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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 1186 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Composite volume made up by Robert Graham, being the record of a tour, 1849, in the Lake District, North Wales, the Wye Valley Bristol, Cheddar, Glastonbury and Wells, Longleat, Stonehenge and Salisbury, the New Forest and Southampton., 1849.

 File
Identifier: MS.16055
Scope and Contents Of the printed items, the following have been described fully in the Catalogue of Printed Books (see ‘External documents’ for a link to the records):“Crosthwaite's celebrated museum” ([Keswick], [1849]) (folio 26); ‘The triumph of science’ by R Stephenson (Carnarvon, 1849) (folios 49-65); “The tourist's guide to Britannia Bridge” by Thomas Jackson (Bangor, 1849) (folios 66-83); ‘General description of the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges on the Chester & Holyhead Railway’...
Dates: 1849.

Composite volume made up of at least two music books containing five series of piobaireachd tunes., 1850-1890.

 Item
Identifier: MS.22124
Scope and Contents

At the front (folio v verso) are basic music instructions. A poem is written on folio 53 verso. Many of the pieces have dates, ranging from 1850 (folio 10) to 1890 (folio 52). A leaf from the ‘Army list’, 1880, containing the names of the officers of the 26th Foot, is pasted inside the front cover. Three press cuttings are pasted inside the back cover.

Dates: 1850-1890.

Copies of correspondence, and papers of and concerning Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, chiefly on military subjects., 1775-1809, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.25164
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of correspondence, 1775-1786, between Charles Grant and the Comte de Langeron concerning Grant's military career (folio 1); (ii) Papers, chiefly printed, concerning the Écoles Royales Militaires, 1777-1786, undated (folio 11); (iii) Miscellaneous papers on military and maritime subjects, 1779-1809, undated (folio 22).

Dates: 1775-1809, undated.

Copies of excerpts of letters to Dr J D Ross Watt, and miscellaneous articles on subjects relating to the bagpipes., 1880-1913, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9621
Scope and Contents

The contents are arranged as follows:

Copies of excerpts of letters, 1911-1913, undated, from various correspondents, including Dr Charles Bannatyne, John Grant, and Dr K N MacDonald, to Dr J D Ross Watt, 1911-1913, undated (folio 1);

An article, undated, on canntaireachd possibly by Alexander K Cameron (folio 90);

Miscellaneous copies of printed articles, 1880, undated, on subjects relating to the bagpipes (folio 111).

Dates: 1880-1913, undated.

Copies of printed and other material concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1745.

 File
Identifier: MS.297
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter, manifesto, etc., of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1745; the ‘dying declarations’, last speeches, etc., of Lord Balmerino, Mr John Hamilton, and other Jacobites; political verses, toasts, epitaphs, etc.

Dates: 1745.