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Folios 52-113 were originally two notebooks with some loose pages inserted, and they also contain part of a short story, 'The Awakening' (folios 54-63), an essay on armed forces (versos of folios 112-102) and poems (versos of folios 99-53). There are some additional poems at the end (folio 120).

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This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'

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This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'

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Folios 1-5 verso were copied by Louisa Strange (Mrs J S Mure), and folios 6-14 verso by Admiral Newburgh. From folio 15 to the end is in the handwriting or Sir Thomas Strange himself (see note headed 1892 on folio 24 verso).

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In 1802 Robert Liston was instructed to put the relations between the new Republic and Britain on a good footing. After the outbreak of hostilities between France and Britain in 1803, he received orders to return immediately if France would not give guarantees to respect Batavian neutrality by withdrawing her troops.

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The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers relating to Thomas Telford's life and work, including a list of his major works in his own hand, undated (folio 1); (ii) Papers of John Rickman: notes on a tide survey, 1834-1835, and material relating to his preparation of ‘Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself’ for the press (folio 34).

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Papers of John Blythe Kinross, financier, son of John Kinross RSA, including some papers of his father's. Mostly concerning business interests, with some family and personal material.

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The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

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The volume includes papers concerning the Alkmaar operations of 1799 (folio 74) the campaign of the Aaland Islands in 1808 (folio 82), Waterloo (folio 110), Caesar`s Commentaries (folio 190), and Agincourt (folio 210), and an autobiographical memoir by Murray (folio 224).

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...

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David Gray is known particularly for his major poem 'The Luggie'.

Scope and Contents This is a privately printed work of John Cam Hobhouse. It gives his account of the separation of Lord and Lady Byron and the burning of the memoirs of the poet in 1824.The pages have not been cut and are stored folded together in the correct order. The loose binding in which the pages are contained seems to have been originally intended for another publication, but a manuscript note has been added to reflect the current content. The printed pages and the binding...

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The proofs and printed edition of this work by John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, detail two of the most controversial moments in life and reputation of Byron - the breakdown of his marriage and the burning of his memoirs. The work was originally privately printed in 1870, but then included in 'Recollections of a long life', which was edited by Lady Dorchester (the daughter of Hobhouse) and published by Murray between 1909 and 1911.

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Also included are a letter of Macvey Napier to his nephew James Gibson Craig, 1846 (folio iii), and of James Dennistoun to James Gibson Craig, 1853 (folio i), which contain details of the history of the manuscript.

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The memoirs are dated 1724 (folio 23 verso).

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Although with the Paul Papers through the family connection with the Erskine Murrays these papers are to be considered complementary to the Erskine Murray Papers.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Much of Ruthven Todd's prose writing, especially in his later life, was repetitious: he not only made numerous drafts and re-writings, but he used the same material in both books and articles. In particular, he made use of his own reminiscences in his work on Dylan Thomas and Fitzrovia as well as in the more autobiographical 'Dead and other friends and places'. MSS.26834-26856 contain material intended for full-length books; MSS.26857-26863 consist of shorter works and...

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The transcript is written on paper bearing watermarks from 1799 to 1803, with an introductory notice, notes, and additional remarks in Sir Walter Scott's hand.

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The transcript is written on paper bearing watermarks from 1799 to 1803, with an introductory notice, notes, and additional remarks in Sir Walter Scott's hand.

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The transcript is written on paper bearing watermarks from 1799 to 1803, with an introductory notice, notes, and additional remarks in Sir Walter Scott's hand.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) "Mr. McLourin’s Journall of what passed relating to the defence of Edinburgh from Monday Septemr. 2d. till Monday Septemr. 16th 1745", journal of Professor Colin Maclaurin. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘A succinct genealogical account of the Grosett family, and a narrative of services performed for the Government by Walter Grosett of Logie, Esqr., during the Rebellion in 1745. Lisbon, January 1764’, with a further account of the family at folio 53....

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Angus Martin became a personal friend of George Campbell Hay in the 1970s.

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Austen Henry Layard wrote books and articles about his travels, excavations, later career and painting. Many of the publications were published by John Murray during a period of over 50 years.

The papers here contain the manuscripts and proofs for many of these works, including articles Layard wrote for the 'Quarterly Review'. There are also typescripts in this series, mostly relating to memoirs of Layard from his time as British Minister to Spain and Turkey.