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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Military and personal papers of Sir Charles Elliot., 1857-1870, undated.

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Identifier: MS.21230
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Copies of memoranda, general orders, and letters, 1857-1858, of, and to, Sir Charles Elliot, extracted from two letter books, respecting naval operations in the Canton River and the storming of Canton during the Second China War (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1867-70, undated, chiefly concerning life at Bonjedward House (Roxburghshire) (folio 34).

Dates: 1857-1870, undated.

Military memoirs of General Thomas Wentworth relating to the War of the Austrian Succession, partly in shorthand., 1747.

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Identifier: MS.25707
Scope and Contents

Interspersed with the memoirs are copies and drafts of letters of General Thomas Wentworth to Henry Fox, the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Henry Pelham. There is also a 'List of Ministers at Vienna, 1747' (folio 104).

Dates: 1747.

Minto family wills and settlements., 1829-1858.

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Identifier: MS.11940
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Two autograph copies of the Countess of Minto's will, February 1829 (folio 1); (ii) Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's will and codicils, with related papers and memoranda, 1852, 1858, largely in his own hand (folio 8); (iii) Autograph will of Lady Harriet Elliot, sister of the 2nd Earl, and other papers relating to the settlement of her estate, 1825 (folio 43); (iv) Correspondence and papers, 1825, relating to the marriage settlement of Lady Catherine Elliot...
Dates: 1829-1858.

Minute and account books relating to the Incorporation of Perth Wrights.

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Identifier: MSS.19288-19289
Scope and Contents These records of the Wrights, bowyers, coopers, chirurgeons, parchment makers, masons, and glaziers, who formed the Wrights Incorporation, reveal their collective interest in the regulations of trading standards and the control of admission. There are also indications of the social function of the Incorporation and their involvement with the pre-Reformation Church.The haphazard nature of the entries in both volumes suggests that they may possibly be rough copies kept by the...
Dates: 1519-1670.

"Minute book. Keep'd by Alex. Dalziel, factor for the Revd. and Right Honble. John Earl of Glencairn, relative to his Lordship's affairs upon the Estate of Finlayston", 1791-1793., 1791-1841.

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Identifier: MS.2683
Scope and Contents

The minute book consists of copies of correspondence between Alex Dalziel, the Earl of Glencairn, and Robert Stewart, writer in Edinburgh. The volume was afterwards used by the Reverend George Craig Dalziel Buchanan, Minister of Kinross, for his receipt and expenditure book, 1837-1841; with further, scattered notes by Buchanan on money matters.

Dates: 1791-1841.

Minute book of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion., 1859, 1863.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.27
Scope and Contents

In addition to minutes of the Company and its Committees and related papers, the book contains copies of minutes of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the Company.

Dates: 1859, 1863.

Minute book of the Abbotsford Club, with some printed copies of the minutes., 1833-1834, 1837-1839, 1841-1842, 1844.

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Identifier: MS.2050
Scope and Contents

The minutes are preceded by a printed proof of the Rules of the Bannatyne Club, corrected in the hand of Sir Walter Scott (page 3).

Dates: 1833-1834, 1837-1839, 1841-1842, 1844.

Minute-books of the committee of Larkhall Miners’ Association kept by the general secretary, Robert Smillie.

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Identifier: MSS.8023-8025
Scope and Contents

The committee met weekly, but the minutes for the period 22 June 1891-24 October 1893 are missing.

Dates: 1890-1894.

Miscellaneous accounts and papers relating to the estates of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1754-1915, undated.

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Identifier: MS.8091
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts, 1787-1910 (folio 1); (ii) 'Acct. of the length of the New March Dyke between Ancrum & Langnewton', 1767 (folio 68); (iii) 'A scheme for dividing Roxburgh Kirk', 1754 (folio 69); (iv) Papers, 1769-1800, concerning the stipend of the minister of Roxburgh (folio 71); (v) Copy of minutes, 1862-1863, of meetings of the heritors of the parish of Ancrum (folio 76); (vi) Information (printed), 1812, on the fisheries of the river Tweed in the...
Dates: 1754-1915, undated.

Miscellaneous 'antique papers'., 1626-1810, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1915
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Modern list of some of the papers and part of a printed sale catalogue (folio 1);(ii) Contemporary copies of the charges brought by John Selden against the Duke of Buckingham, and of the King's explanation delivered by Buckingham, 1626 (folio 5);(iii) Memorandum, circa 1635, arguing the complicity of the Marquess of Huntly, James Gordon of Letterfourie, and Lady Rothiemay (Katherine Gordon) in the harrying of the lands of...
Dates: 1626-1810, undated.

Miscellaneous bibliographical and other works in several hands of the 18th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.12
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Catologue [sic] of Bookes to be sold by auctione at the D[?] of M[?] Lodgeings in St James`s`. A list of apocryphal titles, probably drawn up as part of a satire on Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copy of ‘Asserti Scotiae cives sui’ by Thomas Dempster. The leaves containing pages 8-9 and 50-52 of the printed text are missing. (Folio 3.)(iii) List of books printed before 1500, copied from a...
Dates: ?17th century-18th century.

Miscellaneous collection of instrumental music by Learmont Drysdale., [1893-1898.]

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Identifier: MS.3212
Scope and Contents

Includes a piano score of the overture 'Herondean' (folio 32), a Maypole dance from 'The Red Spider' (folio 3), and duplicates of MS.3207: Ballade, for violin and piano (folio 9).

Dates: [1893-1898.]

Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.12
Scope and Contents The principal works are:(i) Copy of ‘Genealogical Account of the Family of Maclean from its first settlement in the Island of Mull and parts adjacent’, undated (folio 2). An earlier version, dated 1716, which corresponds more or less with folios 2-10 of the present manuscript, appears among Walter Macfarlane`s ‘Genealogical Collections’, Adv.MS.35.4.8, volume I, page 175.(ii) Descriptions of several Western Isles (Lewis, Skye, Iona, Tiree etc.) by various authors,...
Dates: 1532-18th century, and undated.

Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

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Identifier: MS.20768
Dates: 16th century-1914, undated.

Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers., 1840-1872, undated.

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Identifier: MS.3679
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:Correspondence, 1840-1872, undated, chiefly between correspondents of James Robert Hope-Scott, including William Gladstone, John Henry Newman, Henry Edward Manning, Nicholas Wiseman and E L Badeley (folios 1-112);Copies of a Bill and an Act relating to Foreign Bishops, 1841 (folios 113-118);Cuttings from German newspapers, 1841-1842 (folios 119-132);A copy (printed) of the funeral sermon by Cardinal Newman for James...
Dates: 1840-1872, undated.