Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:
Papers, chiefly financial, concerning the Lords Rutherfurd., 1663-1672.
File
Identifier: MS.14767
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copy of the will, 1663, of the Earl of Teviot (folio 1);
(ii) Financial papers, 1663-1672 (folio 3).
Dates:
1663-1672.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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Papers concerning Peeblesshire estates.
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Papers, chiefly of lawsuits and legal transactions and including some accounts, concerning various Peeblesshire families.
Papers, chiefly historical materials, of Donald MacPherson., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.14895
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Copy letter of Donald MacPherson to the Reverend Dr Mackintosh MacKay, Laggan, 1828: on cat-names (folio i);(ii) Copy letter of Donald MacPherson to Ewen MacPherson of Cluny (acephalous) (folio ii);(iii) Dissertation on origin of Clan Chattan (folio 1);(iv) Historical and philological notes connected with above dissertation (folio 20);(v) Essay on origin and nature of chiefship (folio 66);...
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Papers, chiefly political, of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1422-1444.
File
Identifier: MS.14516
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1722-1734, concerning the election of Scottish representative peers (folio 1);(ii) Notes, undated, of speeches to be made in the House of Lords (folio 69);(iii) Papers, 1717-1744, being largely accounts, concerning Scottish Customs, Excise, Crown revenue, and offices (folio 90);(iv) Papers, 1742, concerning Glasgow brewers and the Excise (folio 159);(v) Copies of papers, 1735-1740, concerning...
Dates:
1422-1444.
Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Dates:
16th century-early 19th century.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott concerning the Border district., 1326-1828, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.903
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of copies of charters and other documents, relating to families (Haig, Scott of Raeburn, Scott of Buccleuch, Haliburton, Dalgleish, etc.) and lands of the district.
Dates:
1326-1828, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott concerning the Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1745., 1716-1762.
File
Identifier: MS.902
Scope and Contents
Original documents and copies, including papers connected with the proceedings against the rebels at Carlisle, 1716 (folio 1-59); correspondence regarding Macpherson of Killyhuntly, 1716-1762 (folios 65-72); a Jacobite sermon preached on the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II [?circa 1746]; and other documents of a general or personal nature.
Dates:
1716-1762.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott dealing with Scottish history and antiquities, chiefly copied from official records and other sources, with some facsimiles., 17th century-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.901
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the Scottish Regalia (folio 1), the Archers of the Guard (folio 21), the use of Lord Drummond’s executioner by the Town Council of Perth in 1706 (folio 140), the Porteous Riots (folio 143), the Lee Penny (see the ‘Talisman’) (folio 159), Highland traditions, supplied by Dr Mackintosh Mackay (folio 167), and Galloway traditions, chiefly Covenanting, with two ballads (folio 179). The excerpts from records regarding festivities, wapenschawing, etc., (folios 19, 35, 45, 50)...
Dates:
17th century-early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.10
Dates:
1797-1807.
Papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Acting Secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto during his sojourn at Madras, in September 1809., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.11658
Scope and Contents
The papers being Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gage Montresor's narrative of the transactions of disaffected officers at Hyderabad and copies of Montresor's correspondence, 1809.
Dates:
1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
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Letters and papers sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone.
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Various dispatches and memoranda sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone.
Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.24
Scope and Contents
The material was compiled over a number of years, probably between about 1825 and 1840, and consists of accounts of parishes and families, notes and extracts from printed sources and collections of formal documents, and some original documents and printed items. The complete title of the work was apparently intended to be `Dumbartonshire Illustrated with regard chiefly to its Territorial History and Family Antiquities`, but the work appears never to have been finished (for example, there are...
Dates:
1825-?1842.
Papers, comprising charters of various families, from the archives of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.291
Dates:
1554-19th century.
Papers concerning a dispute between John Murray III and Charles Appleton over the decision not to publish an article, "The Jesus of History", in the periodical "The Academy"., 1870.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42607-42608
Papers concerning Archibald Constable and the works of Sir Walter Scott., 1823-1827.
File
Identifier: MS.3581, folios 88-118
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Copies of a letter of Sir Walter Scott to Archibald Constable, presenting him with the manuscripts of the ‘Waverley Novels’, and of Constable's reply (folio 88);'Memorial & queries of Messrs. Archd. Constable & Company as to encroachments on the works of the Author of ‘Waverley’ by authors of dramas and condensations, 1823, with holograph answers by Francis Jeffrey, 1824 (folio 91);'Case and queries for the opinion of...
Dates:
1823-1827.
Papers concerning Gibraltar and mercantile affairs., 1724-1849.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15404-15416
Papers concerning Hugh MacLeod's role in the 1745 rebellion., 1745.
File
Identifier: MS.19296
Scope and Contents
Included in the papers are testimonials for him and his father, Donald, 1st of Geanies, copies of letters of Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Lord President of the Court of Session, and an ‘Account of the Skirmish at Inverurie’, all of 1745.
Dates:
1745.
Papers concerning Justices of the Peace, chiefly in connection with a revision of the lists in 1747, but with a few papers of 1760-1761., 1747, 1760-1761.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17535-17536
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9
Scope and Contents
The first part of the volume consists of papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, mostly in his capacity of Master of the Metals and Minerals, and of his brother Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (see also Adv.MS.19.1.24). These are followed by papers concerning the Covenanters and the Scots Commissioners at Ripon and London. The remainder mostly concern Lord Menmuir`s grandson, Alexander, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, later the first Earl, who joined the Covenanters, but after taking part in the...
Dates:
1584-1686, and undated.
Papers concerning literary matters, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 1801-1826, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.891
Scope and Contents
The papers include:(i) Notes by David Herd on Scottish poetry, 1801, [?1804], undated (folios 1-18);(ii) Criticisms by David Herd and others of David Irving’s ‘Lives of the Scottish poets’, [?1804] (folios 17-56);(iii) Papers connected with Sir Walter Scott’s inquiries into Alexander Pope, 1821, undated (folios 61-63);(iv) List of works of C R Maturin, perhaps drawn up in connexion with a project that Scott should edit them (folio 64);...
Dates:
1801-1826, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning literary matters, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers concerning Macpherson's Ossian and personal names in Irish legend., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.409
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a list made by Dr Alexander MacBain of the names of persons in James Macpherson’s Ossian; notes on Ossianic poetry; personal names in Irish legend; and a copy of an article on Ossian by Dr Alexander MacBain in 'Celtic Monthly', volume xii (1887).
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning Gaelic place names and personal names compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
Papers concerning Richard Haldane's visit in 1913 to America and Canada at the invitation of the American Bar Association., 1913.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20054-20055
Dates:
1913.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
Papers concerning Richard Haldane’s visit to America and Canada., 1913.
File
Identifier: MS.20054
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of menus and invitation cards (folio 1), a few press-cuttings (folio 36), and typed copies of the diaries of the visit kept by his sister Elizabeth (folio 42) and his private secretary Sir Kenneth (later Lord) Muir Mackenzie (folio 68).
Dates:
1913.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Papers concerning Richard Haldane's visit in 1913 to America and Canada at the invitation of the American Bar Association.
Papers concerning Scots law., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2763
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Eighteenth-century copy of 'Criminal forms', by Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw, Lord justice Clerk.
(ii) Copy of the Report on the fees of the Court of Justiciary, 1733 (folio 79);
(iii) A table of justiciary fees, 1749 (folio 89).
Dates:
18th century.
Papers concerning the claim of Henry Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn to the Earldom of Dundee., 16th century-17th century, 1843.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.11
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a genealogical table, and draft statements and opinion by John Riddell, 1843, and undated (folios 1-160), extracts made apparently in 1846 of 16th- and 17th-century public records relating to members of the family (folios 161-179), and a small miscellany of other papers (folios 180-190).
Dates:
16th century-17th century, 1843.
Papers concerning the College at Fort William., 1808-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11638
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Copies of certificates of proficiency and related material, 1813, (folio 1);(ii) Printed examination class lists, 1808-1813 (folio 23);(iii) Returns of the absence of students, 1811-1813 (folio 30);(iv) Lists of students who left the College, 1810-1813 (folio 38);(v) Declarations of debt given by students, 1813 (folio 47);(vi) Drafts in the 1st Earl of Minto's hand, of his farewell address...
Dates:
1808-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Papers on coinage concerning the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Cadet College, Barasat, and the College at Fort William.
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Correspondence and papers, concerning the administration of the College at Fort William.
Papers concerning the destruction of shipping off the American coast., 1813-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.2339
Dates:
1813-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.