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 540 Collections and/or Records:
Extracts, undated, from works by Charles Nodier., 1822, 1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.15809
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
1822, 1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing material on French literature.
Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 1., 1686-1689.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)
Scope and Contents
The volume contains transcripts of documents from various sources, including: the cartulary of St Mary`s Abbey, Newbattle (Adv.MS.34.4.13), in a different arrangement (folio 15); charters of Holyroodhouse, apparently from an unknown source (folio 152); these transcripts were used in ‘Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis’, those at folios 154 verso-162 verso being printed (in a different order) at pages xvi-xli (passim) of the preface. Some (folios 158-159) are also printed in...
Dates:
1686-1689.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh.
Farming memoranda, rentals and accounts of the Scotts of Raeburn, with religious notes of the earlier lairds., 1664-1854.
File
Identifier: MS.3842
Scope and Contents
To the papers William, the 6th Laird, has added extensive annotations, and historical accounts of the family and their lands, copies of letters and various excerpts relating to these subjects and local affairs, and accounts of his own career, the latest dated entry being of 1854.
Dates:
1664-1854.
Fragments of printed works, with extracts and notes of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton., 1717, 1734, 1784.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.27
Scope and Contents
The volume consists of pages i-xxiv, 1-38 of ‘A Summary of all the Religious Houses in England and Wales’ (folio 1) bearing Lieutenant-General G H Hutton`s signature on the title page, but no other marks, together with page 411, and what follows, of ‘Minor Practicks’ containing, as Appendix I, the `Account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation` by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates` Library (folio 32). Interspersed with these...
Dates:
1717, 1734, 1784.
'Genealogical account of the Mac Ras, as written originally by Mr. John Mac Ra, Minister of Dingwall ... who died ... 1704. Transcribed by Farquhar Mac Ra of Inverinate in ... 1786. Copied by Captain John Mac Ra of the Royal Scots from the transcript in the possession of his son Doctor John Mac Ra of Chittagong in ... 1816. Copied by Alfred Oughton ... from a copy entitled as above sent to Mr. Chisholm Batten by Mr. J.D. McDonell, Plockton ... 1864'., [Before 1705], 1869.
File
Identifier: MS.3569
Scope and Contents
Excerpts, made in 1869 from Dingwall Presbytery Records, are given on folios 40 verso-45.
Dates:
[Before 1705], 1869.
Genealogical papers of, and concerning, the Keith family., 1623-1927, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21187-21188
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates:
1623-1927, undated.
Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1804, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8290-8324
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, drafts and memoranda concerning the genealogical researches of Andrew Stuart for his ‘Genealogical history of the Stewarts’, and other works.
Dates:
1767-1804, undated.
Genealogies and other matter relating to the Richardson family, bound up with 'The Late John Richardson', by Lord Moncrieff, extracted from the 'North British Review', December 1864., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3992
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A note on John Richardson's children will be found in MS.3989, folio i.
Dates:
19th century.
'Historical notices of Guzerat and a life of Jaswant Rao Holkar'., [Circa 1821.]
File
Identifier: MS.13833
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes (pages 73 and 337) extracts from a history of Gujarat by Ali Mahommed Khan, Diwan of Ahmedabad, in a translation by S A Greenwood (see MS.13916 and the ‘Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum’, volume 1, pages 288-289).
The volume also contains (page 173) extracts from the life of Sultan Ghiass ul dein Khilchee, Emperor of Malwa, in the Tubruckat Ackberi, see MS.13915, and (page 193) a memoir of the life of Jaswant Rao Holkar.
Dates:
[Circa 1821.]
Incomplete copy of a case, 1768, brought against John Lumsden, disputing his right of superiority over the lands of Barr and Bridgend, Renfrewshire; and an excerpt, made in in 1838, from the account-book, 1738, of Hew Crawfurd, Writer to the Signet, containing an account of George Lindsay Crawford, Viscount Garnock, and of his tutor., 1738, 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.6295, folios 36-79
Dates:
1738, 1768.
“Instruction concernant le service de I'Infanterie légère en campagne” (Londres, 1801); copy owned by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Macleod and signed by him on the title page., 1801-[before 1813.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15382
Scope and Contents
The book contains on blank leaves bound in at the back a memorandum (folio 3) and sketches (folios 8 verso, 11 verso, 12 verso) in pencil apparently in Charles Macleod’s hand, and, in another hand in ink, written also on the flyleaves, biographical notes and extracts from printed sources referring to him.
Dates:
1801-[before 1813.]
'Inventory of, and excerpts from, the Title Deeds of certain Heritors of Mearns to make appearance in a Process of Augmentation of Stipend at the instance of The Revd. Doctor McLatchie, Minister of the Parish of Mearns', Renfrewshire., 1814-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.2697
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
1814-1815.
Jacobite papers collected by Sir Henry Steuart, titled, 'M.S.S. Jacobite II'., 1700-1869, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1696
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are part of the collection which was formed by Sir Henry Steuart with a view to composing a ‘History of the Efforts in behalf of the House of Stuart from the Revolution onwards’, together with papers on the Stuarts and the rebellions which were acquired by Robert Chambers, and notes on persons and events of the period by him.The papers consist of originals and copies; most of them have been incorporated in Robert Chambers’ books or in articles written by him for...
Dates:
1700-1869, undated.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘D’., 17th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.11
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) An abridgement of the General Council; (ii) A brief account of the Holy Land with a short description of the government of the Jews etc.; (iii) Notes on Scotch Bishops after the Reformation, down to about 1700; (iv) ‘Excerpta quædam de magus registro prioratus St. Andreæ’, referring to the register by its folios, a copy from Sir R Sibbald’s excerpts by “Iain Semple”; (v) A brief account of the heresies in the primitive church, etc.
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
Legal and financial papers of various Fife estates and the regality of Dunfermline., 1587-1759, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14772
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1651-1687, concerning the Parish of Burntisland (folio 1);(ii) Notes and extracts of charters, 1694-1697 (folio 9);(iii) Household inventory, 1707, of Dalgety House (folio 47);(iv) Measurements, 1711, of enclosures at Dalgety (folio 55);(v) Process, 1731-1736, undated, between the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale and the town of Kirkcaldy (folio 57);(vi) Process, 1732-1737, between the...
Dates:
1587-1759, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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Legal and financial papers of the regality of Dunfermline, and various Fife estate papers.
Legal papers of Duncan McLaren, merchant, Edinburgh v John Ritchie, proprietor, and Andrew Russell, editor of 'The Scotsman'., 1856, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/145-149
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
1856, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Legal papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
Letters and an excerpt concerning the Earl of Buchan., 1761, 1783, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3278, folios 42-44
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of an excerpt from the Parliament of Oceana, Glasgow University, admitting Lord Cardross (afterwards Earl of Buchan) as an Honorary Member, 1761 (folio 42); a letter of John Knox, the philanthropist, to the Earl of Buchan, on his pamphlet, ‘A view of the British Empire, more especially Scotland, with some proposals for the improvement of that country, 1784, which he was then writing, 1783 (folio 43); anonymous letter to the Earl, proposing a scheme for rescuing the crews...
Dates:
1761, 1783, undated.
Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1805-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.2314
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1805-1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
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Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates:
1231-1641.
Letters and papers of Richard Burdon-Sanderson, his wife Elizabeth and daughter Jane., 1809-1835, 1884-1889, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20046
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copies and extracts, 1857, in the hand of his wife Elizabeth, of letters, 1809, 1814, undated, of Richard Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond (died 1865), formerly Burdon, to his relations (folios 1);
(ii) Letters 1835, undated, of Burdon-Sanderson to his wife (folio 29);
(iii) Sermon preached, 1835, by Burdon-Sanderson on Joel (folio 27);
(iv) Miscellany of extracts, undated, in the hand of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson from printed books (folio 45);
(v) Letters,...
Dates:
1809-1835, 1884-1889, undated.
Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.
File
Identifier: MS.3134
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous letters. Among the writers are:
The Earl of Mar, to Sir George Bowes, Marshal of Berwick, 1579 (number 1);
Edward Kellie, Receiver and Director of Music of the Chapel Royal, on arrangements made by him for services in Holyrood, 1632 (number 3); printed in Charles Rogers, ‘History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland’ (Grampian Club, 1882), page clxvi;
Nicolas Briot, making recommendations regarding the copper coinage of Scotland, 1631...
Dates:
1579-1844.
Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control., February-April 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11276
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
February-April 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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control.
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Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control.
Letters, drafts, and documents of and concerning Henry Mackenzie., 1781-1825.
File
Identifier: MS.646
Scope and Contents
The contents include:(i) Letters and drafts of letters of Henry Mackenzie to William Carmichael, USA, Minister to Spain, 1781, referring to the New Town of Edinburgh, Principal Robertson, Professor Adam Ferguson, Dr Blair, Adam Smith, his own literary work, and the founding of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in the hand of an amanuensis with corrections by Mackenzie (folio 1); to Pitt, 1792, thanking him for his ‘valuable additions’ to Mackenzie’s ‘Review of the Principal...
Dates:
1781-1825.
Letters of John Murray IV, John Murray V and John Murray VI to Thomas James Wise; with correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the sale and provenance of Byron manuscripts and other items., 1928-1966.
File
Identifier: MS.43503
Scope and Contents
This folder contains some correspondence relating to Thomas James Wise and other correspondence relating to the sale and provenance of items by or relating to Lord Byron. The Wise correspondence has been placed chronologically before that relating to the manuscripts and objects of Lord Byron. The latter has been organised by correspondent surname with miscellaneous material placed at the end of the sequence.Draft of a letter of John Murray [IV] to Thomas James Wise. 1928: folio...
Dates:
1928-1966.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of the grandchildren of Lord Byron to John Murray, publishers, relating to the publication of 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron'., 1869-1904.
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Identifier: MS.43498
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of 'The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron' of:Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, 1886: folios 1-10.
Included is a note on f.8v of John Murray III relating that in June 1886 he presented Lady Anne Blunt with 50 letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh;
Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace, 1869-1887 and 1895-1904: folios 11-122. The letters are signed using the titles of...
Dates:
1869-1904.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.