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Minute books and other papers from the Edinburgh headquarters office of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, consisting mainly of older records of the Scottish Liberal Party prior to its union with the Social Democratic Party and the creation of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and including records of the Scottish Liberal Club and the Scottish Reform Club.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [before 1829], of the ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’, 1st and 2nd series, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23048);Manuscript, 1813, of a ‘Farewell address for Mrs Siddons’ by Sir Walter Scott. (MS.23049);Manuscript, [Circa 1828], of a lecture titled 'Psalm 1st' by Sir Walter Scott, later published as 'The blessedness of the righteous, discourse II', and proof sheets of the same with corrections in Scott's hand. (MS.23051);...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Manuscript, April 1830, of the preface to ‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott. (MS.23042);Manuscript, April 1830, of the preface to ‘Lord of the Isles’ by Sir Walter Scott. (MS.23043);Manuscript, [1815, or before], of 'Lord of the Isles', together with notes to the poem, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23044);Transcript of correspondence, 1815, of an unknown writer in Staffa, relating to Sir Walter Scott's ‘Lord of the Isles’, with marginal...

Scope and Contents The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.The contents are as follows: Correspondence, 1822 of Sir Walter Scott with James Wylie, Writer to the Signet, on the illumination of their house-fronts for the visit of George IV to Edinburgh, and a note of Scott to Wylie regarding the installation of oil gas in their houses (MS.539);Items of or concerning Sir Walter Scott, collected by...

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The contents are as follows: Journal of Sir Walter Scott, with letters and other papers, 1825-1832 (MS.3389 (part));   Page proofs of ‘Ivanhoe’, ‘Tales of my landlord' ('The bride of Lammermoor' and 'A legend of Montrose’), and ‘The Abbot’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand, [1819, or before; 1820, or before] (MS.3401).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Volume, 1817-1831, labelled 'Mr Train', containing letters of Joseph Train and other letters and documents of historical and antiquarian interest addressed to or collected by Sir Walter Scott (MS.874);Letters, 1808-1817, of the Reverend Edward Berwick, Matthew Weld Hartstonge, Theophilus Swift, and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’ (MS.881);'Cursory Remarks' by Theophilus Swift and other material,...

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The contents are as follows: Letters, 1789-1800, of Charles Kerr of Abbotrule to Sir Walter Scott (MS.871);

Correspondence, 1797-1801, of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons (incorporated in 1800 in the Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry), including some by Sir Walter Scott (MS.872);

Letters, 1801-1806, of George Ellis to Sir Walter Scott (MS.873).

Scope and Contents The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.The contents are as follows: Letters, 1812-1854, to John Gibson Lockhart relating to Sir Walter Scott and Lockhart’s ‘Life of Sir Walter Scott’, with copy of one letter of Scott (MS.934, folios 103, 223-225);Letters, ?1805-?1831, of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly to the Ballantynes, with several to other persons (MS.997);Letters...

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The contents are as follows: 'Transcripts of letters addressed to various persons by Sir Walter Scott': volume II, 1802-1831 (MS.854);

Original letters and transcripts of letters, 1806-1832, of Sir Walter Scott (MS.855);

‘Letters from Sir Walter Scott to the Shortreeds’, 1793-1831, i.e. to Robert Shortreed, Sheriff-Substitute of Roxburghshire, and his family (MS.856);

Letters, 1792-1814, to Sir Walter Scott from various persons (MS.865).

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The contents are as follows: Letters, 1804-1806 (MS.3875);

Letters, 1807 (MS.3876).

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The contents are as follows: Letters, 1808 (MS.3877);

Letters, 1809 (MS.3878);

Letters, 1810 (MS.3879 (part)).

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The contents are as follows: Letters, 1810 (MS.3879 (part));

Letters, January-July 1811 (MS.3880);

Letters, August-December 1811 (MS.3881).

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The contents are as follows: Letters, January-May 1812 (MS.3882);

Letters, June-December 1812 (MS.3883);

Letters, 1813 (MS.3884).

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The contents are as follows: Letters, 1814 (MS.3885);

Letters, 1815 (MS.3886);

Letters, 1816 (MS.3887).