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A volume of county maps outlined in colour, with decorative cartouches in pen and wash. They are preceded by an index (folio i) and a map of the whole of Scotland showing the counties. The maps are based on ‘A general map of Scotland and Islands’ by James Dorret. They include a number of estates and the sites of several battles. The paper has the shield watermark with GR appendage used by James Whatman the younger from about 1762.

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Contains letters mainly to Charles Erskine and James Curle, with associated documents, all as described in printed index bound in.

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Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.

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As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.

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The notes are followed by extracts from the Balcarres Papers and notes on the Court of Session, undated; with an index and a note on the papers by John Philp Wood's daughter, Marion Wood, who arranged them, 1877 (folio 29).

A list of Advocates (folio 1) and an account of the Duke of Hamilton's duel with Lord Mohun (folio 25), found loose in the volume, have been pasted in.

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...

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Also included is an additional order of 1753 (folio 35). Besides purely military matters, the orders relate to conduct outside barracks, gaming, drinking, etc. General orders for all three Regiments of Foot Guards, 1751, are given at folio 13. At the end is a list of officers dated 1751 (folio iv).

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...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Material concerning the history and genealogy of the McGregors, including printed items and a full set of the journal "The Quaich", 1989-1997.The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Material concerning the history and genealogy of the McGregors, including printed items and a full set of the journal "The Quaich", 1989-1997.The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Material concerning the history and genealogy of the McGregors, including printed items and a full set of the journal "The Quaich", 1989-1997.The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information...

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Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

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Handwritten index cards, arranged alphabetically by book title, A-Z, noting ISBNs, original recommended retail prices (RRP) and subsequent discount prices, for the years 1991-1993. Housed in its original Rexel card index box.

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Each catalogue is preceded by an index and inserted lists of books missing in November 1846.

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Each catalogue is preceded by an index and inserted lists of books missing in November 1846.

Scope and Contents The main and original part of the volume is the index (folio 8) and catalogue (folios 9-124) 'of the Books, which belonged to Sir John Henderson, Bart., of Fordel, deceased', to which heading a later hand has added 'in Dalry House, Edinburgh'.The catalogue is divided into the following sections: 'History, British and Irish Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, Voyages and Travels' (folio 9), 'Miscellaneous, including Poetry, Translations, etc.' (folio 35), 'Divinity and...

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Each catalogue is preceded by an index and inserted lists of books missing in November 1846.

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The volume is dated 1736 and is described on folio 7 as 'made out from the old authentic Rolls of the Shire, particularly that of 1694'.

There is a list of changes made between 1737 and 1748 (folios 36 verso-39 verso) and indexes of parishes and proprietors (folios 3-6).

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The cess book incorporates some of the changes made between 1737 and 1748 noted in MS.5440 and notes other changes, the latest in 1749.

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The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...

Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Table of the sons and grandchildren of St. Louis (folio 1)(ii) `Scala mundi`: historical and genealogical tables from the Creation (folio 1 verso). A similar manuscript of this text is in Trinity College, Cambridge, MS. 645. The chronology goes up to 1519, but apart from a few additions in later hands, the last entry is the accession of Albert the Great in 1438. The tables include lunar and solar years, the dates of...

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The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.