Correspondence.
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Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume I: mainly correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1676-1740, and undated.
The contents include: a letter from the Duke of Rothes to Sir William Murray, 1676, two letters of Sir David Murray, 1710, 1721; correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray with other members of the family (including his brothers Charles, James, and David, his sister Veronica and her husband, Robert Hunter of Polmood; and his uncle, Major William Murray), and with Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell, Donald Campbell of Octomore and other Campbells, 1715-1740, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume II: mainly correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1711-1742, and undated.
Correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray with members of the Nobility, the Landed Gentry, and the Army, with his legal adviser, William Lumisden, and with various people concerning the Argyllshire estates, and miscellaneous memoranda.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume III: mainly correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1709-1736, and undated.
The contents include correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray arising out of the 1715 Rebellion, and concerning the Argyllshire estates.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume IV: miscellaneous correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1710-1743, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume V: mainly correspondence of Charles Murray., 1720-1769, and undated.
The volume contains correspondence of James Murray (folios 1-23), and of Charles Murray, with other members of the family, with William Lumisden, and with others (many of whom corresponded also with Sir Alexander Murray), including Isabella Strange, the Jacobite wife of Sir Robert, the engraver.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume VI: mainly correspondence of Charles Murray., 1724-1769, and undated.
The contents include correspondence of Charles Murray with various members of the Nobility and Landed Gentry (including George Lockhart of Carnwath and Donald Campbell of Octomore), with Alexander and George Ouchterlony, merchants in London, and with Patrick Mclntyre, his factor in Ardnamurchan.
Correspondence and papers of the National Union of Public Employees, Scottish Region.
Correspondence and papers of the Paul family., 17th century-1928.
Correspondence and papers, of the personal affairs of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1786-1856.
Correspondence and papers of the poet and journalist Albert David Mackie.
In 1961, Albert David Mackie wrote to a large number of Scottish authors asking them for information about their current work and this manuscript contains many of their replies. Also included are letters from Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) on literary matters and from Duncan Macrae and T M Watson on theatrical productions, and corrected typescripts of a Scots version of the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' by Robert Menzies.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Correspondence and papers of the Rev Dr James C. MacPhail and of his son, J R N MacPhail, Sheriff of Stirling.
Correspondence and papers concern MacPhail Bursary scheme for Gaelic-speaking boys, other Highland matters and the Lewis (Park) Deer Raid trial, 1887.
Correspondence and papers of the Reverend Andrew Lothian and his family.
Correspondence and papers of the Reverend Dr Earle M Macphail.
Correspondence and papers of the Reverend John MacKechnie.
Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.