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The papers consist of: (i) Extracts from magazines of articles by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1884, undated (folio 1); (ii) Transcripts and printed texts, 1883-1894, undated, of miscellaneous writings of Stevenson (folio 44).

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The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence, chiefly with George Chalmers, and notes, on antiquarian topics, 1799- 1815, undated (folio 1); (ii) Papers, 1741-1803, undated, concerning the Ellice family, consisting of typed biographical accounts (some incomplete) and copies of portraits of members of the family (folio 75); (iii) A small quantity of unrelated papers, 1844-1921, undated, found loosely enclosed in other parts of the collection (folio 216).

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Score of ‘Duo for two violins (no. 10)’ by John Davidson; not the same as that in MS.22076 where it was formerly loosely enclosed (folio 1);

(ii) Letter, 1917, to and notes, undated, of Davidson (folio 5);

(iii) The words (printed) of a 'Grand processional march', ?1896, on the verso of which is a strathspey in the hand of James Scott Skinner (folio 8);

(iv) Letter, 1917, of Skinner to Davidson (folio 9).

Scope and Contents The owner is not known, but was presumably a resident of Edinburgh (folios 30 verso, 31). Eight printed songs and a fragment of a ninth, all datable to the last decade of the eighteenth century, have been tipped in at folios 62-79, which have been cut down to stubs for the purpose. Folios 80-81 also are cut down, but nothing has been attached to them. A march written apparently in the owner's hand is pasted to folio 80. The owner's incomplete pagination has been ignored. The book was...

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The volume is stamped ‘Music’ in gold capitals and inscribed 'N[o] XVII' on the upper cover.

One of the Italian songs is dated 1846 (folio 11 verso) and another 1848 (folio 10 verso). A printed Italian song is tipped in inside the front cover (folio i) and a contents list at folio 1.

Two leaves have been cut out after folio 11.

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The paper is watermarked 1825 and the pieces have been transcribed apparently at various times between 1827 (folio 1) and 1852 (folio 44 verso).

A leaf (or a fragment of a leaf) containing musical terms and their translations, apparently cut out of a printed work, is tipped in at the front (folio i).

Scope and Contents John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost...

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The manuscript gives details of members of the Mackenzie family from Henry Mackenzie, the author's grandfather, married in 1712, to the children of his son, Lord Mackenzie.