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The papers were loose in an iron box retained by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (see MS.1998, folio iv).

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In 1738, Hugh MacLeod, 2nd of Geanies, re-opened the case of his uncle, Neil, 9th of Assynt, to recover the lands of Assynt lost following Neil's reputed betrayal of James Graham, Marquess of Montrose in 1650. The documents relate mainly to Hugh MacLeod's case, 1738-1763, being mostly legal papers, but including the petition of Neil MacLeod to General Monck of 1654. There are also papers concerning the case in the hand of Donald MacLeod, 3rd of Geanies.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to claims of the military on Amboina (folio 1); (ii) Letter of Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, to Hugh Hope in Java (folio 116); (iii) Copy of a dispatch from the Bengal Government to the Court of Directors concerning John Richardson, Political Agent in Bundelkhand, with an excerpt of a private letter from Richardson to the Chief Secretary (folio 121); (iv) Copy of a dispatch from the Bengal Government to the Court of...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to conditions of employment of colliers at Urquhart and Lochgelly, 1730-1743, 1783, 1792, including bonds of coalhewers to the mines, papers relating to renegade colliers, and petitions, etc., concerning the position of the coalgrieve (folio 1);(ii) Lists of absences from the Urquhart colliery, 1743-1744 (folio 78);(iii) Miscellaneous bills and receipts relating to the collieries, 1703, 1705, 1729-1746, consisting...

Scope and Contents The papers include a petition of Christian Strachan, accused of parricide, for appointment of counsel, with signature of James Erskine, Lord Grange, 1712 (folio 4); warrants for committing to, continuing in, or liberating from, the Tolbooth, 1662-1673 (folio 5), 1736 (folio 10), 1794 (folio 13); the imprisonment of seven soldiers of the City Guard for firing on the mob at the execution of Andrew Wilson, 1736 (folio 10); names of eleven persons who escaped from the Tolbooth as a result of the...

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A table is included with Alexander Mackenzie’s answers.

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Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.

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Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.

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The petitioner, who is heir at law of William Paterson, founder of the Bank of England, petitions the House to order to be laid before it an account of Paterson’s share in the Equivalent, and to cause the large amount of it which is believed to remain unappropriated to be devoted to the spread of botanical knowledge in Scotland by means of university scholarships, etc.

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These are the more substantial of the letters, papers and notes found in the Lauriston Castle Collection of printed books, whether pasted or inserted loosely into volumes or as inscriptions written in books.

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223 signatures.

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The 8th Lord sold many of the estates and borrowed extensively on the security of Saltoun, which was the subject of endless dispute after his death in 1612.

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Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.

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Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Titles, policy papers, leases, rentals, registers of demands, specifications for building works and other papers, largely 1772-1923, of the Sutherland Estates.The papers described here form the second deposit of Sutherland Estates papers for the years 1861-1921, although there is some later material. The main series of estates papers for these years have been deposited as Acc.10225. Included here are the Rentals for the Dunrobin Management previously thought to have been lost....

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The contents include: directions, 1583, for the education of Ludovick, 2nd Duke of Lennox (folio 1); papers, 1728-1756, on the coal, linen and woollen trades in Scotland (folios 39-106, passim); papers, 1747-1760, on the state of the Highlands after the 'Forty-Five, mostly advocating the raising of volunteer companies under the command of the factors on the Forfeited Estates to help keep the Highlands quiet in case of an invasion from France (folios 61-140, passim).

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The majority of the papers are addressed to the Lord Justice Clerk, some to other officials and soldiers.

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Containing approximately seventeen items.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...