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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Transcribed collections of numbers, names, or other text indicating tallies of concepts collocated for any particular purpose.
Found in 1238 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1809.
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Identifier: MS.2315
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:
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.
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Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates:
1231-1641.
Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland., 1804-1840.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2350-2377
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:
Majority of material found within 1804-1840.
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.
Letters and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1813.
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Identifier: MS.11340
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters of Charles Grant, Edward Parry and Jacob Bosanquet to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1808-1813 (folio 1);
(ii) East India House papers, 1807-1811, being chiefly copies of proceedings at a Secret Court, July-August 1808, dissents to parts of a draft dispatch to the Bengal Government, 16 August 1808, correspondence between the Directors and the President of the Board of Control, 1808-1809, and dissents of Directors concerning the Madras Army, August 1811 (folio...
Dates:
1806-1813.
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 of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
Letters and papers of the 2nd Earl of Albemarle., 1742, 1746-1748, undated.
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Identifier: MS.3730
Scope and Contents
The papers include reports on suspected persons and prisoners, chiefly in Brechin and its neighbourhood; undertakings of released prisoners to assist the Government in the search for arms; complaints of the town of Kelso against the conduct of the officer commanding the troops there (folio 44); a memorial on the sufferings of the Duke of Montrose's tenants in 1746 (folio 91); and lists of arms, quarters, sick, courts martial, etc.
Dates:
1742, 1746-1748, undated.
Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.
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Identifier: MS.3134
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous letters. Among the writers are:
The Earl of Mar, to Sir George Bowes, Marshal of Berwick, 1579 (number 1);
Edward Kellie, Receiver and Director of Music of the Chapel Royal, on arrangements made by him for services in Holyrood, 1632 (number 3); printed in Charles Rogers, ‘History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland’ (Grampian Club, 1882), page clxvi;
Nicolas Briot, making recommendations regarding the copper coinage of Scotland, 1631...
Dates:
1579-1844.
Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.6
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers are drafts made or collected by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, the Secretary of State. Letter, The Hague, 30 January 1587, of the Council of State of the United Provinces to James VI; in French (folios 1-2). - This letter does not appear to have been published or summarised elsewhere, and is briefly summarized here:The Council have received James’s letters concerning restitution to be made for Scottish merchandise seized by warships from...
Dates:
1578-1621.
Letters, assignments and receipts concerning the sale of papers and copyrights relating to Lord Byron., Undated.
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Identifier: MS.43541
Scope and Contents
The papers in this manuscript have been arranged alphabetically by the main correspondent surname or company name.Barry, Matilda and Richard.
Letters of Matilda Barry and Richard Barry to Hugh Ferguson and John Murray [III], with one of Ferguson to Murray, regarding the sale of Lord Byron letters, 1849: folios 1-6;Blayney, Mabella.
Letter of Lady Mabella Blayney to John Murray [II], 1824: folio 7;Breese, John.
Letters of John Breese to John Murray III,...
Dates:
Undated.
Letters, manuscripts and typescripts of William Jeffrey., 1921-1946, undated.
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Identifier: MS.26895
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to William Jeffrey from other poets and authors, 1921-?1944. (Folio 1.) They discuss their own and Jeffrey's work, and poetry in general. (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems, 1925-1946, undated. (Folio 25.) The manuscripts include drafts and fair copies.
Dates:
1921-1946, undated.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames Davenport-Davies; including miscellaneous material concerning the life, letters and works of Scrope Berdmore Davies., 1810-2003.
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Identifier: MS.43423
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically, with miscellaneous material ordered at the end of the sequence..Letter of Richard Alfred Davenport to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;Letters of Margaret Davidson to Lord Byron, 1812-1816: folios 3-6;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to Lord Byron, 1809-1818 and undated: folios 7-32;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Murray II, 1836: folios...
Dates:
1810-2003.
Letters of and to John Francis Campbell during and after publication of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’., 1860-1862.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.2.1(I-II)
Scope and Contents
The early part of the manuscript contains letters principally from the publisher, David Douglas of Edinburgh, discussing details of printing and publication, while the latter part contains letters from various people giving their reactions to his work. The Ossianic controversy is also discussed, particularly by Hector Maclean.
At the end (folio 410) is a list of correspondents with whom Campbell dealt while gathering information.
Dates:
1860-1862.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
Letters of and to Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Clark to Coleridge., 1808-1819, 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.43420
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letter of William Clark to Byron, 1814: ff.1-2;Letters of Edward Daniel Clarke to Lord Byron, 1812-1813: ff.3-32;Letter of Lord Byron to Hewson Clarke, 1808: ff.33-34;
Letter of Charles Robert Cockerell to Lord Byron, 1811: ff.35-36;Letter of Margarita Cogni to Lord Byron, 1819: ff.37-38;Letter of Lord Byron to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1815: ff.39-40;...
Dates:
1808-1819, 20th century.
Letters of attorney from local collectors of customs in America appointing agents to receive any fees due to them by Her Majesty’s Paymaster of Customs., 1767-1777.
File
Identifier: MS.6405
Letters of John Hill Burton, of his first wife Isabella Lauder, and of his mother, Mary., 1829-1843, undated.
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Identifier: MS.9413
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1829-1835, of John Hill Burton to his mother, chiefly of a personal nature. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letters, 1829-1842, undated, of Burton's first wife, Isabella Lauder, to her mother, together with a few letters to her from various friends and relations. These letters were written chiefly before her marriage. There is also what appears to be a guest list for her wedding, and ten poems apparently written by her, being signed 'I.L.'....
Dates:
1829-1843, undated.
Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron; with letters and letter fragments of and to John Murray II concerning Byron., 1815-1837, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43497
Scope and Contents
The letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron have been placed at the start of the sequence in chronological order. Letters of and to John Murray II relating to Byron have then been arranged in chronological order.Letters and copies of letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, 1821: folios 1-39;Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron, including a press cutting relating to 'The Vision of Judgment', 1822: folios 40-52;Contemporary manuscript copies of four...
Dates:
1815-1837, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of soldiers, chiefly Belgians, to Elizabeth Haldane., 1914-1919, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6041-6042
Scope and Contents
Elizabeth Haldane and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Haldane, took an active interest in the welfare of Belgian refugees and soldiers during the 1914-1918 war.
Some of these letters are also addressed to Mrs Haldane.
Dates:
1914-1919, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Papers of Elizabeth Haldane.
Letters of soldiers, chiefly Belgians, to Elizabeth Haldane, 1916-1919, undated.
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Identifier: MS.6042
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Elizabeth Haldane and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Haldane, took an active interest in the welfare of Belgian refugees and soldiers during the 1914-1918 war.
Some of these letters are also addressed to Mrs Haldane.
Dates:
1916-1919, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Papers of Elizabeth Haldane.
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Letters of soldiers, chiefly Belgians, to Elizabeth Haldane.
Letters of, to or concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn relating to publications and offprints., 1927-1961.
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Identifier: MS.50103
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, 1927-1961, between William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn and various publishers. The correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by publisher, and by date under each publisher. Edward Arnold and Co, publishers.Letter and business card, 1930, of Tom H Clare, Edward Arnold and Co, publishers, to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 1-2.Horizon Press.Letter, 1961, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn to Ben...
Dates:
1927-1961.
Letters to Augusta Leigh from various correspondents; with letters of or concerning various members of the Leigh family., 1798-1883, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43483
Scope and Contents
The letters of, to and relating to Augusta Leigh has been placed at the start of the sequence. The rest have been ordered by alphabetically by the name of the Leigh family member to which they concern, followed by miscellaneous items.Letters of and to Augusta Leigh with related material:Letter wrapper addressed to Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck possibly in the hand of Augusta Leigh, 1821: folio 1;Letter of George H Gilchrist to Augusta Leigh, 1825:...
Dates:
1798-1883, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Augusta Leigh, with correspondence of and relating to her family.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Clarke, L to Cleeve., 1814-1917.
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Identifier: MS.40223
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Clarke, Liscombe.Letter, 1818, of Liscombe Clarke to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop.Letter, 1874, of Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke to John Murray III. Folios 3-4.Clarke, R M.Letter, 1825, of R M Clarke to John Murray II. Folios 5-6.Clarke, S C.Letter, 1825, of S C Clarke to John Murray...
Dates:
1814-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Courtney, W P to Covington., 1807-1916.
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Identifier: MS.40284
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Courtney, William Prideaux.Letters, 1897, 1905 and 1909, of William Prideaux Courtney to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Cousins, William Edward.Letter, ? 1865, of William Edward Cousins possibly to John Murray III. Folios 7-8.Cousland, Philip Brunelleschi.Letter, 1903, of Philip Brunelleschi Cousland to Alexander Henry Hallam Murray....
Dates:
1807-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Croslegh to Crowdy., 1809-1912
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Identifier: MS.40296
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Croslegh, Charles.Letter, 1869, of Charles Croslegh to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Cross, Miss.Letter, ? 1896, of Miss Cross to John Murray IV. Folio 3.Cross, Constance.Letter, 1871, of Constance Cross to John Murray III. Folios 4-5.Cross, Francis William.Letters, 1890, of Francis William Cross to John Murray...
Dates:
1809-1912
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Dawbarn to Dayman, E., 1829-1926.
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Identifier: MS.40321
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Further correspondents have been added to the end of this sequence.Dawbarn, Elizabeth.Letters, 1857, of Elizabeth Dawbarn to John Murray III. Folios 1-4Dawe, William.Letter, 1829, of William Dawe to John Murray II. Folios 5-6.Dawes, Charles Reginald.Letter, 1912, of Charles Reginald Dawes to John Murray IV. Folios 7-8....
Dates:
1829-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Deane, M to Delapierre., 1827-1926.
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Identifier: MS.40323
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of this sequence.Deane, Mary Bathurst.Letters, 1901, 1903-1906 and 1926, of Mary Bathurst Deane to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-34.Deane, William John.Letters, 1855 and 1858, of William John Deane to John Murray III. Folios 35-51.Folios 43-44. Letter, 1855, of David...
Dates:
1827-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Egerton, Francis C. to Eliot, A., 1817-1915.
File
Identifier: MS.40370
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Egerton, Francis Charles Granville.Letters, 1886-1889, 1895, 1897 and 1909, of Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd earl of Ellesmere, to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-36.Egerton, Francis Henry.Proposal, 1831, sent to John Murray II outlining the ‘Bridgewater Treatises’ that were published in 1833, according...
Dates:
1817-1915.