Extracts.
Found in 193 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning Peebleshire.
Including typescript extracts from a diary, and church records.
Papers concerning the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1965.
Papers concerning the families of Gardiner, Milne, and Gregor, Banffshire.
Papers of and concerning the Horsburgh family.
Comprising:
1. pedigree, 19th century, of the Horsburgh family
2. transcripts of, and extracts from, charters and letters concerning members of the Horsburgh family
3. presentation, 1836, of the Reverend David Gairdner to the Church and Parish of Skirling
4. presentation, 1831, of the Reverend Dr George Burns to the Church and Parish of Tweedsmuir.
Papers of Ramsay family, of Ochtertyre.
1. three documents, 1723-1748, concerning James Ramsay of Ochtertyre
2. extract of letter, 1762, of Joseph Macdonald (possibly the piper)
3. journal, 1776, of the first part of a journey from Edinburgh to London
4. 18 poems in Latin and three in English, 18th century, many in the hand of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre.
'Papers on Persian affairs.', ?1809-?1810.
The manuscript includes:
(i) "Abridged account of the mission of Sir Harford Jones and Brigadier General Malcolm, Bombay 12 April 1809" (folio 1);
(ii) Excerpt from private letter, 27 June 1809, from Lord Minto to Brigadier General Malcolm about Sir Harford Jones' Persian mission (folio 29);
(iii) Copy letter, 7 January 1810, from Malcolm to Minto about Sir Harford Jones' dispatches (folio 39).
Papers relating to missions of the Edinburgh Benevolent Society for the Deaf and Dumb., 1880-1976.
In 1886, the Society appointed W W Matheson its first Honorary Missionary serving Hawick. From this time the Society held regular religious services in missions south and central Scotland.
Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine; and, personal recollections of Fairbairn in the context of self-analysis., 1919-circa 1955.
Papers submitted to the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty in 1851 by Captain (subsequently Vice-Admiral Sir) Horatio T Austin., 1845-1859.
Personal papers concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn and his family; with miscellaneous literary papers., After 1916-1959, undated.
Photocopies of extracts from notebooks of Alexander MacCallum Scott.
Concerning John Buchan`s years as a student at Glasgow University.
Photocopies of papers from the Thomas Tait Collection.
With additional commentary and extracts compiled by William Tait, son of Thomas and co-creator of the collection.
Photocopies of two letters of Thomas Muir and extract of letter of Thomas Fyshe Palmer.
Photocopies of typescript extracts from 32 letters of Neil Gunn.
Photostats of 'An Inventary of missive letters and others underwritten, gifted to the Faculty of Advocates by ... Coline, Earl of Balcarres', receipted by Thomas Ruddiman, and of an extract from the minutes acknowledging the gift., 1712.
Prayers and extracts from religious works by various members of the family of Henry Mackenzie, undated., [1821, or after-1826, or after].
Some of the paper is watermarked 1821, 1826.
Prints, chiefly cut from books, consisting of portraits, the decorated titles of maps, architectural subjects, and miscellaneous subjects, and apparently collected for their decorative qualities., 16th century.
Public accounts, presumably connected with the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale's period of office as Commissioner of the Treasury., 1662-1669.
Research papers concerning Clan Gregor, including extracts and copies of historical and genealogical papers; with some papers relating to the history and administration of the Clan Gregor Society.
The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information about the clan.
Reviews by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of works of other authors., 1939-1957.
Reviews by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of works of others authors., 1926-1938.
Roman antiquities. Correspondence and papers of George Chalmers, being materials towards Book I of his ‘Caledonia’.
Many of the papers are in the hand of Chalmers’s nephew James: several of these are queries with answers on the same leaves from George Chalmers`s correspondents; other papers include extracts from contemporary printed sources.