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Certificates.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents giving authoritative recognition of a fact, qualification, or promise.

Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Sir George Henry Rose., 1794-1854, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.3797
Scope and Contents

Associated with this volume are Sir George Henry Rose's Star of the Royal Guelphic Order and his Pitt Club Medal, both at the back of the volume.

Dates: 1794-1854, undated.

Correspondence of and concerning James Augustus Grant's sons, James Augustus junior, and Alister Grant., 1867-1918, undated.

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Identifier: MS.17930
Scope and Contents The contents include, letters of James Augustus Grant to his elder son James Augustus, 1885-1891, undated (folio 1); letters of James Augustus Grant junior to his parents, 1874-1891, undated (folio 89); letters to and concerning James Augustus junior and Alister Grant, and some other letters, 1889-1918, undated (folio 149); school reports and other certificates of James Augustus Grant junior, 1867-1891 (folio 203); and drafts of letters and speeches by James Augustus Grant junior, undated...
Dates: 1867-1918, undated.

Further papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14268/1-42
Scope and Contents

Comprising Lord Macmillan's commonplace books with notes on his scholarly and personal reading; papers on his professional service and appointments, including a collection of press cuttings documenting his career; and fragments of correspondence and literary drafts, with photographs and family ephemera.

Dates: 1887-1952.

‘Lays and lyrics’ by Charles Gray (Edinburgh, 1841) with pencil and wash illustrations, 1846, of A A Ritchie.

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Identifier: MS.15947
Scope and Contents

At the back of the volume, “A familiar Epistle, addressed to Peter M'Leod, Esq., of Polbeth” by Charles Gray (Edinburgh, 1845) has been bound in.

There are also manuscript verses by A A Ritchie (folio 1), class certificates, 1833-1834, of Charles Gray's son, Charles E Gray, from St Andrews University (folio 3) and a newspaper article, 1845, on Gray's poetry (folio 9).

Dates: 1833-1846.

Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1631-1829, undated.

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Identifier: MS.5330
Scope and Contents Legal and miscellaneous documents comprising the following: (i) Bills, etc., 1683-1812 (number 1); (ii) Certificates, 1761-1815 (number 38); (iii) Measurements of land, etc., 1766-1821 (number 50); (iv) Assessments, 1808-1819 (number 83); (v) Articles of roup, 1768-1811 (number 93); (vi) Inventories of books, writs, etc., circa 1695-1824 (number 98); (vii) Miscellaneous memoranda, 1631-1829, undated (number 117); (viii) Miscellaneous legal documents, 1641-1828 (number 242); (ix)...
Dates: 1631-1829, undated.

Letters and papers, chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland., 1548-1550, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2991
Scope and Contents Each item is accompanied by a modern abstract in French and, in most cases, a typed English translation.The contents are as follows.(i) Contemporary copy of instructions given by the Dukes de Guise and de Montmorency to the Seigneurs de Fourquevaux and de Visque regarding their mission to Scotland with 1200 men and munitions, Bordeaux, 1548(folio 7). Preceded by an abstract (folio 1 verso) and a translation (folio 2).(ii) Abstract, early twentieth century,...
Dates: 1548-1550, undated.