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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton., Circa 1784-circa 1820.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.8
Scope and Contents The contents of the notebook are as follows:(i) descriptions of the `Religious Houses andc of Edinburgh` extracted from ‘History of Edinburgh’, pages 242-257, 263, 267-271, 561-563 (folio 1);(ii) an account of some of the cartularies and other registers of Scottish religious houses copied from ‘The Lives and Characters of the most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation’, volume 1, pages 466-475 (folio 33);(iii) a note of some members of the family of Graeme...
Dates: Circa 1784-circa 1820.

Notebook of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton., Circa 1784-circa 1820.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.10
Scope and Contents The contents of the notebook are as follows:(i) a copy made by Hutton in 1790 of the part of Giovanni Ferreri`s history of Kinloss Abbey printed in ‘Veterum Scriptorum ... amplissima collectio’, tomus 6, columns 319-327, which Bishop John Geddes had made in 1770 from the copy in the Royal Library, Madrid (folio 2);(ii) extracts from Adamnan`s Life of Saint Columba, taken possibly from ‘Vitæ Antiquæ Sanctorum qui habitaverunt in ... Scotia ...’ (folio 15);...
Dates: Circa 1784-circa 1820.

Notebook of Rose Ethel Bassin, containing children’s songs, obtained from Annie Johnston, Barra, and others., 1924-1931.

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Identifier: MS.14924
Scope and Contents Most of the songs are revised copies of songs noted in MSS.14910-14913. They include ‘Na mucan beaga’ (folio 2 recto); ‘Brochan lom’ (folio 2 verso); ‘A chalumain, a ghille ghrinn’ (folio 3 recto); ‘An fheannag’ (folio 3 verso); ‘An laugh beag’ (folio 3 verso); “Mo thasdan bòidheach” (folios 5 recto, 30 recto); ‘Uisdean Friseal’ (folio 5 verso); ‘Mo bhalachan’ (folios 7 recto, 31 recto); “Nighean an Fhìdhleir” (folio 9 recto); “Clach mhìn mheallain” (folio 10 recto, 35 recto); “Tobar, tobar,...
Dates: 1924-1931.

Notebook of Sir Robert Sibbald containing geological and topographical material.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.8
Scope and Contents

(i) `A Catalogue of Mineralls and figur`d stones found in Scotland in M.R.W. cabinet` (page 4). An abridged copy by Robert Sibbald of the catalogue of material owned by Robert Wodrow in 1703.

(ii) Copies, not in Sibbald`s hand, of descriptions of Shetland and the Hebrides written in the second half of the 17th century (inverted page 1).

Dates: 2nd half of 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century.

Notebook of transcripts made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1657-1661, undated.

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Identifier: MS.25379
Scope and Contents

The transcripts include, 'Lieutenant General Baillie his vindication for his own part of Kilsyth and Preston', undated. Also copies of correspondence between James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews, and Robert Baillie, Principal of Glasgow University, 1657-1661.

Inscribed in Lord Hailes's hand 'Transcribed from the original by Mr. Aitken of Glasgow' from the Wodrow papers.

Dates: 1657-1661, undated.

Notebook, undated, of Evelyn Stewart-Murray containing Gaelic grammatical notes, exercises and music., Late 19th century-early 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.14889
Scope and Contents The grammatical notes and exercises are on folios 1-106, and the music is on folios 107-123.The contents are as follows.(i) Small envelope bearing Evelyn Stewart Murray's address (folio i);(ii) Tale headed ‘An t-seana bhantrach’ (folio 1), and an English translation entitled ‘The poor widow’ (folio 2);(iii) Moral tale headed “Tha irioslachd agus bochdainn a' trearachadh gu neamh” (folio 3) and an English translation, “Humility and poverty lead...
Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.30.5.1-30.5.28
Scope and Contents

The notes and extracts appear to have been made between about 1784 and about 1820, but most are undated.

Dates: Circa 1784-circa 1820.