Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2676 Collections and/or Records:
Annotated copies of tunes, transcribed, [circa 1957], from the music book, 1710, of Margaret Sinkler (Glen.143); the music book, 1702, of James Thomson (MS.2833); the music book, 1704, of Agnes Hume (Adv.MS.5.2.17); and the music book, 1694, of Henry Atkinson., 1694-1710.
File
Identifier: MS.21683
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:
1694-1710.
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25356-25357
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25356
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'.
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25357
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'.
Anonymous and undated pamphlet titled ‘Proposal For a Regular and useful Militia’, apparently copied from a printed work and connected with the agitation for a militia in 1759-1760., [?1759-?1760.]
Item
Identifier: MS.17508
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers concern recruitment, especially by press, the raising of Highland companies in the 1750s, and the affairs of the regiments (35th and 32nd Foot) commanded by Generals Henry and John Fletcher. Also covered are the military establishment in Scotland, Leith Barracks, the military road from Dumbarton to Inverary, proposals for a Scots militia, and promotions.
Dates:
[?1759-?1760.]
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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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the army and military affairs.
Antiquarian and genealogical papers and correspondence of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 18th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15471-15481
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Antiquarian papers of Patrick Chalmers (died 1854)., 1st quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.15471
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers on field antiquities, especially sculptured stones. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Papers concerning documentary research. The papers are chiefly transcripts of charters and writs concerning Angus. Included in this section is an essay by Patrick Chalmers entitled 'Remarks on the law of the burghs' (folio 26); a list of churches within the Deanery of Angus and the Diocese of St Andrews (folio 40); a note on the public library in Montrose (folio 78); transcripts of...
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 19th century.
Apparently an interleaved proof copy of an untitled printed book containing copies and excerpts of correspondence between Robert Cadell and Archibald Constable, 1811-1826, and between Constable and his son David 1809-1826., [1826, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.23234
Scope and Contents
The correspondence between Archibald and David Constable includes a number of letters of and to others. It is not known why either correspondence was printed; neither appears to have been published.
Dates:
[1826, or after.]
Apparently incomplete collection of notarial copies of wills., 1547-1552.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.4
Scope and Contents
The majority of the testators, many of whom are unidentified, are not indexed.
Dates:
1547-1552.
Appendices to the tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912., 1911-1912.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.
Dates:
1911-1912.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.
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Typescript tour diaries of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton, with appendices.
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Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912; with appendices.
"Appendix to Lord Cornwallis's letters to Mr. Dundas", containing the documents sent by Cornwallis attached to letters in MS.3385., 1786-1793.
File
Identifier: MS.3386
Scope and Contents
The documents consist chiefly of copies of letters and reports addressed to Cornwallis by his subordinates, and include, for instance, a letter of Captain Francis Light regarding Penang, 1788, and a long series of reports by magistrates on the administration of justice in criminal cases in their several districts, 1789-1790. All letters bear a reference to the covering letter in MS.3385.
Dates:
1786-1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters written by Lord Cornwallis as Governor-General of India to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, 1786-1794, and copies of letters of Dundas to Cornwallis and his successors as Governor-General, 1786-1799.
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Letters of Lord Cornwallis to Henry Dundas; with an appendix containing attachments thereto.
Argyll papers., ?1640, 1715.
File
Identifier: MS.2980, folios 6-10
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise a copy of a letter, ?1640, of the Earl of Argyll to 'Dougall' (folio 6); facsimiles of a minute, 11 August 1715, of a meeting of freeholders and other heritors of Argyll convened at Inveraray to decide on measures to be taken against the Jacobite invasion, with undertaking to support the Government signed by those present (folio 7), and of a letter, 27 August 1715, of the Duke of Argyll thanking them (folio 9).
Dates:
?1640, 1715.
Articles, notes, and fragments in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph., 1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1798
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Article on "A narrative of a nine months’ residence in New Zealand" (London, 1832) by Augustus Earle (folio 1);(ii) ‘Gropings about Montrose’, 1839 (folio 4);(iii) Remarks on publication of Bulwer Lytton’s Works 1854, and likeness of constitutional government to sawing a plank on which you are sitting, 1855 (folio 5);(iv) Remarks on liberty, [?1865] (folio 7);(v) Corrected proof of his inaugural...
Dates:
1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
Assorted collection of music in manuscript, comprising arrangements and settings by Learmont Drysdale of traditional songs and various poems., [Before 1910.]
File
Identifier: MS.3213
Scope and Contents
Many of the songs are accompanied by alternative drafts or duplicates.
Dates:
[Before 1910.]
Assorted letters of and to John Cam Hobhouse., 1816-1854, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.42291
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged by correspondent surname, with an unknown correspondent and accounts placed at the end of the sequence.Letter of Alfred D'Orsay von Barry to John Cam Hobhouse, 1854: folio 1;Copy of a letter of John Cam Hobhouse to Charles Frisby Barry, 1827: folios 2-3;Letter of Luigi Chiaveri to John Cam Hobhouse, 1831: folios 4-5;Letter of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Cam Hobhouse, 1816: folio 6;Letter of John Cam...
Dates:
1816-1854, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Letters of, to and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
‘Authentic Copy of a Journal of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1727', undated, probably of Colonel Guise., [1727, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.25683
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The main interest of the papers lies in the military and diplomatic material relating to General St Clair's career in the British army over thirty years.
The 2nd son of the 10th Lord Sinclair, James St Clair succeeded as titular 12th Lord Sinclair in 1750 on the death of his brother, who was attainted in 1715. In 1747 he married Janet, daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes, and widow of Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet of Newbyth. He served with the Foot Guards in Gibraltar in...
Dates:
[1727, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning General the Honourable James St Clair of Sinclair and Balblair (1688-1762).
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Military papers of and concerning General James St Clair.
Authenticated copy of retour of Sir William Forbes of Craigievar as heir to his father in husbandlands of Saltoun., 23 April 1635.
Item
Identifier: Ch.13568
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
William Forbes of Many, afterwards of Craigievar, and his son Sir William, succeeded in acquiring all rights to Saltoun, which was ultimately sold, after being held briefly by Sir William Gray of Pittendrum and various relations of Forbes, to Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer.
Dates:
23 April 1635.
Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle., 1801-1805.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23910-23916
Scope and Contents
The contents consists of a copy of Alexander Carlyle's 'Recolections' (MS.23910) and the autograph manuscript of his Autobiography (MSS.23911-23916).
Dates:
1801-1805.
Bagpipe music copied by Donald Dow., 2nd half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3750
Scope and Contents
According to a note on Dow and his manuscripts (folio i) by Archibald Campbell, Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society, the piobaireachd in this volume were apparently copied, like those in Skinner's Manuscript (MS.3746 above), from Duncan Campbell's Manuscript. Between them these two manuscripts (MSS.3746 and 3750) contain all but four of the piobaireachd in Duncan Campbell's Manuscript.
Dates:
2nd half of 19th century.
Bagpipe music copied by Donald Dow, the piobaireachd corresponding, according to Archibald Campbell, to settings recorded and played by the sons of Donald Cameron, piper to Seaforth, and by J MacDougall Gillies., 2nd half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3752
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Donald Dow died in Glasgow in 1892, aged 56.
Dates:
2nd half of 19th century.
Bibliographical notes and synopses of Nancy Brysson Morrison of for the biography 'Mary Queen of Scots'., [Circa 1958], 1963.
File
Identifier: MS.27310
Scope and Contents
There is also a copy of the agreement for an Italian edition, 1963 (folio 51).
Dates:
[Circa 1958], 1963.
Biographical material concerning Tipu, Gangádhar Shastri and Kemal-ud-din-Hussain Khan., ?1st quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.13794A
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Copy of a memoir of the life and principal transactions of Tipu written by a Maratha Sirdar in his service (page 1);(ii) Account by Alexander Walker of the career of Gangádhar Shastri in the service of the East India Company, compiled at St Helena in August 1824, with a translation of Shastri's autobiographical memoir (page 212);(iii) Memoir of the life of Kemal-ud-din-Hussain Khan, another East India Company servant (page...
Dates:
?1st quarter of 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Biographical material concerning Tipu, Gangádhar Shastri and Kemal-ud-din-Hussain Khan, including draft notes.
Bishop Robert Forbes' copy of ‘A large new historical Catalogue of the Bishops of the Several Sees within the Kingdom of Scotland Down to the Year 1688’ by Bishop Robert Keith (Edinburgh, 1755), with extensive manuscript annotations in his hand., 1755-[?1822].
Item
Identifier: MS.21196
Scope and Contents
The annotations include copies of letters, 1755, of Bishop Keith (folio 5 verso), copies of letters of and to Field-Marshal Keith, 1756 (folio 6), a contents list (folio 7), an additional "Preface first" by Bishop John Alexander (folio 11), with numerous marginal and interleaved notes, additions and corrections and an index to the bishops at the end (folio 266).Also included are 'Account of the Chapel of Roslin' by Bishop Keith, for which see ‘The Edinburgh magazine’ of January...
Dates:
1755-[?1822].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Two copies of ‘A large new historical Catalogue of the Bishops of the Several Sees within the Kingdom of Scotland Down to the Year 1688’ by Bishop Robert Keith (Edinburgh, 1755) with manuscript annotations.
Book containing copies of reports, chiefly on the movements of enemy shipping, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1805-1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.2325
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:
1805-1807.
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.
Book of copies of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's letters to the Admiralty during his time as Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth., 1852-1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.2428
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:
1852-1855.
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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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane, chiefly as Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 1852-1855.