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Found in 245 Collections and/or Records:
Secretary's minute-book of Henry Dundas, labelled "Mr Dundas' private letters, Scotland"., January-March 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.53
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The majority of the minute-books are labelled "Mr Dundas's Private Letters".
Dates:
January-March 1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
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Secretary's minute-books, containing summaries of letters addressed to Henry Dundas, with his autograph instructions as to replies.
Secretary's minute-book of Henry Dundas, labelled "Mr Dundas' private letters, Scotland"., March-May 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.54
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The majority of the minute-books are labelled "Mr Dundas's Private Letters".
Dates:
March-May 1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
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Secretary's minute-books, containing summaries of letters addressed to Henry Dundas, with his autograph instructions as to replies.
Secretary's minute-book of Henry Dundas, labelled "Mr Dundas' private letters, Scotland"., May-September 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.55
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The majority of the minute-books are labelled "Mr Dundas's Private Letters".
Dates:
May-September 1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
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Secretary's minute-books, containing summaries of letters addressed to Henry Dundas, with his autograph instructions as to replies.
Secretary's minute-book of Henry Dundas, labelled "Mr Dundas' private letters, Scotland"., August-December 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.56
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The majority of the minute-books are labelled "Mr Dundas's Private Letters".
Dates:
August-December 1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
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Secretary's minute-books, containing summaries of letters addressed to Henry Dundas, with his autograph instructions as to replies.
Secretary's minute-book of Henry Dundas, labelled "Mr Dundas' private letters, Scotland"., December 1800-February 1801.
Item
Identifier: MS.57
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The majority of the minute-books are labelled "Mr Dundas's Private Letters".
Dates:
December 1800-February 1801.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
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Secretary's minute-books, containing summaries of letters addressed to Henry Dundas, with his autograph instructions as to replies.
Secretary's minute-books, containing summaries of letters addressed to Henry Dundas, with his autograph instructions as to replies., 1792-1805.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20-57
Scope and Contents
The majority of the minute-books are labelled "Mr Dundas's Private Letters".
Dates:
1792-1805.
Sermons of Alexander Carlyle., 1746-1803, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23786-23909
Scope and Contents
They consist of sermons preached before and after the Sacrament (MSS.23786-23805), series of sermons on the Sermon on the Mount (MSS.23806-23816), on the Lord's Prayer (MSS.23817-23825) and on righteousness (MSS.23826-23834), sermons on death (MSS.23835-23840), sermons preached on public occasions (MSS.23841—23863), some of which were, printed subsequently, and sermons preached on various topics (MSS.23864-23906), followed by drafts, fragments and summaries of sermons and schemes of services...
Dates:
1746-1803, undated.
Sermons of James Blair and William Eccles, Ministers at Paisley, taken down in shorthand.
File
Identifier: MS.7173
Scope and Contents
There are some notes and summaries (folios 84, 204), proper names, and quotations in Latin (passim) in cursive script. A few leaves at the beginning are missing. The shorthand used resembles the system devised by T Metcalfe, (‘Radio-stenography, or short writing’) from which it was probably adapted by the copyist himself.
Dates:
1681-1682.
'Short Cronography or description of the tymes of the Estate of the Church from the Birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ till Martin Luther', by Michael Dalton., 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2680
Scope and Contents
The main work begins at folio 17. It is preceded by a summary (folio 1) entitled, 'The Contents of the severall Centuryes in this Booke concerning (especially) the state of the Roman Church and Empire, the decay of true Religion and rysing of the Papacy brieffely sett down and more fully shewed in the Booke following'. On folio 401 is a commentary on the Revelation of St John.At the end (folio 413) there is the beginning of another copy in the same hand. Throughout the complete...
Dates:
17th century.
'Short Summary of Christian Doctrine', used by William Anderson in Jamaica, 1843-1848, and in Calabar, 1849-1889, and apparently written circa 1870., [Circa 1870.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8948
Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1901, or before.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.24-81.3.26
Scope and Contents
These were originally in small notebooks, but have now been gathered into volumes, the title-pages of the notebooks being preserved and reproduced in the catalogue records for the individual volumes.
Dates:
1901, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1901, or before.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.24
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) ‘Resolutions Holland I’ (folio 1).(ii) ‘Resolutions Holland II’ (folio 21).(iii) ‘Resolutions Holland III’ (folio 38).(iv) ‘Resolutions of Councilors in Committee Holland’ (folio 51).(v) ‘Resolutions Council of State 1793-1795’ (folio 73).(vi) ‘Resolutions Council of State Scottish Reg[iments] 3’ (folio 102).(vii) ‘Resolutions Council of State Scottish Brigade 4’...
Dates:
1901, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1901, or before.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.25
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) ‘Holland 1573-1590’ (folio 1).(ii) ‘Council of State Commission book I’ (folio 8).(iii) ‘Council of State Commission book II’ (folio 29).(iv) ‘Commission Books Council of State H.11-H.13’’ (folio 50).(v) ‘Commission Books Council of State H.13 (continued)’ (folio 71).(vi) ‘Commission Books Council of State H.13-H.14’ (folio 94).(vii) ‘Commission Books C. of State...
Dates:
1901, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1901, or before.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.26
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:
(i) ‘Council of State States of War II’ (folio 1).
(ii) ‘War Estimates 1766-1795 II’ (folio 8).
(iii) ’War Estimates 1766-1795 III’ (folio 18).
(iv) ‘Commanding Officers and Sundries’ (folio 43).
(v) ‘D 46-120’ (folio 62).
(vi) ‘Companies’ (folio 72).
(vii) ‘Oath book I’ (folio 103).
(viii) ‘Oath book II’ (folio 128).
Dates:
1901, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Summaries and typescripts of plays of Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1956, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26607
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) 'The Bluidy Hert', 1956. (Folio 1). A summary of the plot, typescript of the prelude, and letters from Helena Shire and Kenneth Elliott about the music. (ii) Typescripts, undated, of 'The Guaird! The Guaird! A dramatic version of the history of the Edinburgh Town Guard'. (Folio l7.) Some passages are closely related to scenes in Robert Garioch Sutherland's play, 'The masque of Edinburgh’ (Edinburgh, 1954).
Dates:
1956, undated.
Summaries of estate accounts., 1861-1879.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15160-15162
Scope and Contents
Leaves have been torn out between folios 5 and 6, and 18 and 19.
Dates:
1861-1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Estate books, being a number of partly printed bound volumes relating in various ways to the Ellices’ estates in Glengarry and Glenquoich.
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Estate finance books.
Summaries of expenses of Charles Herries., 1798-1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.15354
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
In several of the volumes, some or most of the accounts have been cancelled by lines drawn through them.
Dates:
1798-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and personal account-books of Charles Herries, a merchant in London who was Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, and correspondence and papers of his younger son, Lieutenant-General Sir William Lewis Herries and of, and concerning, other members of the family.
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Correspondence, papers and personal account books of Charles Herries.
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Notebooks, account books and pocket books of Charles Herries containing personal accounts and some memoranda.
Summaries of the correspondence of the family of Dundas of Dundas made by the Reverend Walter MacLeod and his amanuenses., Late 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.16-80.1.17
Scope and Contents
Not all the letters are dealt with, and the treatment becomes more cursory as the series progresses.
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Summaries of the correspondence of the family of Dundas of Dundas made by the Reverend Walter MacLeod and his amanuenses: summaries of letters in Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.3., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.1.16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Not all the letters are dealt with, and the treatment becomes more cursory as the series progresses.
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Summaries of the correspondence of the family of Dundas of Dundas made by the Reverend Walter MacLeod and his amanuenses: summaries of letters in Adv.MSS.80.1.4-80.1.10., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.1.17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Not all the letters are dealt with, and the treatment becomes more cursory as the series progresses.
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Summaries of the principal events and measures of the Viceroyalty of his Excellency the Earl of Minto, Viceroy and Governor-General of India: Foreign Department., 1910.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12634-12637
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.
'Summario della relatione del Clarissimo messer G[iovanni] Michiel d'Inghilterra', being a heavily condensed version of Micheli’s report on England to the Venetian Senate., [Circa 1600.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2727
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
[Circa 1600.]
'Summary' by Sir Thomas Graham of his services from Toulon, 1793, to Alexandria, 1801., 1793-1801.
Item
Identifier: MS.3644
Summary, early 18th century, of, and notes by Lord Milton, 1709, of the lectures at Edinburgh of John Cunningham on, Justinian's ‘Institutiones’., Early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17807
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
Early 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
Summary of check book of the Edinburgh Typographical Society., 14 January 1918-1 July 1929.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4068/111
Dates:
14 January 1918-1 July 1929.