Letters to Robert Beatson concerning his proposed work on the English peerage (see Adv.MS.33.5.9).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.10
Scope and Contents
The letters are mainly from a variety of British peers and several include genealogical accounts of their families.
Dates
- Creation: 1782, 1801-1804.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii + 123 folios. 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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.31.
Bibliography
The letter of Lord Gardner, 1802 (folio 118), was published in ‘Genealogical Fragments’ by James Maidment (Berwick, 1855), page 7.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 22 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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk