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 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Official papers of Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, during his embassy to Paris, 1815-1830.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.6160-6246
Scope and Contents A series of volumes containing copies of dispatches, both outgoing and incoming, for each year of Charles Stuart's embassy, with a gap of four years, from 1824-1828, when he was recalled to England. The volumes were paginated, which makes it apparent that in many there are items missing; a list of missing pages has been placed at the beginning of each volume.The main topics of the reports concern the principal political events of the day: in addition to details of internal French...
Dates: 1814-1831.

Official papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras and Commander-in-Chief at Madras., 1832-1848.

 File
Identifier: MS.14558
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Copy of the police report of Major E Armstrong 'on the attempt to murder the Europeans at Bangalore in 1832' (folio 1);

(ii) Papers concerning the 'Conduct of the population of Coorg on the occasion of the Insurrection in Canana', 1838 (folio 23);

(iii) Copies of official correspondence and memoranda, 1838-1848, concerning the pay of European troops in India (folio 40).

Dates: 1832-1848.

Open reel tape recordings of the radio communication between the climbers on the north face of the Eiger and the rest of the team at Kleine Scheidegg; with digital copies and transcriptions of the audio., 1966.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.14376/2-5
Scope and Contents

The audio tapes provide detailed insight into the efforts and trials of the team of climbers during their attempt to climb the north face of the Eiger. The team discuss a range of topics, especially the weather, health of the team members, equipment and immediate plans for how to continue to the ascent.

Dates: 1966.

`Opinions Excise Scotland`, a volume containing copies of cases and opinions of Crown counsel in excise matters relating to Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.5
Scope and Contents

The volume is stated (folio i) to have been copied for John Maule, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, February 1752, from a book in the Excise Office at Edinburgh. It is prefaced by an indexed table of contents.

Dates: 1707-1752.

Order of, and copies of correspondence of, the Earl of Mar., 1715-1725.

 File
Identifier: MS.3140
Scope and Contents

Order of the Earl of Mar, giving protection to all Episcopal and Presbyterian Ministers, 1715 (folio 2), and copies of correspondence of Mar and his Counters with Prince James Edward and Princess Clementina, 1715-1725 (folio 4).

Dates: 1715-1725.

Original, and some contemporary copies, of charters and other formal documents relating to the claim by George Cockburn, Haldane of Gleneagles to the ancient Earldom of Levenax, or Lennox.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.15441-15466
Scope and Contents

Almost all of these papers were used in the claim to the ancient earldom of Levenax, or Lennox, drawn up [but not brought to the House of Lords] by George Cockburn, Haldane of Gleneagles. An inventory of these documents and papers is available.

Dates: 1475-1546, 1767-1830.

Orkney genealogies and anecdotes `collected by Robert Nicolson who served as Sheriff Substitute of Orkney from 1793 to 1814 inclusive`.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.18
Scope and Contents Nicolson precedes the genealogical accounts of various Orkney families with a brief topographical description of the islands. He also includes copies of letters taken from Sir John Sinclair`s ‘Statistical Accounts’ of the Parish of Yell in Shetland, of Sir Hugh Dalrymple to Sir Laurence Dundas, 1775, and Reverend Andrew Dishington to Sir John Sinclair, 1791 (page 111). He concludes the collection with copies of a petition and letter to Lord Melbourne concerning a possible superannuation...
Dates: 1839.