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Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:
Sermons or other devotional writings, 1853, in the language of Old Calabar, by the Reverend William Anderson., 1832, 1853..
File
Identifier: MS.3112, folios 289-295
Scope and Contents
Also includes a copy made by the Reverend William Anderson in 1873 from a poem on the Reform Bill written on a corn-box in a stable in 1832 (folio 294).
Dates:
1832, 1853..
Seven duplicate plans of government and private properties in Scottish towns.
File
Identifier: Acc.3625
Scope and Contents
Includes the following:Number 1 ABERDEEN - Proposed extension of piers, circa 1868Number 2 AYR - Sketch plan of barracks property and coal works, 1821Numbers 3-8 transferred to Map LibraryNumber 9 EDINBURGH - Mr Brown's property in Argyle Square, 1861Number 10 transferred to Map LibraryNumber 11 EDINBURGH - Properties formerly on site occupied by the Law Courts, with reference to feu duties claimed by the City of...
Dates:
19th century.
Seven letters of John Claudius Loudon to John Milne, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.10709
Scope and Contents
On subjects connected with architecture, gardening, natural history and publishing in these fields.
Together with copy letter, 1832, of Milne to Loudon, and an annotated prospectus for Loudon`s "Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture" (1832).
Dates:
1829-1832.
Seven letters of Sir John Leslie to Sir Joseph Banks, with one copy of a reply by Banks and several endorsed draft replies., 1794-1805.
File
Identifier: MS.9818, folios 1-16
Dates:
1794-1805.
'Short Cronography or description of the tymes of the Estate of the Church from the Birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ till Martin Luther', by Michael Dalton., 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2680
Scope and Contents
The main work begins at folio 17. It is preceded by a summary (folio 1) entitled, 'The Contents of the severall Centuryes in this Booke concerning (especially) the state of the Roman Church and Empire, the decay of true Religion and rysing of the Papacy brieffely sett down and more fully shewed in the Booke following'. On folio 401 is a commentary on the Revelation of St John.At the end (folio 413) there is the beginning of another copy in the same hand. Throughout the complete...
Dates:
17th century.
Single letters 1906, 1908, of Joseph and Else Joachim, and a photograph (with a reduced copy) of Joseph Joachim, 1903.
File
Identifier: MS.22163
Dates:
1903-1908.
Single letters and documents., 1510-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2208
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, attributed to circa 1590, of John Gordoun to Patrick Bruce, Leith, with a modem transcript. ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, volume v, page 11. (Folio 1.)(ii) Eighteenth-century copy of Sir Thomas Wortley's inscription at Wharncliffe, 1510. (Folio 4.)(iii) Letter, 31 August 1582, signed by several of the Ruthven Raiders, to John Erskine of Dun, summoning him to Stirling. Smellie, William,...
Dates:
1510-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Miscellaneous smaller manuscripts, single letters, small collections, etc., now made up into volumes, the property of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Single letters and papers.
File
Identifier: MS.2521
Scope and Contents
The papers include: letters, 1795, 1810, of Sir Alexander Boswell, containing original humorous verse; copy of a list, 1849, made by Cockburn, giving the authorship of articles in the 'Edinburgh Review'; contemporary copy of a speech, ?1617, delivered by James I and VI in Edinburgh (parts being given in summary); letter, 1807, of Sir James Bland Burges (afterwards Lamb) on Sir Walter Scott's literary profits; letter, 1808, of Sir James Mackintosh dealing with Indian affairs; letter, 1830,...
Dates:
?1617-1849.
Single letters and papers chiefly of the nineteenth century, with a few of the eighteenth century.
File
Identifier: MS.1810
Dates:
1736-1893, 1903, undated.
Single manuscripts and small collections.
Series
Identifier: MS.2617
Dates:
1577-early 20th century.
Single manuscripts and small collections, presented at various times.
File
Identifier: MS.2224
Dates:
1652-1928, undated.
Sixteen Gaelic poems copied in the hand of the Reverend A J Macdonald., 1806-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.3781
Scope and Contents
'Gaelic Poems by sundry authors, mostly anonymous. From MSS. left by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine Minʳ of Little Dunkeld, 1806-1824. These MSS. were sent to Killearnan Manse by Miss Irvine Robertson, to whom they belong, and received by me, A.J. Macdonald, Minʳ of Killearnan, Octʳ 8. 1914.'.
Dates:
1806-1824.
Sixty-eight letters of David Livingstone (with typed copies of the first thirteen and a manuscript copy of another), chiefly to his parents, sisters, and sons, 1858-1871, with one each to William Cotton Oswell, 1849, and Robert Moffat, 1862., 1849-1871.
File
Identifier: MS.10701
Dates:
1849-1871.
Sketch-book, inscribed 'Present from Eliza, 1826', containing chiefly copies of sketches in MS.2863, with views of Elgin and Linlithgow., 1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.2865
Dates:
1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.
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Sketch-books of Major-General John Brown, chiefly containing landscapes.
Small collection of papers relating to the naval career of Admiral of the Fleet, the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot., 1843-1856.
File
Identifier: MS.19577
Small collections and single letters presented by various donors.
Series
Identifier: MS.5406
Dates:
1810-1897.
Small collections of correspondence and papers of and to members of the Haldane family.
Series
Identifier: MS.20260 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Dates:
[Circa 1735]-1948, undated.
Small collections of correspondence, with some papers, chiefly of J B S Haldane.
Series
Identifier: MS.20655
Dates:
1912-1936, undated.
Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2207
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous papers, 1647-1781, consisting chiefly of letters and orders addressed to William Farquharson of Inverey by Middleton and others, in connection with the Royalist campaign in Scotland, 1647-1656. 'Archaeologia Scotia', volume v, appendix, page 57. (Folio 1.)(ii) Orders of General Monck relating to Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy and the McNabs, 1654-1655, with modern transcripts, and a chaplain's commission given to...
Dates:
1647-1862, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Miscellaneous smaller manuscripts, single letters, small collections, etc., now made up into volumes, the property of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Small collections of letters and papers concerning people with surnames from F-W., 1741-1888, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1809
Small miscellaneous collection of military manuscripts, chiefly relating to Captain Robert Sinclair of Freswick and to his regiment, the 73rd Foot., 1727, 1780-1789.
File
Identifier: MS.3422
Small miscellany of letters (probably a remnant from a large collection), mostly by John Farquharson, formerly President of the Scots College, Douai, to the Scottish antiquary and historian, George Chalmers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.16
Scope and Contents
There are also three copies, all in Farquharson`s hand, of a memorial concerning the college. The items do not appear to have been arranged in any obvious order.
Dates:
1793-1809.