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Found in 2678 Collections and/or Records:

Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811., 1811-1812.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11681-11682
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: 1811-1812.

Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811., 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11681
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: 1811.

Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811., 1810-1811.

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Identifier: MS.11682
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: 1810-1811.

Copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth (later Earl Whitworth), Envoy at St Petersburg, received by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1799-1801.

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Identifier: MS.11242
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: 1799-1801.

Copies of dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna to the Foreign Secretary., July-September 1801.

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Identifier: MS.11257
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: July-September 1801.

Copies of dispatches to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors from the Bengal Government, May-June, 1806, and the Bombay Government, 11 July, 1806., 1806.

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Identifier: MS.11279
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: 1806.

Copies of early poems of Sir Walter Scott in the hand of Henry Mackenzie., [Before 1831.]

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Identifier: MS.2536
Scope and Contents

The poems copied are 'The Erle-King', the Morlachian fragment, 'The Mermaid' (translated from Goethe's 'Fischer' and apparently unpublished), 'Glenfinlas', 'The Eve of St. John', and 'The Fire-King'. They contain variations from the printed versions.

Dates: [Before 1831.]

Copies of enclosures in dispatch of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors., 15 April 1810.

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Identifier: MS.11663
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: 15 April 1810.

Copies of entries for poetry prizes judged by Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1972, 1977.

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Identifier: MS.26623
Scope and Contents

Contains the following entries. (i) The Grierson Verse Prize of Edinburgh University, 1972 (folio 1); (ii) The Radio Forth Jubilee Poetry Competition, 1977 (folio 19). The names of the competitors have not been indexed.

Dates: 1972, 1977.

Copies of excerpts of letters to Dr J D Ross Watt, and miscellaneous articles on subjects relating to the bagpipes., 1880-1913, undated.

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Identifier: MS.9621
Scope and Contents

The contents are arranged as follows:

Copies of excerpts of letters, 1911-1913, undated, from various correspondents, including Dr Charles Bannatyne, John Grant, and Dr K N MacDonald, to Dr J D Ross Watt, 1911-1913, undated (folio 1);

An article, undated, on canntaireachd possibly by Alexander K Cameron (folio 90);

Miscellaneous copies of printed articles, 1880, undated, on subjects relating to the bagpipes (folio 111).

Dates: 1880-1913, undated.

Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., 1142, 1163, 1752-1783.

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Identifier: MS.5757
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.

Dates: 1142, 1163, 1752-1783.

Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., 1724-1787.

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Identifier: MS.5758
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.

Dates: 1724-1787.

Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., chiefly dated 1777-1787, some in the hand of Henrietta, Marchioness of Lothian., 1142, 1163, 1724-1787.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5757-5758
Scope and Contents

Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.

Dates: 1142, 1163, 1724-1787.

Copies of general orders, official correspondence etc. of Alexander Walker, concerning the course and the handling of the Vellore Mutiny in 1806, and a partial draft thereof., [1806, or after.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13844-13845
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: [1806, or after.]