Correspondence.
Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:
Letter of Thomas Carlyle to General Sir William Gomm on the Franco-Prussian War and the situation in Turkey.
With two draft letters of Wiliam Gomm to Thomas Carlyle, and one letter of Lady Geraldine Somerset to Lady Elizabeth Gomm.
Letter of Thomas Muir to George Dyer., 1794.
Concerns Muir`s journey to Brazil.
A transcript of the letter along with bibliographical information on Muir is also included.
Letter of Walter Scott to Cadell and Davies offering "The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border", and a copy of their reply detailing terms.
Letter of Walter Scott to Daniel Terry.
A transcription of the letter has been included.
A copy of an engraving of a bust of Sir Walter Scott has also been included.
Letter of Walter Scott to John Richardson.
On a matter concerning the Court of Session.
Letter of Willa Muir to Eric Linklater.
Letter of Willa Muir to Eric Linklater, 24 January 1968, on her literary memoir `Belonging`.
Letter of William A. Cadell to John Pinkerton., 1813.
Concerns observations on geology.
Letter of William Robertson to Charles de Brosses., 1777.
Concerns mutual friends and acquaintances including David Hume.
Letter of William Robertson to David Garrick., 1773.
Concerns Henry Mackenzie`s `The Prince of Tunis`.
Letter of William Robertson to Major James Rennell., 1791.
Concerns Robertson`s `Historical Disquisition... of India` and his request for Rennell`s opinions on it.
Letter recounting a tour through Scotland.
Letter to Mr Haddon, 28 September, 1839 of a tour through Scotland. The tour goes through Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Culloden, and back through Ayr to view the Eglinton Tournament of 1839.
Letters, 1775-1796, to John MacLaurin, Lord Dreghorn; and correspondence, 1797-1808, of his son, Colin MacLaurin, advocate.
The letters to John MacLaurin (folio 1) chiefly concern his desire for a seat on the bench and his actual appointment as a Lord of Session in 1787; the correspondence of Colin MacLaurin (folio 27) is chiefly on literary matters.
Letters, 1812-1852, to William Menzies, his wife Elizabeth and their son James.
Includes letters and papers, 1679-1834 and undated, concerning the Robertsons of Struan, and poetry in English and Gaelic, undated.
Letters, 1832-1853, of John Frederick Gordon (afterwards Lord John Frederick Gordon-Hallyburton M.P.) nephew of Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton M.P. (Lord Aboyne); and correspondence and legal papers, 1834-1862, concerning the Hallyburton estates., 1832-1862.
Letters, [?1854-?1893], to James Augustus Grant; and, correspondence, 1867-1918, of and concerning Grant's sons, James Augustus Junior, and Alister., [?1854]-1918
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1867-1918, of and concerning James Augustus Grant's sons, James Augustus junior, and Alister Grant. (MS.17930);
Letters, [?1854-?1893], to James Augustus Grant (MS.17931).
Letters, 1873-1874, undated, of children of the Elliot and Ouseley families; and general correspondence, 1856-1901, chiefly letters to Frederick Eden and Marcia Cordelia Elliot., 1856-1901, undated.
Letters, 1878-1888, of William Maccall, apparently to E J Collings, with two poems of Maccall (entitled 'The Hidden Manna' and "Brahma's Cradle"), correspondence, 1890, 1893, of Collings regarding the letters, and a number of press cuttings concerning Maccall and his acquaintance with the Carlyles.
Letters and accounts of Major John Ramsay., 1789-1802.
John Ramsay, who became Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Foot, married James Skene's oldest sister, Margaret.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence, 1791-1801, on legal and financial matters (folios 1);
(ii) Accounts, 1789-1802, chiefly personal but include some military expenses and payments for work on Ramsay's property of Invernettie Lodge (folio 111).