Records (documents).
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Acts of the Fife Chapman Society, Cupar., 1764-1858.
Includes 'The Acts of the Fife Chapman Society', Cupar, 25 October 1797, records of election of officials, various lists and minutes of meetings.
Book of the Incorporation of Coopers of South Leith.
'Calendar of Miscellaneous Records preserved in the Chapter House at Westminster and arranged in pursuance of the Order of His Majestys Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom by Wm. Illingworth Sub-Commr. 1808'., 1808.
This is William Illingworth's own draft, presented by him to John Caley (folio 1).
'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., 1830-1831, [1836, or before].
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Copies and notes from official records and Newcastle newspapers relating to the family of Cockburn and their connections., 16th century-19th century.
The family connections include Butler of Harpendean, Congalton (Congilton), Cumming (Cumine), Fairholme, Fortune, Naismith, Rainnie (Rennie, Rainny). The extracts and notes are taken from various registers in HM Register House, Edinburgh Burgh records, local records in Midlothian, East Lothian, Berwickshire, and Berwick-on-Tweed, and journals.
Copies and notes from official records, relating to the family of Cockburn and their connections., 16th century-19th century.
Transcripts and translations of Ch.2045-2047 will be found on folios 14-37. Among the documents copied is the will of Alison Cockburn, author of 'The flowers of the forest' (folio 47).
Copy, early 18th century, of records, 1585-1685, of the High Court of Justiciary, 1585-1685.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Copy, early 18th century, of records, 1585-1723, of the High Court of Justiciary, including many printed Informations, etc., 1585-1723.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Copy, early 18th century, of records, 1685-1716, of the High Court of Justiciary, 1685-1716.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Copy, early 18th century, of records, 1697-1723, of the High Court of Justiciary, 1697-1723.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Copy of the 'Proceedings of the Commissioners under the Warrant for opening the chest deposited in the Crown Room of the Castle of Edinburgh, supposed to contain the Regalia of Scotland, October 28th, 1817'., 1818.
The copy comprises the Commissioners' report, 21 February 1818, and records of the appointment of Commissioners for the Care of the Regalia, and of a Deputy Keeper, later in the year.
Correspondence, 1800-1840, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1788-1840, undated.
Correspondence, 1841-1895, undated, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1824-1895, undated.
The correspondence begins on folio 1. It is followed by a statement of grass fields of Ashiesteel, 1824, and records of planting of trees there, 1835-1850, by Sir James Russell (folio 143).
Correspondence and legal papers concerning the Crinan Canal.
Most of the papers concern the Canal proprietors' negotiations with the local landowners, at first to acquire land to build the Canal, and later in disputes about rights and ownership. There are also records of tolls paid, and accounts for damages to property.
Excerpts and cuttings from records, journals, and other documents, regarding persons named Fergusson and Ferguson., 1537-1918.
Extracts from official records, journals and newspapers, sixteenth to nineteenth century, relating to the family of Cockburn and their connections.
The family connections include Butler of Harpendean, Congalton (Congilton), Cumming (Cumine), Fairholme, Fortune, Naismith, Rainnie (Rennie, Rainny). The extracts and notes are taken from various registers in HM Register House, Edinburgh Burgh records, local records in Midlothian, East Lothian, Berwickshire, and Berwick-on-Tweed, and journals.
Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 17th century-early 19th century.
Much of the material was collected by Sir Walter Scott, partly for use in his works; some must have been accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.
Microfilm of acts of the Fife Chapman Society, Cupar.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1843-1880, undated, of Mark Napier and his son Francis Napier, and excerpts presumably made for Mark Napier, from records bearing on Oxfordshire Napiers, as well as other historical excerpts., 1843-1880, undated.
The correspondence of Francis Napier is chiefly about the publication of his father's ‘The Lanox of auld’, which was effected in 1880, after Mark Napier's death.
Miscellaneous manuscripts, chiefly theological and political., 1590-18th century.
Miscellaneous single items and small collections.
Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.
The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards;
detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.
The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.
Notebooks and diaries of A E Borthwick, Mary S V Borthwick, and her mother Ann Pringle., 1887-1954, undated.
Papers of Alexander Turnbull Christie and others on meteorology., 1821-1838, undated.
The notes include meteorological observations made in Egypt in 1831 (folio 33), rules for making observations (folio 89), and records kept in India and Scotland.