Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning the erection of baronetcies in Nova Scotia.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.3
Scope and Contents
The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They had become separated from the rest of the collection, but can be identified from the original inventory.The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Copy of a letter of James VI to the Privy Council, 1624 (folio 1). The letter is printed in `The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland`, 1st series, volume xiii, page 616.(ii) Copy of undertakings by the newly-created baronets, of payments to Sir...
Dates:
1624-?1625, early 18th century.
Papers concerning the estates forfeited and annexed after the Jacobite Risings., 1732-1764, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17587-17590
Scope and Contents
The majority of the papers relate to the Commissioners for Annexed Estates appointed in 1755, of whom Lord Milton was one.
Dates:
1732-1764, undated.
Papers concerning the families of Gardiner, Milne, and Gregor, Banffshire.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7798
Dates:
1721-circa 1944.
Papers concerning the family of Douglas of Cavers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6943
Scope and Contents
Including 17th century copies of four charters, 1353-1412, and other estate papers, 1558-1950.
Dates:
1353-1950.
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198
Dates:
1569-1876, undated.
Papers concerning the Lauderdale and Tweeddale families., 1663-early 18th century, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14548
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts, 1663-1680, of the Duke of Lauderdale with Sir William Sharp (folio 1);(ii) Accounts, 1677-1678, of debts due by the Duke of Lauderdale (folio 47);(iii) Memoranda, 1666, concerning the marriage contract between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, with a copy of the discharge, 1668, by the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale to the 2nd Marquess and Lady Mary Maitland (folio 57);(iv) Papers,...
Dates:
1663-early 18th century, undated.
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 on special subjects.
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Papers of transactions and lawsuits between the Tweeddale and Lauderdale families, deriving chiefly from the marriage between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of the Duke of Lauderdale.
Papers concerning the Marine Board., 1810, 1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11607
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Tables compiled by Captain Robert Scott, Secretary to the Marine Board, with copies of his letters to Henry Churchill, Marine Paymaster and Naval Storekeeper, concerning the prices charged in the Naval Storekeeper's bills for January to February, 1810 (folio 1); (ii) Copy of a memorandum, of Captain Robert Scott, addressed to the members of the Marine Board, 1813.
Dates:
1810, 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.
Papers concerning the minor estates of the Hays of Yester., 1437, 1603-1825, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14776-14777
Dates:
1437, 1603-1825, undated.
Papers concerning the minor estates of the Hays of Yester., 1437, 1603-1743, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14776
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Copy, 17th century, of a royal charter, 1437, to William Borthwick of his lands (folio 1);(ii) Various papers, 1603-1663, 1703, undated, concerning the lands of the barony of Loquhariot and church affairs in Borthwick and Heriot, with legal papers, 1740-1743, concerning the teinds of Blackhope (folio 3);(iii) Various papers, including accounts, 1603-1663, undated, concerning the barony of Snade and the teinds of Kirkconnel...
Dates:
1437, 1603-1743, undated.
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 the minor estates of the Hays of Yester.
Papers concerning the Peebleshire Society, compiled and collected by James R Patterson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.4537
Scope and Contents
Including copies of minutes and accounts and press cuttings.
Dates:
20th century.
Papers concerning the Peers of Scotland., 1707-1761.
File
Identifier: MS.17534
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise a list of Peers according to the Rolls of the last Parliament of Scotland, 1707; copy of a petition by them to Queen Anne concerning their right to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a peerage of Great Britain, 1710; notes of limitations on Scots peerages, 1740; opinion on the succession to Lord Newark, 1741; the Earl of Bute's list for voting at the election of Representative Peers, 1747; ten proxies, signed but not completed, for the same election; two claims to...
Dates:
1707-1761.
Papers concerning the reorganisation of University Hall, Edinburgh., 1928-1949.
File
Identifier: MS.19282
Papers concerning the Society of Writers to His Majesty`s Signet.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.6
Scope and Contents
The papers include copies of acts and proposals to prevent abuses within the Society, 1666-1699 (folio 3); a declaration of loyalty to William III, 1701 (folio 19); and petitions to the Society, 1699-1733 (folio 21).
Dates:
1632-1733.
Papers concerning the trial and murder of John Porteous., 1736-1737.
File
Identifier: MS.17509
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: precognitions on the riot and other papers relating to the trial (folio 1); papers concerning what was published in the ‘Caledonian Mercury’ (folio 44); papers concerning the murder (folio 62); notes on the trial, especially the objections of English lawyers to the proceedings (folio 82); copies of precedents (folio 83), and notes on the proceedings in the House of Lords (folio 241).
Dates:
1736-1737.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the trial and murder of John Porteous, Captain of the Edinburgh City Guard. Lord Milton, as Lord Justice Clerk, presided at the trial.
Papers concerning the war with Tipu., 1799.
File
Identifier: MS.13792
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of:
(i) Account of the war with Tipu, from May 1799, continuing the account begun in MS.13791 (folio 2);
(ii) Copy official correspondence about the campaign, 1799, which duplicates MS.13776 (folio 13);
(iii) Orders and arrangement for the assault upon Seringapatam (folio 22);
(iv) Record of prize money awarded (folio 38).
Dates:
1799.
Papers connected with the Earldom of Crawford., 18th century, 1808-1834, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.7
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of a miscellany of 18th-century papers, some of which relate to Lady Mary Campbell, sister of the 19th Earl of Crawford (folios 1-24), followed by a possibly incomplete collection of letters and papers (including several copies of 18th-century documents) in the unsuccessful claim by Colonel William Claude Campbell to the Earldom of Crawford, 1808-1834, and undated (folios 25-285).
Dates:
18th century, 1808-1834, and undated.
Papers consisting of copies of correspondence, statements, transcripts of documents, and printed legal papers, arranged apparently in a chronological sequence, concerning the competing claims of Reginald George Macdonald of Castletirrim and Alexander Ronaldson MacDonell of Glengarry as Chief of Macdonald., 1822-1824, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.2.7
Dates:
1822-1824, and undated.
Papers, correspondence and accounts concerning various members of the Campbell family., 1728-1765, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17695
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Copies of letters and decreet arbitral concerning Sir James Campbell of Aberuchil and Colin Campbell, collector of Prestonpans, 1735-1736 (folio 1);(ii) Notes on the affairs of the widow of Archibald Campbell, collector of Prestonpans, 1765 (folio 11);(iii) Accounts, mostly for seeds, of Colonel John Campbell of Mamore (later 4th Duke of Argyll), 1728-1741, undated (folio 14);(iv) Correspondence and papers...
Dates:
1728-1765, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
Papers from the collection of Thomas Ruddiman.
File
Identifier: MS.2918
Scope and Contents
Numbers (i), (iv)-(vi) are in Thomas Ruddiman's hand, and some of the others are doubtless copied from his drafting.(i) Epitaph on Sir George Ogilvie, 1st Baronet of Barras.(ii) 'Presbyter Reformatus ad Reginam', Latin Second Asclepiadeans, signed 'Nabothus Chamaeleon' and inscribed by the author to Sir George Lockhart of Carnwath.(iii) Printed address of the corporation and people of Kirkwall to Alexander Geddes, a bailie of that town, to accompany a...
Dates:
18th century.
Papers from the John Mabon Warden Collection of shorthand books.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5706/1-67
Scope and Contents
The collection of shorthand books was formed by John Mabon Warden of Edinburgh (1856-1933). Warden was an actuary for the Scottish Equitable Insurance Company. He started work at the company in 1874 as a junior clerk and gradually worked his way up to secretary of the Company, retiring in 1926. He had a wide range of private interests, such as mathematical problems, genealogy, Esperanto (becoming a leading scholar of the language) and stenography.He built up a comprehensive...
Dates:
1661-1930, undated.
'Papers in Mr Ernst's Case' being copies of correspondence, reports and statistics of and concerning Thomas Henry-Ernst, relating to dacoity in the district of Hooghly and neighbouring districts., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.11597(i)
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Papers of the Bengal Government relating to the Judicial Department and the administration of law and law enforcement.
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'Papers in Mr Ernst's Case' being copies of correspondence, reports and statistics of and concerning Thomas Henry-Ernst, relating to dacoity in the district of Hooghly and neighbouring districts.
'Papers in Mr Ernst's Case' being copies of correspondence, reports and statistics of and concerning Thomas Henry-Ernst, relating to dacoity in the district of Hooghly and neighbouring districts., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.11597(ii)
Dates:
1809-1810.
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 of the Bengal Government relating to the Judicial Department and the administration of law and law enforcement.
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'Papers in Mr Ernst's Case' being copies of correspondence, reports and statistics of and concerning Thomas Henry-Ernst, relating to dacoity in the district of Hooghly and neighbouring districts.
Papers in the claims to the title of Marquess of Annandale made by Sir George Frederic Johnstone, of Westerhall, 7th Baronet, and by John James Hope Johnstone of Annandale., 1825-1844, and undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.26.1.3-26.1.5
Dates:
1825-1844, and undated.
Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents
Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.
Dates:
1933-1961, undated.