Abstracts. Summaries.
Found in 205 Collections and/or Records:
Particular accounts., 1714-1761.
Printed correspondence of James Stuart., 1782-[1791, or after].
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet relating to the affairs of Greece., 1850.
The contents are as follows. (i) 'Extracts [in manuscript] of M. Drouyn de Lhuys's Despatches on Greek Question (1850)', 6 folios; (ii) 'Abstract of Greek Correspondence presented to both Houses of Parliament in February, April and May 1850', 42 pages.
Printed papers relating to the dispute between Thomas Stamford Raffles and Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie., 1814.
Printed session papers, Kinloch v Rocheid, with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair., 1799-1800.
Rejected drafts of the article ‘The Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with correspondence relating to the publication of the article., 1938-1939.
Riddell`s copy of ‘Abstracts of the Evidence submitted to a jury on Behalf of Andrew Stirling, Esquire, of Drumpellier, claiming to be served heir-male in general of Robert Stirling of Bankeyr and Lettyr’ (1818), containing notes and additions in his hand., 1818.
Series of general abstracts of military events in Portugal from 27 September 1810 to 31 July 1811., 1810-1811.
'Short abstract of the 12th of Charles the Second, commonly called the Navigation law, with some observations on its relative force between England and Ireland.', 1784.
The manuscript includes letters of Lord North, 1783, John Foster, 1784, and others on the subject of the Navigation Law, and abstracts of trade between Great Britain and Ireland in the year 1783.
Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 13: papers., ?1639-1641, undated.
Documents concerning political events, especially the Scots army at Newcastle and affairs in the English Parliament. Some printed ballads and letters to Sir James Balfour are included.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics., 1560-1641, undated.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).