Scope and Contents The manuscript includes:(i) Letter, 19 November 1821, from Archibald Robertson to Alexander Walker (folio 1);(ii) James McAdam's biographical sketch, 20 April 1820, of Captain Macmurdo (folio 6);(iii) Notes, circa 1818, on Baroda affairs (folio 16);(iv) Instructions, January and June 1821, to Barnewall following the Governor of Bombay's tour of Kathiawar (folio 23);(v) Mountstuart Elphinstone's views, with related notes, circa 1825,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Much of the collection concerns William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow University, his son Alexander, Professor of Greek at Glasgow, and his grandson John, Tide Surveyor at Greenock. The papers of William Dunlop include material on the colony of South Carolina, the Darien Scheme, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland, while those of Alexander chiefly concern the University of Glasgow. The collection also includes diaries and literary works of John Dunlop of Gairbraid, the temperance...

Scope and Contents Most of the papers relate to, or resulted from the various Royal Commissions to Saint Andrews University in the late 16th century. Copy of the statutes of the Faculty of Theology, 1438; in Latin (folios 1-8). - This has been printed from other manuscripts in Hannay, page 112.Transcript, 1570, of the statutes of the Faculty of Arts, signed by John Rutherford; in Latin (folios 9-15). - This has been printed from another manuscript in Hannay, page...

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The papers include accounts of the Duke of Argyll’s accountant and chamberlain, notes by Lord Milton, instructions for action, rentals, tacks, petitions, papers on animals and food, and papers on woods and enclosures.

Scope and Contents The subjects include the Scottish Regalia (folio 1), the Archers of the Guard (folio 21), the use of Lord Drummond’s executioner by the Town Council of Perth in 1706 (folio 140), the Porteous Riots (folio 143), the Lee Penny (see the ‘Talisman’) (folio 159), Highland traditions, supplied by Dr Mackintosh Mackay (folio 167), and Galloway traditions, chiefly Covenanting, with two ballads (folio 179). The excerpts from records regarding festivities, wapenschawing, etc., (folios 19, 35, 45, 50)...

Scope and Contents The first part of the volume consists of papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, mostly in his capacity of Master of the Metals and Minerals, and of his brother Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (see also Adv.MS.19.1.24). These are followed by papers concerning the Covenanters and the Scots Commissioners at Ripon and London. The remainder mostly concern Lord Menmuir`s grandson, Alexander, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, later the first Earl, who joined the Covenanters, but after taking part in the...

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The principal persons involved are Alexander Mackenzie of Dellvine, Writer to the Signet, Captain Jacob Rowe, Eugene Fothringham, Leith, and William Evans, Deptford.

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Includes a diagram signed by Nelson.

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The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1679-1685, undated, to James Aitkins, with copies of two letters written by him. Printed in ‘Miscellany III’, ‘Scottish History Society', 2nd series, volume xix (1919), edited by William Douglas. (Folio 1.)(ii) Birthday exhortation to James, Duke of York, probably written between 1662 and 1671. (Folio 31.)(iii) Instructions, 1636, signed by Charles I, regarding the denunciation of the Priory of St Andrews, the...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The contents are as follows. (i) Lancaster, reports, 1794, and correspondence, 1794, 1817 (folio 1); (ii) Lea, reports, 1804, 1807 (folio 34); (iii) Leeds and Liverpool, correspondence, 1798 (folio 42); (iv) London to Portsmouth, including the Croydon Canal, correspondence, 1795, 1802-1804, 1817, 1821, and papers, 1802-1803 (folio 185); (v) Perthshire, instructions for a survey, 1793 (folio 230); (vi) Regent's, correspondence and printed plan, 1811-1812 (folio 232); (vii) Rochdale, dividend...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Lancaster, reports, 1794, and correspondence, 1794, 1817 (folio 1); (ii) Lea, reports, 1804, 1807 (folio 34); (iii) Leeds and Liverpool, correspondence, 1798 (folio 42); (iv) London to Portsmouth, including the Croydon Canal, correspondence, 1795, 1802-1804, 1817, 1821, and papers, 1802-1803 (folio 185); (v) Perthshire, instructions for a survey, 1793 (folio 230); (vi) Regent's, correspondence and printed plan, 1811-1812 (folio 232); (vii) Rochdale, dividend...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The contents are as follows. (i) Lancaster, reports, 1794, and correspondence, 1794, 1817 (folio 1); (ii) Lea, reports, 1804, 1807 (folio 34); (iii) Leeds and Liverpool, correspondence, 1798 (folio 42); (iv) London to Portsmouth, including the Croydon Canal, correspondence, 1795, 1802-1804, 1817, 1821, and papers, 1802-1803 (folio 185); (v) Perthshire, instructions for a survey, 1793 (folio 230); (vi) Regent's, correspondence and printed plan, 1811-1812 (folio 232); (vii) Rochdale, dividend...

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Papers, circa 1661-1683 (many undated but circa 1665-1669), of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, including accounts and lists of fees and pensions, concerning Treasury and Exchequer affairs (folio 1);

(ii) Rentals of the lands of Swinton, 1663, and of Hawick, 1669 (folio 169);

(iii) 'Instructions to our commissioners of the thesaurie', [circa 1667] (folio 172).

Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Memorial, [1703], for Dr Richard Waddell, Archdeacon of St. Andrews (folio 1);(ii) Report, 1704, of the Commissioners for Examining the Public Accounts (folio 5);(iii) ‘Ane abreviat of the customes from November 1702 to November 1704' (folio 17);(iv) Representation, 13 June 1704, of the Duke of Queensberry and the Earl of Cromarty to the Queen on behalf of Sir Andrew Forrester (folio 19);(v) Copy of...

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The papers contain a large number of photocopies of documents dating back to the 17th century.

Scope and Contents The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...

Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Letters to Patrick Lindsay, Member of Parliament, 1736-1737, concerning the Porteous Riots (folio 1).(ii) Letters to Patrick Lindsay, Member of Parliament, 1735, 1739, chiefly concerning the licensing of a theatre in Edinburgh (folio 19).(iii) Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746, including a printed military pass of Prince Charles Edward to Patrick Lindsay, Lord George Murray`s releasement of...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:Instructions, 1688, with the impressed seal of King James VII, King of Scotland, superscribed by him and signed by the Earl of Melfort, to Lieutenant-General the Honourable James Douglas, Master of the Ordnance in Scotland, containing a reference to John Slezer, Lieutenant of Artillery (folio 92);Letter, 1693, and abbreviat of Memorial, undated, of Slezer, relating to the costs of printing his 'Theatrum Scotiae' and the money due by the...

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The papers contain a description of the mine in the hand of Sir John Erskine (folio 1), instructions given by him to Dr Justice Brandshagen for prospecting and mining the silver, and several papers on the legal position of the mine. There is a list of shareholders (folio 36) of the company formed to mine the silver, and a copy of an article on the mine by the Reverend Robert Paul (folios 16-18), published in the 'Alloa Advertiser'”, 20 March 1880.

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Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of extracts from Captain Austin's instructions to his assistants, and observations and bearings recorded by them, during the expedition to the Arctic in 1851 (in which Austin commanded a squadron) to search for traces of the expedition by Sir John Franklin in 1845, which had failed with the loss of all who had taken part. The papers are preceded by twelve sheets of printed matter concerning Franklin and his expedition, much of it press-cuttings from copies of the...

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The text of the work, which is not recorded in ‘Patrologia Latina’, is written in double columns.

The leaf was recovered from the binding of a copy (pressmark M.13.f.α.7(1-2)) of ‘Antonii Musae Brasavoli ... Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum ...’ (Lugduni, 1537), where it had been used as the front pastedown.