compiled by Mary Jane Ash, with a continuation by James B Burnett, who also wrote MS.24607.