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Found in 1186 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control., February-April 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11276
Dates:
February-April 1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control.
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Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control.
Letters and papers relating chiefly to the City of Edinburgh., 1773, 1790-1837, 1849.
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Identifier: MS.351
Scope and Contents
The correspondents and subjects dealt with include: Contract of Professor William Cullen, 1773;
Professor John Playfair, 1790;
Sir William Forbes and the proposed regulations regarding Bills of Exchange and Notes, 1790;
Sir John Sinclair and Scottish wool, 1791;
Mutiny of Highland troops at Linlithgow, 1794;
Report on the Friends of the People and on J Gerrald, 1794;
Printed circular letter to the Faculty of Advocates regarding the Deanship and Henry Erskine, with...
Dates:
1773, 1790-1837, 1849.
Letters and papers relating to taxation, salt-duty and fisheries., 1785-1820, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.640
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters and papers relating chiefly to taxation 1786-1820. The correspondents and subjects dealt with include duties on soap and candles, 1786-1787; surveyors of windows, etc., in North Britain, 1787; malt-tax in Scotland, 1788; Inspector General for Stamps for Scotland, 1790; accounts of the Receiver General for Scotland in respect of the land-tax, 1788-90; window, house, etc., taxes, 1878-1879; petition of the glasswork companies at Leith,...
Dates:
1785-1820, undated.
Letters and papers, some printed, including a few photographs, formerly loosely enclosed throughout MSS.20087-20205 which could not be pasted or tipped in where they were found., 1901-1929, undated.
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Identifier: MS.20207
Scope and Contents
A list of the volumes where the various items were formerly located is placed at the beginning (folio i).
Dates:
1901-1929, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Diaries, a few notebooks and some miscellaneous papers chiefly of Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson, with some of her parents, brother and sisters, her husband and daughter.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Haldane and Burdon-Sanderson families.
Letters and poems of George Macdonald.
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Identifier: MS.9745
Scope and Contents
The letters, which include some from his wife Louisa, are written to Baron and Lady Mount-Temple. They mention George Macdonald's work, give news of himself and of his family, describe his surroundings in Italy, and contain many reflections on God and the next world. The poems (folio 95) are both manuscript and printed. There are also a few poems included in the letters.
Dates:
1862-1900.
Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1886, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15130-15133
Dates:
1770-1886, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1804.
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Identifier: MS.15130
Dates:
1770-1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
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Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
Letters, chiefly to John Dover Wilson, of and concerning Sir Walter Wilson Greg, Shakespearean scholar and bibliographer, including detailed notes by Greg on the texts of a number of Shakespeare's plays; with several letters to Greg from Wilson., 1908-1959.
File
Identifier: MS.14313
Scope and Contents
The letters of 1908-1909 (folios 1-7) and at folio 78 (1927) are to Alfred W Pollard.
Dates:
1908-1959.
Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9310-9315
Scope and Contents
The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.
Dates:
1779-1884.
'Letters from the Governor-General of India in Council Affghanistan' [sic]., 16, 19 October 1840.
Item
Identifier: MS.12202
Dates:
16, 19 October 1840.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed confidential papers relating to the affairs of India.
'Letters from the Governor-General of India to the Secret Committee: Affghanistan. [sic]. Herat. Bokhara, Simla'., 19 September-14 October 1839.
Item
Identifier: MS.12178
Dates:
19 September-14 October 1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed confidential papers relating to the affairs of India.
'Letters from the Governor-General to the Secret Committee', 'Bokhara ... Herat And Memoir on the country between Herat and Cabool'., 11, 13, 15 January 1840.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.12185
Dates:
11, 13, 15 January 1840.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed confidential papers chiefly relating to the affairs of India.
'Letters from the Governor-General to the Secret Committee', 'Fairs and Tolls in the Countries on the Indus, Gwalior'., 13 January 1840.
Item
Identifier: MS.12186
Dates:
13 January 1840.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed confidential papers chiefly relating to the affairs of India.
Letters, minutes and other papers of the Abbotsford Club., 1714-1857, undated.
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Identifier: MS.1867
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, orders for paper, minutes of meetings, lists of subscriptions, etc., 1834-1843, 1857 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of letters, 1714-1726, of the Earls of Mar and Inverness to Alexander Robertson of Strowan, preceded by a short account of Strowan, undated (folio 44);(iii) Printed minutes of meetings, 1840-1842, 1844, and rules of the Club, 1842 (folio 81);(iv) Specimen cheque and receipts taken from the Club's...
Dates:
1714-1857, undated.
Letters of celebrities, some accompanied by transcripts (not wholly accurate), notes, printed matter, and portraits.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3390-3399
Dates:
1745-1852, undated.
Letters of Joyce Cary to Professor John Dover Wilson, and one to C B Young.
File
Identifier: MS.10799
Scope and Contents
Joyce Cary discusses his literary work and two lectures he was to deliver in Edinburgh, and gives his impressions of East Africa and India. A printed copy of the laureation address delivered when he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Edinburgh University in 1953 is included (folio 23).
Dates:
1942-1955.
Letters of Norman McLaren to Florence Russell, including painted and etched films; with papers collected by Florence Russell, comprising press cuttings, a sound recording, articles and printed material, concerning the work of Norman McLaren.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5649/1-26
Dates:
1934-1976, undated.
Letters of Richard Baird Smith to his sister Helen, his wife Florence, daughter of Thomas De Quincey, and other members of the family., 1843-1861, undated.
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Identifier: MS.10983
Scope and Contents
The early letters describe the scenery and people of India and mention Richard Baird Smith’s work on canals and his part in the Sikh war of 1848. There is a long series of letters to his wife, written almost daily from December 1856 to March 1857, which give details of his activities and comment on current events while he was travelling from Delhi to Agra, Gwalior, Cawnpore and Roorkee. A second, more fragmentary, series covers the period December 1857-February 1858. Also included are a...
Dates:
1843-1861, undated.
Letters of Ronald Campbell Macfie to Mairi Campbell Ireland., 1930-1931, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19326
Scope and Contents
Ronald Campbell Macfie writes about mutual friends and acquaintances and discusses poetry at some length, both his own and that of others. Drafts of two of his poems, 'High Lands and High Ladies' and 'The Aberdonian' are included (folios 65-72). The correspondence is followed (folio 123) by other manuscript, typescript and printed poems, most of which were published in ‘The complete poems of Ronald Campbell Macfie’, 1937.
Dates:
1930-1931, undated.
Letters of Sir Robert Perks to the Earl of Rosebery., 1905-1906.
File
Identifier: MS.10052
Scope and Contents
Includes a printed lecture by Robert Perks, ‘The growth of monastic and conventual establishments in Great Britain’, given at Manchester in 1905 (folio 34).
Dates:
1905-1906.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery with individuals.
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Letters of Sir Robert W Perks, 1st Baronet, to the Earl of Rosebery.
Letters of the Earl of Buchan to Thomas Coutts, the banker, dealing with Buchan's various intellectual activities and family and business matters., 1790-1819.
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Identifier: MS.3391
Scope and Contents
With a printed prelude, ?1806, in prose, to a poem by Buchan,’ The Four Repasts of the Day’ (folio 37).
Dates:
1790-1819.
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to various persons, with some written to him., 1823-1875, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1796
Dates:
1823-1875, undated.
Letters, printed material and photographs relating to Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, British Columbia., 1953-1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/40
Letters relating to the Mar Peerage Case., 1870-1871.
File
Identifier: MS.312
Scope and Contents
The letters are chiefly addressed to John Gough Nichols, editor of ‘The Herald and Genealogist’, by the Reverend Thomas Agar Holland, R R Stodart, Lyon Office, Edinburgh, the Earl of Mar, and Alexander Sinclair, Edinburgh. There are also printed pamphlets on the subject, some by Sinclair, with his manuscript corrections.
Dates:
1870-1871.