Notes for sermons, a copy of a spurious ballad, and a letter of the North British Railway to the Incorporation of Tailors of Canongate., 1782, 1846.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Notes for sermons, probably preached by the Reverend Robert Walker at Cramond, 1782. (Folio 1.)
(ii) A copy of the spurious ballad of "Jock o' Milk", endorsed by David Herd, 'Fragment of an Old Scots Ballad, about 1342'. Perhaps made in 1802; see ‘Letters of Sir Walter Scott’, Centenary Edition (Edinburgh, 1932), volume i, pages 140-141, 142. This is perhaps the ballad mentioned in William Smellie, ‘Account of the Institution and Progress of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’ (Edinburgh, 1782), page 71. (Folio 3.)
(iii) Letter, 1846, of the North British Railway to the Incorporation of Tailors of Canongate, from the papers of the Incorporation (MSS.1957-1990). (Folio 5.)
Dates
- Creation: 1782, 1846.
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Extent
5 Leaves ; Folio.
Arrangement
5 folios.
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