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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents distributed to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.

Found in 810 Collections and/or Records:

‘Annual Report on the Instruction Carried on at the School of Musketry, and of the Progress of Musketry Instruction in the Army, during the Year ending 31st March 1859 (London, 1859)., 1859.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.32
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.

Dates: 1859.

‘Antient metaphysics’ (Edinburgh, 1779), volume first, by James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with manuscript annotations by Monboddo and an amanuensis., [1779, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.25253
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Notes by Professor William Fraser Mitchell on the front flyleaf of MS.25253 and inside the front covers of MSS.25256-25257 state that the second hand is that of Lord Monboddo's son-in-law, Kirkpatrick Williamson Burnett.

Dates: [1779, or after.]

‘Antient metaphysics’ (Edinburgh, 1782), volume second, by James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with manuscript annotations by Monboddo and an amanuensis., [1782, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.25254
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Notes by Professor William Fraser Mitchell on the front flyleaf of MS.25253 and inside the front covers of MSS.25256-25257 state that the second hand is that of Lord Monboddo's son-in-law, Kirkpatrick Williamson Burnett.

Dates: [1782, or after.]

‘Antient metaphysics’ (Edinburgh, 1784), volume third, by James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with manuscript annotations by Monboddo and an amanuensis., [1784, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.25255
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Notes by Professor William Fraser Mitchell on the front flyleaf of MS.25253 and inside the front covers of MSS.25256-25257 state that the second hand is that of Lord Monboddo's son-in-law, Kirkpatrick Williamson Burnett.

Dates: [1784, or after.]

‘Antient metaphysics’ (Edinburgh, 1795), volume fourth, by James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with manuscript annotations by Monboddo and an amanuensis., [1795, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.25256
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Notes by Professor William Fraser Mitchell on the front flyleaf of MS.25253 and inside the front covers of MSS.25256-25257 state that the second hand is that of Lord Monboddo's son-in-law, Kirkpatrick Williamson Burnett.

Dates: [1795, or after.]

‘Antient metaphysics’ (Edinburgh, 1797), volume fifth, by James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with manuscript annotations by Monboddo and an amanuensis., [1797, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.25257
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Notes by Professor William Fraser Mitchell on the front flyleaf of MS.25253 and inside the front covers of MSS.25256-25257 state that the second hand is that of Lord Monboddo's son-in-law, Kirkpatrick Williamson Burnett.

Dates: [1797, or after.]

'Appendix ad Repetitionem Institutionem' (Trajecta ad Rhenum, 1740) by Abraham Welling, inscribed 'David Dalrymple’., Mid 18th century.

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Identifier: MS.25344
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates: Mid 18th century.

Archibald Geike, “Memoir of the late James David Forbes” (Printed for private circulation, 1869)., 1869.

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Identifier: Acc.13827/1042
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1869.

"Ash Wednesday, or, the wages of sin" (London: F. and J. Rivington, 1853)., 1853.

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Identifier: Acc.13827/1008
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1853.

'Autumn journal' (London, 1939) by Louis MacNeice, with annotations by Robert Garioch Sutherland., [1939, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.26629
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.

Dates: [1939, or after.]

'Backchat' - the Scottish Parent Teacher Council newsletter., 1981-1993.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14406/26
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Minutes, accounts, correspondence and other related material for Connect and its predecessors.

Initially the organisation was the Council of Parent and Parent-Teacher Associations of Scotland, but was renamed as the Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC) in 1976. It was further renamed as Connect in 2018.

The organisation promotes family engagement in education.

Dates: 1981-1993.

Baron Bertoldi, 'Memoirs of the secret societies of the South of Italy, particularly the Carbonari' (London, 1821)., 1821.

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Identifier: Dep.353/21
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes the fair copy (not autograph) of Maitland’s ‘Narrative of the Principal Occurrences on board HMS Bellerophon’, and journals of his naval service in South America, 1819-20, the Mediterranean 1820-1, and 1828-30, and India, 1837-9. It also includes a number of printed books relating to Napoleon, particularly to the time he spent on St Helena. Some of these were written by Barry O’Meara and dedicated by him to Maitland with whom he had served as surgeon...
Dates: 1821.