Volume of anonymous historical dissertations.
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:
(i) a history of Scotland from the legendary period to the 18th Century (page 1);
(ii) historical remarks on the antiquity and anecdotes of the noble family of Buccleuch (page 111) (incomplete);
(iii) historical remarks concerning the antiquity of the Macdonalds of Sleat Lords of the Isles, Thains of Argyllshire and Lochaber. (page 122);
(iv) dissertation concerning the Family of Ruthven, Earls of Gowrie (page 130), with an Appendix on the Gowrie conspiracy of 1600 (page 188).
Dates
- Creation: 18th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (215 pages. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk