Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2676 Collections and/or Records:
19th century copies of deeds., 1st quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/194
Scope and Contents
Original dates of the deeds are 1446-1675.
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Charters, legal papers and pedigrees.
A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.
File
Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents
The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates:
1815-1977.
'A. Prymera Relacion', July 1519; apparently a copy of the letter sent by Hernando Cortés to the Emperor mentioned in Principal William Robertson's 'History of America', volume i, page xi, and volume ii, pages 33, 521., 1519.
Item
Identifier: MS.3960
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1519.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Abstracts and copies of correspondence of William Elliot concerning disturbances in Counties Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Cavan and Limerick., 1806-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.12923
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1806-1807.
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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells.
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Correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1806-1807.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing accounts and memoranda in Holland and London., 1717-1718.
Item
Identifier: MS.16948
Scope and Contents
With copy of a letter in French (folio 13 verso).
Dates:
1717-1718.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing accounts in Holland and London., 1717-1718.
Item
Identifier: MS.16947
Scope and Contents
With copies of two letters of Andrew Fletcher, one probably to his father on his studies of English law, ?1717 (folio 2 inverted), and one to a Scottish nobleman on public affairs, mid-1718 (folio 13).
Dates:
1717-1718.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Account book of Hannagalla estate, Ceylon., 1863-1865.
Item
Identifier: MS.19230
Scope and Contents
The account book consists of copies of accounts received from the Colombo agents and newspaper cuttings of the sale of the estate in 1864 and 1865 on Dugald Bremner's bankruptcy and death (folios 11,19).
Dates:
1863-1865.
Account of Ceylon by Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson (afterwards Robertson-Macdonald), 1799; a copy of the original sent by him to Henry Dundas., 1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.3970
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Accounts and other papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1742-1746.
File
Identifier: MS.14519
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Office accounts, 1742-1746, of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale as Secretary of State (folio 1);
(ii) Accounts of Signet fees, 1744-1746, with Thomas Hay of Huntingdon (folio 64);
(iii) Copies of licences for absence, commissions and minutes of meetings of the Lords Justices, 1742-1745 (folio 189).
Dates:
1742-1746.
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 individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum.
Accounts, chiefly relating to the household of Mary of Lorraine, but with a few items of the late 16th century., 1532-1600, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.5
Scope and Contents
Unless otherwise stated all items are in French. Accounts of Jacques Girard, treasurer; Longueville, 25 May 1544 (folios 1-6; the correct order should be folios 1-2, 5, 4, 3, 6). - There is a partial translation in ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 4), page xxvii.Wine account of Jean Mean, butler to Mary, Queen of Scots, March 1544 (folios 7-8).Building expenses at Stirling Castle, March-April 1544 (folio...
Dates:
1532-1600, and undated.
Accounts of Lady Meade and of her son, Thomas Meade., 1764-1779, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12947
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Apothecaries’ bills, 1764-1779 (folio 1); (ii) Letter, 1772, of Francis Paynter to Thomas Meade, enclosing a rental of Thomas Meade's estates at Mitchell in Cornwall (folio 46); (iii) Extract copy of Lady Meade's will, 1772 (folio 48); (iv) Miscellaneous Meade family accounts, 1718-1779, undated chiefly of Thomas Meade at Bath (folio 50).
Dates:
1764-1779, undated.
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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Scawen and Meade family papers.
Accounts, rentals, and other papers relating to the Murdostoun estate, Lanarkshire., 1832-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.2308
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:
1832-1853.
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 the personal affairs of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Correspondence, accounts, rentals, and other papers relating to the Murdostoun estate, Lanarkshire.
Administrative correspondence and papers of James Stuart., 1777-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8425
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of:(i) Correspondence, 1777, concerning the administration of Tanjore (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence, 1782-1783, including some copies and extracts, chiefly concerning administration and a mutiny at Bidanore, and other papers (folios 38);(iii) Papers, 1782-1783, concerning a court of enquiry and a court-martial held by James Stuart, into the conduct of the officers who surrendered the forts of Trincomalee and Ostenburg to the French...
Dates:
1777-1783.
Administrative papers of James Stuart., 1776-1787, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8425-8430
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1776-1787, undated.
Admiralty and Government communications to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, concerning his command-in-chief in the Leeward Islands and the capture and subsequent government of the Danish islands of St. Thomas and St. John., 1805-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.2313
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:
1805-1809.
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.
Admission of Lord Rutherfurd as one of H.M. Privy Council, with a copy of the oath taken on admission., 5 May 1851.
File
Identifier: Ch.8904
Album containing copies of epitaphs in England., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.1886
Album containing copies of epitaphs in England., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.1885
Album, containing copies of orders, apparently compiled in the eighteenth century, after the campaigns in question., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2879
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Campaign of 1704. Order of march, probably for the troops commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Churchill, from Bedburg to the Danube and Blenheim, and back to Weissemburg, 20 March-12 September. (Page 1.)(ii) Campaign of 1705. Order of march from the Maas to Herzogenrath, 15-16 May, and from the Moselle through the Eifel to the union with Overkirk's army near Haneff, 19 June-12 July; for movements connected with the attack on the...
Dates:
18th century.
Albums containing copies of epitaphs in England., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1885-1886
Dates:
Late 18th century.
'Ancient Writings’, being specimens of handwriting from Scottish documents of various dates ranging from the Middle Ages to 1681., ?15th century-1681.
File
Identifier: MS.3144
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.
Dates:
?15th century-1681.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
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Copies and facsimiles of manuscripts, chiefly of Scottish interest, and mainly taken from various publications of the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs.
Annotated copies of tunes, compiled by John Murdoch Henderson from various manuscript sources., 17th century-1859.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21682-21685
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
17th century-1859.
Annotated copies of tunes from 'Airs and melodies of the highlands and islands of Scotland', volume 2, by Angus Fraser., 1859.
File
Identifier: MS.21685
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
1859.
Annotated copies of tunes from the music book of Robert Butler., 1815.
File
Identifier: MS.21684
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
1815.
Annotated copies of tunes from various sources including the Skene manuscript (Adv.MS.5.2.15), the Drummond manuscript (Drummond Castle), the William Young manuscript (Reid Library), the Baxter manuscript (Dundee Central Library), and the Macfarlane manuscripts (MSS.2084-2085)., 17th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21682
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
17th century-18th century.