Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 6597 Collections and/or Records:
Unpublished paper, ‘The Highland Dress’ by John Francis Campbell, discussing Scottish costume through the centuries., 1871.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.6
Scope and Contents
The volume contains two rough versions of the article.
Dates:
1871.
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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Collections of Gaelic tales, folklore and proverbs, mainly written by John Dewar; material relating to folklore in general; papers concerning Highland dress; and several volumes relating to Irish language and folklore.
Valuation-roll of Moray for 1667, belonging to Robert Donaldson, Baylie (Inv. LIV, Mac. 68)., 1667.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Dates:
1667.
Valuation-roll of Moray for 1667 (Inv. LIII, Mac. 68)., 1667.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Dates:
1667.
'Value of articles bought'., 1825.
Item
Identifier: MS.2497
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:
1825.
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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Personal, household, and ship account books.
'Value of articles bought before departure from England' for China, for Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1842.
Item
Identifier: MS.2501
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:
1842.
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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Personal, household, and ship account books.
Varia on Icelandic history, including lives of the prefects and bishops of Iceland by Jón Haldórsson.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.7.7
Dates:
18th century.
Variety of papers of General Sir George Murray on the defence of Ireland., 1779-1807, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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.
Dates:
1779-1807, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Papers of General Sir George Murray relating to his service in Ireland, 1804-1807 and 1808, where he was appointed deputy quartermaster-general in 1804.
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Papers of General Sir George Murray relating to the British army in Ireland.
Various compositions of George Douglas Brown., 1897-1898, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8180
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript, in the author's hand, of 'Honest Jack' by George Douglas Brown, a one-act farce. Brown's only experiment in play-writing was never published. (Folio 1.)(ii) Typescript, with a few corrections in Brown's hand, of two chapters of "The doctor's stories". Intended as an autobiography of a doctor, the work remained unpublished. The date of composition is probably 1898. See James Veitch, 'George Douglas Brown', page 110. (Folio...
Dates:
1897-1898, undated.
Various compositions of Sir Walter Scott., [?1799]-1831, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.876
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:“The Shepherd’s Tale”, [?1799], in Sir Walter Scott’s hand, containing slight variations throughout from the version given by John Gibson Lockhart in ‘Life of Sir Walter Scott’, chapter ix (folio 1);'The Maid of Neidpath', with the preface as published, 1806 (folio 13);'Wandering Willie', 1806 (folio 14B);'Lines on Mr. Macdonald of Staaffa ... left in the Book at the Inn there where the Travellers put their names...
Dates:
[?1799]-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Original compositions of Sir Walter Scott.
Various finding aids relating to the papers of General Sir George Murray, with a report on the collection., 1st half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.23
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:
List of printed books in the collection which have been transferred to the Department of Printed Books (folio 1).
List of non-manuscript maps which have been transferred to the Map Room (folio 4).
Report on the collection by Robert Young, 1914 (folio 17).
Inventory of Murray’s private papers, 1907, including many not in the National Library of Scotland (folio 56).
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Various items concerning Edinburgh and Leith., 1715-1819.
File
Identifier: MS.6290, folios 137-139
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
An 'Answer to the Town of Edinburgh's Queries' concerning the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, 1715 (folio 137);
A 'Table of Dues allowed to be exacted by the Officers of South Leith', 1819 (folio 138);
An engraving of Parliament House as seen from the Cowgate, by J M Storer, 1815 (folio 139).
Dates:
1715-1819.
Various letters, 1873, 1881, 1890, 1893, and undated, transferred from the Department of Printed Books where they were found loosely enclosed in books.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.12
Scope and Contents
A contents list has been provided, recording also the former locations of the letters.
Dates:
1873-1893, and undated.
Various manuscripts and fragments, almost all undated, in the autograph of Hugh Miller., 1819-[1852, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.7518
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Two 'Descriptive Letters' probably intended for publication and signed 'M--r', concerning a visit to Edinburgh in 1824 (folio 1);(ii) Fragmentary notebooks, 1819-1820, undated, mainly containing poems, some of which were published with many alterations in ‘Poems written in the leisure hours of a journeyman mason’ (Edinburgh, 1829) (folio 10);(iii) Description of the parish of Cromarty: basically the text of the description...
Dates:
1819-[1852, or before.]
Various manuscripts of David Hume., 1738-1776, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23159
Scope and Contents
The papers include David Hume's agreement with John Noon for publishing the ‘Treatise of human nature’, 1738; his appointment as Judge Advocate, 1746; a letter of Hume recounting the order to remove three French works purchased by him while Keeper of the Library of the Faculty of Advocates - ‘Contes’ of La Fontaine, Bussy-Rabutin's ‘Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules,’ and Crébillon's ‘L'Ecumoire,’ - deemed by three of his curators 'indecent Books and unworthy of a place in a learned Library',...
Dates:
1738-1776, undated.
Various manuscripts of George Douglas Brown bound together., 1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8177-8180
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Many of the drafts are early compositions, but they include all that apparently now exists of 'The House with the Green Shutters', published in 1901 (MSS.8171-8172), and two items not by George Douglas Brown (MS.8178).
MSS.8171-8176 are written in school notebooks.
Dates:
1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20491-20496
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.
Dates:
4th quarter of 17th century-1st half of 18th century.
Various papers and correspondence concerning David Hume., 1746-1766, 1839-1844, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23163
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Reports and correspondence concerning the acceptance by the Royal Society of Edinburgh of Baron Hume's bequest and the granting of access to the papers to John Hill Burton, 1839-1844. There is a list of these papers, which are not included in the calendar, at the beginning of the volume.
(ii) Miscellaneous manuscripts not by David Hume, 1746-1766, undated, including verses, a character of Hume, papers on mathematical principles, and historical statements by...
Dates:
1746-1766, 1839-1844, undated.
Various papers, chiefly copies, relating to the administration of military affairs in Madras, particularly in connection with George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, as Governor of Madras, and Commander-in-Chief at Madras., 1834-1848.
File
Identifier: MSS.14560-14561
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...
Dates:
1834-1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Official papers, being chiefly copies, of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras and Commander-in-Chief at Madras.
Various papers General Sir George Murray bound separately because of their size., 1828-1842.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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.
Dates:
1828-1842.
Various papers of, concerning and collected by William Barclay David Donald Turnbull., 1633-1861, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2106
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Original documents: account of copper coins issued by the Earl of Stirling, 1633; account with Mr George Halyburtoun, 1636; letter regarding appointment of a minister to Eddleston, 1642 (folio 1);(ii) 'The Original of the Antient Scots', by Chevalier O'Gorman, undated (folio 7);(iii) Papers relating to the 'Monasticon Scoticanum' (folio 71); also copies of letters, etc., of the Earl of Buchan regarding Walter Macfarlane's...
Dates:
1633-1861, undated.
Various papers of General Sir George Murray., 1799-1842, and undated.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.9.17-46.9.23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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.
Dates:
1799-1842, and undated.
Various papers of George Chalmers on the history of printing, including `Some Conjectures concerning the Origin and Progress of Printing` (folio 1), extracts from `Typographical Antiquities’ by Joseph Ames (folio 13), and from ‘Auctarium Bibliothecae Edinburgensis’ (folio 19), lists of tracts (folio 30), contents of the Black Acts (folio 41), and notes of Acts of Parliament and General Assembly concerning printing (folio 69)., ?1st quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.5
Dates:
?1st quarter of 19th century.
Various papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning religion and morals., 17th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17774
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Prayers, 17th-18th centuries, written by Sir Robert Fletcher of Saltoun, Henry Fletcher of Saltoun, Lord Milton, and others (folio 1);(ii) Theological notes by Sir Robert Fletcher of Saltoun (including biblical extracts in Greek and Hebrew), his wife Katherine Bruce, and David Fletcher, Lord Milton's brother (folio 97);(iii) Characters of various persons collected by Martha Fletcher, Lord Milton's sister (folio 255);...
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning religion and morals.
Various papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine., 1683-1770.
File
Identifier: MS.1493
Scope and Contents
Contains the following papers: Advocates, affairs of the Faculty and their Library, 1683-1770; Abroath and affairs of local merchants, 1702-1707; Bank of England, note of staff and salaries, 1756; Caputh Church, 1721-1770 (see also MSS.1237, 1294); Carron Company, 1768 (see also MSS.1241-1244); Plan and description of a coalseam, undated.
Dates:
1683-1770.
Various papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine., 1326-1807, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1498
Scope and Contents
Contains the papers of the following: Jacobites, 1715-1745; Keithhall, Kinkell and Kintore, 1753; Kildonan, 1763; Kilmonivaig, 1768; Leith Incorporation of Carters, 1807; Liberton Poor's Funds, 1759-1761; Medical prescriptions, receipts, etc., 1727, undated; Midlothian roads, undated; Montrose bridge, 1770; Oaths of Allegiance etc., 1691, 1754; Parliament of Scotland, 1326, circa 1703-1704; Peers (Scots), 1708-1709, 1770.
Dates:
1326-1807, undated.