Fragments.
Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:
Fragment of draft of contract between [Sir] Alexander Menzies of that ilk, [1st Baronet] and Alexander Menzies of Rotmell., ?23 September 1665.
Most of the formal documents relate to members of the family of Menzies of that ilk (formerly Menzies of Weem and Enoch) and other persons of the name; Ch.10647 is a passport issued, 1846, to Sir Hew H. Dalrymple, 6th Baronet, whose descendant, the Hon Sir Hew Dalrymple compiled the collection to which all these papers belong.
Fragment of draft of documents used as a book cover, containing inscription [possibly] Jo Higgins [possibly] Coal Book 1700` and a number of monetary calculations., Undated.
A miscellany of charters and other formal documents from the collection of John Smith, Edinburgh. Most of the documents are deeds relating to land tenure in East Lothian, particularly to lands and properties in Dunbar.
Fragment of draft of renunciation of the forty-shilling land of Learane by Angus McDonald of Achnakoichan and [?] McGrigor in favour of Robert, eldest son of Sir Alexander Menzies of that ilk, 1st Baronet., ?13 May 1671-?17 December 1690.
Most of the formal documents relate to members of the family of Menzies of that ilk (formerly Menzies of Weem and Enoch) and other persons of the name; Ch.10647 is a passport issued, 1846, to Sir Hew H. Dalrymple, 6th Baronet, whose descendant, the Hon Sir Hew Dalrymple compiled the collection to which all these papers belong.
Fragment of inhibition concerning teinds of Forfar, Restennet, and Aberlemno, apparently at instance of Thomas, Earl of Ker., July 1621.
Sir George Fletcher, advocate, a younger son of Robert of Innerpeffer, was one of his commissioners and acquired the lands of Restennet in 1627. The first two documents, the earliest in the collection, are the foundation charter of the Priory by Malcolm IV and its confirmation by the Bishop of St Andrews.
Fragment of Sir Walter Scott’s, ‘Tales of a Grandfather’, 2nd series, chapter 27, enclosed in a letter of Charles Feltham., 1855.
Fragment of the History of the Kings of Scotland, in the handwriting of Robert Mylne, writer in Edinburgh and antiquary., 17th century-early 18th century.
The fragment, being only pages 128-143, covers the Kings from Malcolm III to David I.
Fragment of the manuscript of the novel ‘Fairer than a fairy’ by James Grant, apparently part of chapters lvii and lviii., [1874, or before.]
Besides being a most prolific writer of fiction (he produced some fifty-six novels), James Grant wrote on the history, particularly military history, of Scotland. He was a keen supporter of the Volunteer Movement in Edinburgh, and founded, in 1852, the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights.
Fragment, undated, of a manuscript of James Grant for a story which is apparently set in Russia., [Before 1888.]
Besides being a most prolific writer of fiction (he produced some fifty-six novels), James Grant wrote on the history, particularly military history, of Scotland. He was a keen supporter of the Volunteer Movement in Edinburgh, and founded, in 1852, the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights.
Fragmentary account book of Patrick Oliphant of Williamston., 1676-1688.
Fragmentary devotional work., 15th century.
The fragment consists of seven gatherings (lacking a leaf after folio 47), and the back cover with a flyleaf (folio 56) and pastedown. As well as the front cover, entire gatherings have been lost before folio 1 and after folio 55. Surviving contents consist of prayers to the Virgin. There are a few decorated initials in red and green, and the rubrics are in red.
Fragmentary journal of Cecilia Combe of an American tour., 1838-1841.
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Fragmentary manuscript of Agnes Mure Mackenzie entitled 'The making of Mediaeval Scotland', corresponding to the preface, pages 3-4, and pages 273-293 of ‘The foundations of Scotland’., 1937.
Fragmentary manuscripts and typescripts of individual poems in and sections of 'Mature Art' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1938, undated.
Included are typescripts (folios 52-74) closely related to ‘In memoriam James Joyce’ but addressed to the 16th-century Italian poet, Teofilo Folengo.
Fragmentary manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of ‘In memoriam James Joyce’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [?1937-?1938.]
The papers include two versions of the author's preface (folios 8-25) and several longer sections of the poem (folios 94-187).
Fragmentary manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of ‘The company I've kept’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [1966, or before.]
The papers include draft lists of contents (folio 1), an unpublished introduction (folio 5), the text of most of chapter 7, apparently intended as an article entitled 'Ezra Pound and the Curse of Usury' (folio 13), pages of a notebook on 'A.E.', the author George William Russell (folio 25), a corrected typescript of chapters 1-4 (folio 41), and proofs of the preliminary pages (folio 205).
Fragmentary typescript of 'Niger: the life of Mungo Park' by James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., [1934, or before.]
James Leslie Mitchell usually wrote at a typewriter, and few manuscripts survive. For the sake of economy, he frequently used the blank versos of his typescripts for another work at a later date.
Fragments formerly part of the cover of Adv.MS.72.1.14., Late 12th century, ?14th century.
Fragments of a collection of decisions in a seventeenth-century hand found loose in MS.3170., 16th century.
The latest date mentioned is 1592.
Fragments of a [?diary] and letter., Undated.
Includes notebooks, sketchbooks, diaries, literary fragments and personal documents.
Fragments of a list of Melville papers down to 1799, giving numbers of bundles., Late 18th century.
Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.
Fragments of a work on the existence and attributes of God, by Abū 'Abd Allāh Muḣammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ḣasanī al-Sanūsī, who lived as a Sufi at Tlemcen and died 892 A.H. (1486 A.D.)., [Before 1487.]
At the end (folio 22) are some unidentified fragments.
Fragments of articles and books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [Circa 1936]-1966, undated.
Some of these are quite substantial, but others are single pages only. Most have not been identified.
Fragments of deeds., 1613-1707.
Fragments of diaries and a letter to Ruth Ziegler of Ruthven Todd., 1960-1977, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Fragments of diaries, 1960-1974, undated (folio 1); (ii) Letter to Ruth Ziegler, 1976-1977 (folio 9). Ruthven Todd began this as a letter, but it developed into a long document, partly a detailed record of his daily activities for two months, and partly rambling reminiscences. Folios 44-48 and 57-60 are photocopies.
Fragments of diaries and manuscripts of Alasdair Gray., 1944-1977.
Includes notebooks, sketchbooks, diaries, literary fragments and personal documents.