Miscellaneous letters and documents.
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters of, among others:
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, to Charles X of Sweden, 1659, asking for help in the defence of his estates;
James, 2nd Earl of Airlie, to Sir David Ogilvy of Inverquharity, 1672, on financial matters;
various persons to Alexander Mundell, economist, 1798, 1806, 1811, on legal business;
Sir George Steuart Mackenzie to William Dundas, 1802, on the appointment of ministers to Gareloch and Applecross;
Robert Ogle to Joseph Hume, M.P., on the `improper exercise of the office of Lord Advocate during the past 30 years`;
Sir Robert Dundas to John Robins, 1829-1830, on Viscount Melville`s debt;
Thomas Cadell to William Blackwood, 1830, on a Trade Dinner Sale;
the Earl of Minto to Lord Melbourne, and of the Reverend David Aitken to Minto, 1831, on the appointment to the chair of Church History at Edinburgh; and,
Alexander Blackwood to Samuel Warren, 1834, on the proposed re-publication of an article on the Local Courts Bill.
Poems of Robert Hogg and John Nevay. (Folios 1-36).
(ii) Letters to George Chalmers, the antiquary, from:
Gilbert Buchanan, 1796, on Shakespeare;
William Anderson, 1796, on literary and historical matters;
John Craigie, 1806, on Sir David Lindsay;
Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger, 1810, on Miss Campbell; and,
Harry Lumsden, 1812, on the Middleton family.
Notes of George Chalmers and others on Zacharie Boyd`s poems, on Sir George Buc, on Nathaniel Bacon, on the Celtic topography of Scotland, on Sir Balthazar Gerbier, and on the Corbet family. (Folios 37-79.)
(iii) Notes of George Chalmers on the early history of the Stewart family. (Folios 80-105.)
Dates
- Creation: 1659-1831.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (105 folios. Folio and under.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Bought by the Advocates` Library at Sotheby`s, 11 June 1898, lots 1015, 1047-1048.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.32.
Bibliography
Folios 37-79. `Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 34602.
Folios 80-105. `Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 31886.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 11 12 2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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