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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
Found in 3965 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury. Volume II., 1794.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vol. II
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.
Dates:
1794.
Copies of letters, chiefly of James Hogg, and rough biographical notes on Hogg by Alan Strout., 1800-[1946, or before], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10496-10497
Copies of letters, notes and other papers of Stephen Hislop., 1837-1862, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8958
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copies by Stephen Hislop of his letters to the conveners (Robert Gordon, James Buchanan, William K Tweedie) of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, with some other letters on financial matters, 1845-1852, 1857, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Copies in a later hand of Hislop's letters, 1846, 1850-1851, 1862, undated, to his colleague Robert Hunter (folio 84);
(iii) Notes, 1844-1845, 1851-1852, by Hislop on expenses (folio 131);
(iv) Various...
Dates:
1837-1862, undated.
Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India., 1876-1877.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.5.1-50.5.4
Scope and Contents
Campbell requested that these volumes be kept as his journal and for possible publication.
Dates:
1876-1877.
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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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India., 1876.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.1
Scope and Contents
This volume describes Campbell’s voyage to Bombay, his stay in that city and in Simla. Later notes in Campbell’s hand have been added at the beginning of the volume, dated July 1883, and at the end, loosely inserted, is an introduction to the letters he wrote with a view to their publication. Also loosely inserted are notes he had made before embarking for India on ‘Matters and things common to the far East and far West’ (folio 124).A copy of Campbell’s ‘On Current British...
Dates:
1876.
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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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
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Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India.
Copies of letters to Cardinal Giovanni Morone; ‘Una Ghirlanda Fiorentina, 1938’; copies of poems; and notes on Shelley in Italy by John Purves., 16th century, [?1920-?1940.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15707
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
16th century, [?1920-?1940.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably belonging to the period 1920-1940.
Copies of notes of Ishbel MacDonald; with some unidentified negatives., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13629/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Research notes of Dr Alice G. Vines for her book `The MacDonald Women: Margaret and Ishbel`.
Dates:
Undated.
Copies of official correspondence concerning Alexander Walker’s service in India and his subsequent claiming of arrears of salary and allowances; with some miscellaneous autobiographical notes by Walker., 1783-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13729-13735
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1783-1815.
Copies of speeches given by the Earl of Rosebery, together with drafts and notes, 1888-1896; with memoranda of conversations and meetings, 1867-1908, undated., 1867-1908, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10176
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1867-1908, undated.
Copies of the indexes of the principal published collections of Scottish dance music from the 18th to the 20th century, compiled by John Murdoch Henderson., 18th century-mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21709
Scope and Contents
The volume includes notes on each of the collections and on pages 100-102 some biographical notes about composers of the tunes. On pages 184-193 there is a list of the first appearances of tunes in these collections.
Dates:
18th century-mid 20th century.
Copies, on paper watermarked 1811, of an opinion on the descent of and right to the title of the Earl of Moray, 1785 (folio 1), a brief for William, Lord Belhaven, claiming the rights to vote as a Scots Representative Peer in the election of 1790 (folio 29), notes on the claim of Andrew John Drummond to the viscountcy of Strathallan, ?1790 (folio 37), and the case of Francis, Lord Napier, concerning the election of 1790 (folio 43)., 1785, 1790.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Dates:
1785, 1790.
Copies, possibly 1831-1832, of letters, February 1831-April 1832, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn., February 1831-April 1832.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.9.1.8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Henry Cockburn states in an introductory account of Francis Jeffrey`s career (Adv.MS.9.1.8) that, "While he [Jeffrey] was in London he wrote to me almost daily, and his letters are so excellent, and so illegible, that I have resolved to copy them..." (folio 3). The letters are concerned mainly with political and official matters, particularly the drafting and passage of the Scottish Reform Bill, Municipal Corporations Bill, and other Scottish legislation and patronage. After...
Dates:
February 1831-April 1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Legal and political correspondence and papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
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Copies, possibly 1831-1849, of letters, 1831-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey`s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834.
Copies, possibly 1831-1849, of letters, 1831-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey`s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834., 1831-1849.
File
Identifier: Adv.MSS.9.1.8-9.1.11
Scope and Contents
Henry Cockburn states in an introductory account of Francis Jeffrey`s career (Adv.MS.9.1.8) that, "While he [Jeffrey] was in London he wrote to me almost daily, and his letters are so excellent, and so illegible, that I have resolved to copy them..." (folio 3). The letters are concerned mainly with political and official matters, particularly the drafting and passage of the Scottish Reform Bill, Municipal Corporations Bill, and other Scottish legislation and patronage. After...
Dates:
1831-1849.
Copies, possibly 1832-1833, of letters, April 1832-May 1833, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn., April 1832-May 1833.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.9.1.9
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Henry Cockburn states in an introductory account of Francis Jeffrey`s career (Adv.MS.9.1.8) that, "While he [Jeffrey] was in London he wrote to me almost daily, and his letters are so excellent, and so illegible, that I have resolved to copy them..." (folio 3). The letters are concerned mainly with political and official matters, particularly the drafting and passage of the Scottish Reform Bill, Municipal Corporations Bill, and other Scottish legislation and patronage. After...
Dates:
April 1832-May 1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Legal and political correspondence and papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
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Copies, possibly 1831-1849, of letters, 1831-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey`s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834.
Copies, possibly 1833-1841, of letters, May 1833-November 1841, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn., May 1833-November 1841.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.9.1.10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Henry Cockburn states in an introductory account of Francis Jeffrey`s career (Adv.MS.9.1.8) that, "While he [Jeffrey] was in London he wrote to me almost daily, and his letters are so excellent, and so illegible, that I have resolved to copy them..." (folio 3). The letters are concerned mainly with political and official matters, particularly the drafting and passage of the Scottish Reform Bill, Municipal Corporations Bill, and other Scottish legislation and patronage. After...
Dates:
May 1833-November 1841.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Legal and political correspondence and papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
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Copies, possibly 1831-1849, of letters, 1831-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey`s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834.
Copies, possibly 1841-1849, of letters, November 1841-October 1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn., November 1841-October 1849.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.9.1.11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Henry Cockburn states in an introductory account of Francis Jeffrey`s career (Adv.MS.9.1.8) that, "While he [Jeffrey] was in London he wrote to me almost daily, and his letters are so excellent, and so illegible, that I have resolved to copy them..." (folio 3). The letters are concerned mainly with political and official matters, particularly the drafting and passage of the Scottish Reform Bill, Municipal Corporations Bill, and other Scottish legislation and patronage. After...
Dates:
November 1841-October 1849.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Legal and political correspondence and papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
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Copies, possibly 1831-1849, of letters, 1831-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, largely written during Jeffrey`s period of office as Lord Advocate, 1831-1834.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Ane Account of the Origine and Succession of the Familie of Innes’ by Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1698; and a treatise on the patronage of schools and churches, ecclesiastical goods and revenues, parish schools, and universities, with special reference to Turriff, 1731., 1698, 1731.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.1
Scope and Contents
The ‘Account of the Origine and Succession of the Familie of Innes’ (Inv. IV, Mac. 47) is followed on folio 24 verso by notes in William Rose`s hand on the destruction of the house of Innes by storm and fire in 1736 and 1739.
The treatise (Inv. XXII, Mac. 48) begins on folio 47.
Dates:
1698, 1731.
Copy advice notes from T and A Constable to W and R Chambers., 1949-1955.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23615-23617
Dates:
1949-1955.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records chiefly of T and A Constable.
Copy advice notes from T and A Constable to W and R Chambers., 1949-1951.
Item
Identifier: MS.23615
Dates:
1949-1951.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records chiefly of T and A Constable.
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Copy advice notes from T and A Constable to W and R Chambers.
Copy advice notes from T and A Constable to W and R Chambers., 1951-1953.
Item
Identifier: MS.23616
Dates:
1951-1953.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records chiefly of T and A Constable.
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Copy advice notes from T and A Constable to W and R Chambers.
Copy advice notes from T and A Constable to W and R Chambers., 1953-1955.
Item
Identifier: MS.23617
Dates:
1953-1955.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records chiefly of T and A Constable.
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Copy advice notes from T and A Constable to W and R Chambers.
Copy, circa 1812, of an article, undated, entitled 'Notes taken at advising the Action of Defamation and damages--Alex[ande]r Cunningham Jeweller in Edin[burgh] against Mr James Russell surgeon there', attributed to George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse., [1816, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4784
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In the descriptions, references to publication generally give only the earliest traceable place and date.
Dates:
[1816, or before.]
Copy, in Alexander Macdonald's hand, of rough notes made by Sir Walter Scott of his testamentary disposition., 1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.3169
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.
Dates:
1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
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Material extracted from the papers placed in MS.3134 (xi): Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Thomas Thomson and other material relating to Scott.
Copy in an eighteenth-century hand of an autobiography, undated, of the Reverend Gabriel Semple, Minister of Jedburgh., [Before 1707.]
Item
Identifier: MS.3473
Scope and Contents
Inside the front cover is the following note in the Very Reverend John Lee's hand: 'The original by the author is written in a pocket-book, in some haste, and a little incorrectly in some places, but it is here as in the original'.
Dates:
[Before 1707.]
Copy in the possession of the Reverend James Scott, dated Perth, March 29th 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan., Circa 1774.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This is part ii of Scott`s transcripts and translations.
Dates:
Circa 1774.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan.