Manuscript volumes formerly kept at the Gray Library, Haddington.
Scope and Contents
The volumes consist of manuscripts compiled by John Gray, minister of Aberlady (who bequeathed his library and a sum of money to the town of Haddington) (MSS 16446-16467), other manuscript volumes written by Gray and by others, which were certainly or possibly in his possession (MSS 16468-16478), and volumes containing records of the Gray Library 1732-1885 (MSS.16479-16482).
Printed labels identifying the volumes as manuscripts were pasted to the spines of most of them apparently in the eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
Dates
- Creation: 1598-1885, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
37 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The manuscripts are arranged as follows: MSS.16446-16447. Lecture notes Of John Gray. MSS.16448-16467. Sermons of John Gray. MSS.16468-16478. Notes, etc., Of John Gray and others. MSS.16479-16482. Records of the Gray Library, Haddington.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1983, together with the printed books, by the East Lothian District Council, successors to the Haddington Town Council and the Trustees of the Gray Library, Haddington.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- 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