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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 540 Collections and/or Records:

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1843-1880, undated, of Mark Napier and his son Francis Napier, and excerpts presumably made for Mark Napier, from records bearing on Oxfordshire Napiers, as well as other historical excerpts., 1843-1880, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1664
Scope and Contents

The correspondence of Francis Napier is chiefly about the publication of his father's ‘The Lanox of auld’, which was effected in 1880, after Mark Napier's death.

Dates: 1843-1880, undated.

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of and concerning Margaret Oliphant., 1754-1921, undated.

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Identifier: MS.23211
Scope and Contents The contents consist of: (i) letters of various friends and contemporaries of Margaret Oliphant, 1844-1868, undated (folio 1); (ii) letters to Janet M Oliphant 1895-1921, undated (folio 19); (iii) memorandum of agreement with Henry Colburn 1849 and death certificate 1897 of Mrs Oliphant (folio 46); (iv) photographs and other depictions of Margaret Oliphant and her family and other subjects 1851, 1874, undated (folio 50); (v) excerpts in Janet M Oliphant's hand of Margaret Oliphant's...
Dates: 1754-1921, undated.

Miscellaneous formal documents., 1800-1858.

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Identifier: MS.7513
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates: 1800-1858.

Miscellaneous genealogical material, chiefly in the hands of Andrew Stuart and James Stuart., [Late 18th century.]

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Identifier: MS.8305
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) A memorandum of observations on a draft of part of ‘Genealogical History’ by Andrew Stuart (folio 1); (ii) Extracts from Scottish and French printed books (including ‘Historia Majoris Britanniae’ by John Major (Paris, 1521), ‘Collections’ by James Dalrymple (Edinburgh, 1705), ‘Dictionnaire Historique’ by Louis Moréri (Lyon, 1674), and ‘Chroniques’ by Enguerrand de Monstrelet (Paris, 1470) (folio 61);(iii) Extracts from...
Dates: [Late 18th century.]

Miscellaneous genealogical papers of and concerning the Keith family., 1623- [circa 1700].

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Identifier: MS.21187A
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Copy, late seventeenth century, of a funeral oration in honour of George Earl Marischal (succeeded 1581) delivered in 1623 by William Ogston, professor of moral philosophy in Marischal College, Aberdeen (folio 1); (ii) A genealogical history, 1700, of the Earls Marischal (folio 16); (iii) Extracts and notes, circa 1700, from ‘Sutherlandia comitum annales’, a manuscript history dated 1631 and attributed to Alexander Ross of Aberdeen (folio 31).

Dates: 1623- [circa 1700].

Miscellaneous Jacobite papers., 1722-1800, undated.

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Identifier: MS.14268
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1800, of and relating to Henry Stuart, Cardinal York, in connection with the payment of a life annuity to him by George III. The letters include two of the banker Thomas Coutts, which were published in ‘Catalogue of Jacobite relics’ by A P Trotter. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘Declaration of James the 3d ... to all his subjects ... to serve as a foundation for a lasting peace in Europe’, 1722. (Folio 15.)(iii) Account by...
Dates: 1722-1800, undated.

Miscellaneous letters and documents, relating to Scottish and foreign affairs., 1685-1715.

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Identifier: MS.3740
Scope and Contents The contents include:Excerpts from historians, chiefly relating to Scotland (folio 1);Papers on the toleration extended to Roman Catholics by James II and VII, 1685-1686 (folio 46);Letters of Lieutenant-General Hugh Mackay and other officers, chiefly to William Blathwayt as Secretary at War, on the campaign of Killiecrankie and on the despatch of troops from Scotland to Ireland and Holland, 1689-1690 (folio 80); for transcripts and notes, see MS.3741;...
Dates: 1685-1715.

Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1808, undated.

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Identifier: MS.11724
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Excerpt of a letter, 15 December 1807, concerning the breaching of forts (folio 1); (ii) Letter of Richard Jeffreys, Chaplain, Fort William, 1808, with enclosed papers concerning the Military Officers' Widows' Fund (folio 5); (iii) Memorandum by Francis Hamilton Buchanan, Bengal Medical Service, circa 1808, concerning the teak forests of Malabar (folio 15). See also MS.11721, folio 158. (iv) Two letters of John Scott at Rangoon, 1807-1808, concerning timber...
Dates: 1807-1808, undated.

Miscellaneous manuscripts from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1558-1897.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6503-6511
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers derive from four main sources: material relating to the Halketts of Pitfirrane, to the Wedderburns of Gosford, to Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, and to John McFarlane, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1709). The last male heir in the direct line of the Halkett family, Sir James (succeeded 1697), died in 1705, ending the baronetcy created in 1671. On his death his eldest sister, Janet, succeeded to Pitfirrane. She had married Sir Peter Wedderburn, 1st Baronet of Gosford, who now...
Dates: 1558-1897.

Miscellaneous memoranda and excerpts from journals., 1796-[circa 1815].

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Identifier: MS.13719
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates: 1796-[circa 1815].

Miscellaneous military papers of Thomas Graham., 1794-1843.

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Identifier: MS.16197
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) An ink and wash sketch map probably showing positions of Austrian and French forces in the Isonzo valley of North Italy near Gorlzia during the Austrian retreat from Napoleon's Armée d'Italie in the spring of 1797 (folio 1); (ii) An ink sketch, undated, but circa 1798, of the coastal area behind Aboukir [Abu Qîr] Bay near Alexandria, Egypt, (folio 2); (ill) Extract of a letter, 7 Mar, 1811, of Captain William Milne, at Isla de Leon, near Cadiz describing the...
Dates: 1794-1843.

Miscellaneous notes and excerpts concerning the Earl of Rosebery., 1862-1929, undated.

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Identifier: MS.10203
Scope and Contents From the Series: Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates: 1862-1929, undated.

Miscellaneous papers., 19th century-1907, undated.

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Identifier: MS.14193B
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of:

(i) Extracts from the log of the East India Company ship 'Exeter', 1803-1804, including a description of an engagement with the French (folio 1);

(ii) Embroidery patterns, 19th century (folio 13);

(iii) Latin hexameters deploring the British attitude to war in the late 18th century (folio 17);

(iv) Miscellaneous papers, 1836-1907, undated (folio 29).

Dates: 19th century-1907, undated.

Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of the north-east of Scotland, collected by William Rose., 1580-18th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.3
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Papers concerning Rothes and Aikenway, 1684, 1689, and the 8th Earl of Rothes, 1710, and undated, with especial reference to an agreement with William Duff of Dipple (Inv. LX, Mac. 59) (folio 1).(ii) Excerpts, taken by Rose, of the household accounts of the Duke of Lennox during his residence at Holyrood and his journeys as High Commissioner, 1607 (Inv. LXI, Mac. 53) (folio 19).(iii) `Memorandum for the Laird of Monymusk,...
Dates: 1580-18th century.

Miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1753, 1805-1808, undated.

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Identifier: MS.11733
Scope and Contents The papers include a copy of a dispatch of the Court of Directors to the Calcutta Presidency concerning the charter, 24 January 1753 (folio 1), copy of an unaddressed letter of Sir James Mackintosh, 21 February 1806 (folio 33), 'Copies of Sir George H. Barlow's Letters to Lord Cornwallis and Lt. Colonel Malcolm, dated Calcutta 27 August and 7 October 1805. Remarks on the state of our recently acquired Possessions and Alliances' (folio 37), printed obituary of the Marquess Cornwallis, 1806...
Dates: 1753, 1805-1808, undated.