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This volume was already started as an instruction-book (folios 1-4 verso).

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A copy of an instruction by Murray is enclosed at the front of the volume (folio i).

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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.

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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.

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The documents are from 1665, when Henry Lord Carbury was Lord Chamberlain, to 1683, when the post was held by Louis, Earl of Feversham.

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The volume contains numbers 1-170 of the Orders, followed by an index (folio 113). There are a number of deletions, and the text does not include the emendations of 1813 (cf. ‘Standing Orders of the House of Lords except as to local and personal bills’). The latest Orders are dated 1803.

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Translations have been provided with the material in Latin.

Scope and Contents Tucker had been sent to Scotland in the autumn of 1655 to set up the customs and to re-establish the excise, and his report, dated 20 November 1656, was written after his return to London. The report is followed by an unmarked copy of ‘Rules, Orders and Instructions, Made and Published by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in Scotland ...’ (Edinburgh, 1656) (folio 54), and by `The forme of the Cash or Day Booke to be kept by the severall Collectors of Customs and Excise in...

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A few papers, eighteenth century, whose connection with the Rose family is not apparent, have been placed at the end of this volume (folio 91).

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At the end of this volume are to be found a few papers, 1867-1886, relating to Lord Strathnairn's brother Sir William Rose, Clerk of the Parliaments (folio 367).

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Concerning Bethune`s military career in Persia.

Including instructions, firmans (royal mandate or decree), commissions and bills.

Scope and Contents The correspondence includes a letter written by Annas Campbell, a child, to her grandfather, 1604 (folio 1); letters of the 2nd Earl, afterwards Duke, of Lauderdale to the 9th Earl of Argyll, describing minutely a cabinet with secret drawers, 1671 (folio 28); an order of the Privy Council to Argyll to find 'Lowland caution' in respect of his commission for the Highlands, 1680 (folio 31); an anonymous and unaddressed letter from London, giving news of home and foreign politics, and...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...

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Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.

Scope and Contents Contains:39. Copy assedation Alexander, Bishop of Brechin, in favour of James Guthrie burgess of Edinburgh and Christiane Barron his spouse of the teinds of the lands of Bannabrioth and half of the mill-lands thereof in liferent and for three heirs lives and 90 years thereafter. Edinburgh, 27 January 1577.40. Contract at Edinburgh 16 September 1575 between Mr Gilbert Skene, doctor of medicine on one part and John Melros, writer burgess of Edinburgh on the other part...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Inventories, 1659-1694, undated, of household and legal papers (folio 1);(ii) Legal papers, 1662, concerning the claims of the 4th Viscount Stormont against the creditors of James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale (folio 28);(iii) Order, 19 June 1667, for a seat in Lady Yester Kirk for the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 48);(iv) Note of pictures bought in 1691 (folio 49);(v) Inventories, 1691-1697, of...

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.

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The volume contains the orders of:

Sir Brent Spencer, 1807-1808 (folio 1);

Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1808 (folio 5);

Sir Harry Burrard, 1808 (folio 15);

Sir John Moore, 1808-1809 (folio 17);

Sir David Baird, 1808 (folio 25);

and returns of troops under Sir John F Cradock, 1808 (folio 41).

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.

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Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.

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The volume contains copies of orders and letters to generals under his command, and of reports to Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, and to the minister of war, Henri J G Clarke, Duke of Feltre.

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The volume contains copies of Soult’s letters (folios 1-44) and orders (folios 73-117), and a translation of a letter of Admiral Sir George Berkeley (folio 45); folios 46-71 and 118-121 are blank. Loosely enclosed at the back of the volume are a blank printed form designed for listing returns of troops (folio 122) and an unused sheet of Soult`s notepaper (folio 134); a lodging note is pasted inside the back cover (folio 136).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: MSS.7003-7022, Letters to the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale, with a few letters concerning them, 1661-1713, forms a separate sequence but because of the way some of the manuscripts have been bound this distinction could not be represented exactly in the hierarchy of the descriptions.Of the letters written before 1697 (the year of his death), by far the greater number are addressed to the 1st Marquess; but occasionally it is not certain whether the addressee is the 1st...