Excerpts.
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Excerpts from religious works compiled by Mary Jane Ash, with a continuation by James B Burnett., 1846.
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.
Excerpts from religious works compiled by Mary Jane Ash, with a continuation by James B Burnett, who also wrote MS.24607., 1846-1847.
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.
Excerpts from scripture written by Henry Fletcher of Saltoun in a form of shorthand (most vowels omitted)., 18th century.
Excerpts from Sir Walter Scott’s marginal notes in books at Abbotsford, compiled by his sons Walter and Charles in 1832., 4th quarter of 18th century-early 19th century.
The excerpts are written in an old book containing Minutes of the first meeting of the First Committee appointed to examine Scottish Forms of Process, signed by Walter Scott, 1809 (folio 43). Several sheets are cut out; others are sewn in.
Excerpts from the classics by George Reith., [?1885-?1941.]
Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.
Excerpts from the Countess of Minto's correspondence with her sister, written by her in two notebooks., 1794-1801.
Excerpts from the diaries of Henry Mackenzie; Joshua Henry, Lord Mackenzie; and his wife Helen., 1784, 1821, 1831.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Diary of Joshua Henry, Lord Mackenzie, January 1821 (folio 1);
(ii) Diary of Henry Mackenzie during his visit to France, 1784 (folio 2);
(iii) Diary of Helen, wife of Joshua Henry, Lord Mackenzie, 1831 (folio 13).
Excerpts from the diary of John Smith., 1812-1854.
The extracted entries, which were made by a grandchild of John Smith, are always brief. They mainly record a fairly eventful social life, but his professional activities are also mentioned in passing.
A pedigree of the Smiths is also included, along with transcripts of two deeds relating to the family.
Excerpts from the diary of John Smith, sculptor and builder in Darnick, near Melrose, Roxburghshire; with a typed transcript of the diary.
‘Excerpts from the register’ [minutes] of the Faculty of Advocates, 20 June 1661 to 10 June 1675; dated 3 August 1698., 1661-1675.
Excerpts from 'The Scots Magazine' of ‘My Month’ articles of Tom Weir., 1980s.
Most articles are untitled and undated.
Excerpts from 'Uranium 235' for Clydebuilt., Undated.
Containing papers on the following Scottish plays: 'Gold in his boots' by George Munro; 'U.A.B. - Scotland' by Harry Trott; 'Johnny Noble' by Ewan MacColl; "In time o' strife" by Joe Corrie; and 'Men should weep' by Ena Lamont Stewart.
Excerpts from various religious works, in two hands, of which the latter is apparently that of James Grant, minister of Nairn, and the earlier may therefore be that of his father, Alexander Grant, minister of Cawdor., 1671-1796.
The excerpts are chiefly from Issac Barrow, 'Sermons' (Edinburgh, 1751), and Edward Fowler, 'The design of Christianity' (London, 1671). There are also exceprts from Gilbert Burnet, 'Exposition of the thirty-nine articles', (London, 1699), Jacques Henry Bernardin de Saint Pierre, translated by Henry Hunter, 'Studies of nature', (London, 1796), and Jeremiah Seed, 'Posthumous works' (London, 1750).
Excerpts, in a nineteenth century hand, from the 'Appendix To the Memoirs of Dr Alexander Carlyle of Inveresk' ... 'Being the proceedings before the Church Courts against him for attending the representation of the Tragedy of Douglas [by John Home] in 1757'., 1757.
The contents consists almost entirely of excerpts from the proceedings of the Presbytery of Dalkeith. The excerpts are written on the rectos of the leaves, with additions, and some headings, written in another nineteenth-century hand on some of the versos. A leaf containing an excerpt in a hand wrongly ascribed to Sir Walter Scott which was formerly loosely enclosed is tipped in after folio 108.
Excerpts in James Stuart's hand from his letter-books and other correspondence., 1782-1783.
Excerpts made in 1748 from the 14th-century register of the Abbey of Holme Cultram, Cumbria.
Excerpts of articles of Tom Weir in the 'Howden Quarterly'. , 1958.
Includes articles entitled '‘Magic Slippers', 'Gannet City of the Forth', 'From Sea to Sahara', 'Safety in Climbing' and 'Shepherding in the Scottish Hills'.
Excerpts of letters on Italian politics and a paper on Italian affairs, concerning Sir Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline., [Circa 1860], 1862.
The excerpts of letters on Italian politics, were written from Genoa, Turin and Rome, 1844-1848, by the 2nd Baron, Sir Ralph Abercromby and the Baroness to their parents and parents-ln-law respectively, and copied from the originals by Mary, Lady Dunfermline, circa 1860, (folio 1); The paper is titled, 'Return of all Papers presented to Parliament on Italian Afalrs from 1846 to the Close of the Session of 1862', and was compiled in 1863 for Ralph, Lord Dunfermline, (folio 68).
Excerpts used in, and other material relating to, contributions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) to the Scottish Amnesty Show., [1982].
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Erskine., 1651-1663.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Kennoway., 1638-1644.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Kilbarchan, 1649, and Renfrew, 1649-1653., 1649-1653.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Scone., 1622-1638.
'Extract of a dissertation upon the true number, names, series ... and chronology of the first 24 Kings of the Scots ... from the begining of the regn of K. Fergus Mac-Erch to the Union of the Scotish and Pictish Kingdoms by K. Keneth Macalpin', addressed 'to Mr. Rudiman'., 18th century.
‘Extracta de Cronicis Scotiæ Quæ ad Historiam civilem pertinent’, in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
This volume and Adv.MS.15.2.2 consist of extracts and notes by Sir Robert Sibbald from the manuscript called ‘Extracta de Cronicis’ which he says was given by William Bishop of Dumblane to Henry Sinclair, Dean of Glasgow, in 1550.