Letters and papers, chiefly of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.4
Scope and Contents
Much of the correspondence is personal or concerns Anderson`s historical work, but some is of a legal or financial nature. Folios 154-158 consist of invitations to funerals.
Dates
- Creation: 1684-1731, and undated.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (viii + 158 folios. Folio and under.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript has the bookplate of James Maidment.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
The following letters have been published by James Maidment in ‘Analecta Scotica’ (Edinburgh, 1834, 1837): Louis de France (folio 1), 2nd Series, page 263; James Hodges (folio 41), 1st Series, page 255; James Anderson to Sir Richard Steele (folio 119), 1st Series, page 18.
The letter of the Duke of Argyll (folio 24) was published by Maidment in ‘Argyle Papers’ (Edinburgh, 1834).
The `Answers to Captain Slezer`s queries` (folio 10) was published by J H Stevenson in ‘Heraldry in Scotland’ (Glasgow, 1914), ii, pages 448-451.
The letter of the Duke of Argyll (folio 24) was published by Maidment in ‘Argyle Papers’ (Edinburgh, 1834).
The `Answers to Captain Slezer`s queries` (folio 10) was published by J H Stevenson in ‘Heraldry in Scotland’ (Glasgow, 1914), ii, pages 448-451.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 07 2015
- 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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National Library of Scotland
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