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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of "Records of the Literary Society of Glasgow, 1764-79. Transcribed from the Society's Minutes, 1830", by William James Duncan.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.232
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Laws of the Society. (Folio 1.) (ii) List of meetings for each session, with the name of the speaker and the title of his 'discourse', November 1764–January 1771 (folio 3 verso). Occasionally the elections of new members or the names of absentees are recorded. 'There is a gap in the Records for the next 5 years, and the only information we have of their Transactions during the years 1771 and 1773 is from a loose jotting, of which the following is a copy'...
Dates: 1764-1779.

Microfilm of Solemn League and Covenant, 1643; and, copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas conferring titles and Baronetcies, 1554-1707.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.456
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Solemn League and Covenant, printed by Evan Tyler (Edinburgh, 1643), and subscribed in West St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, in October 1643. It has some 750 names, of which two-thirds are actual signatures (Adv.MS.23.3.16);

Copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas conferring titles and Baronetcies, 1554-1707, most of the material being late 17th and early 18th century. Also included are copies of material concerning the Order of the Thistle (Adv.MS.34.6.2).

Dates: 1554-1707.

Microfilm of the Glenriddell Manuscripts, copies of poems and letters of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.203
Scope and Contents

Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);

Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).

Dates: 4th quarter of 18th century.

Microfilm of two books, 1692, 1697, of household recipes of Katherin Smith and correspondence and papers, 1818-1831, undated, of Sir John Sinclair on agriculture.

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Identifier: MS.15553 [Mf.MSS.41]
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers of Sir John Sinclair includes translations and copies of letters on his ‘Code of agriculture’ and letters of him to Sir Patrick Murray Threipland.

Dates: 1692, 1697, 1818-1831, undated.

Microfilm of two collections of piobaireachd; and, 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd'.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.967
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Typescript 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd', late 19th century-early 20th century (MS.2260);

Collection of pipe music, 19th century, (78 piobaireachd), compiled by William Ross, Piper to Queen Victoria (MS.3040);

Copies of piobaireachd in staff notation, 1928, (with some canntaireachd) by Simon Fraser (MS.9617).

Dates: 19th century-early 20th century.

Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reel 1., 2nd half of 17th century-early 18th century.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs, 1675-early 18th century, of covenanters (Adv.MS.32.4.4);Copies, early 18th century, of autobiographies and other works, 2nd half of 17th century-early 18th century, of covenanters (Adv.MS.34.5.19);Copy of “An Account of the Lord’s Gracious dealing with me; and of his remarkable hearing and answering my supplications”, being the religious memoirs of Mrs Marion Veitch, wife of William...
Dates: 2nd half of 17th century-early 18th century.

Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reel 12., 1738.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1324
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: A copy of Alexander Monro's 'Essay on female conduct' (MS.6658), incorporating the corrections and containing most of the additional material, made by Margaret Monro, in accordance with her father's intentions.

Dates: 1738.