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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:
Various literary papers of the family of Erskine of Alva., 18th century-19th century.
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Identifier: MS.5113
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Addresses, 1835, undated, of an unidentified R D Murray to a St Stephen's Society, on such subjects as the advantages of public education, poetry, phrenology, etc. (folio 1);(ii) Class cards, lecture notes (mostly on legal subjects), and copies of the regulations for Dollar Academy, with excerpts from the sederunt books of the trustees, 1826 (folio 97);(iii) Various short prose pieces, chiefly nineteenth century, including...
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Various manuscripts of George Douglas Brown bound together., 1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8177-8180
Dates:
1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.
Various memoranda, petitions and letters concerning the administration of Madras, and a Copy of Sir Henry Gwillim's 'Charge to the Grand Jury at Madras'., 1804-1810.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11651-11652
Dates:
1804-1810.
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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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.
Various papers, chiefly copies, relating to the administration of military affairs in Madras, particularly in connection with George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, as Governor of Madras, and Commander-in-Chief at Madras., 1844-1848.
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Identifier: MS.14561
Dates:
1844-1848.
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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Official papers, being chiefly copies, of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras and Commander-in-Chief at Madras.
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Various papers, chiefly copies, relating to the administration of military affairs in Madras, particularly in connection with George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, as Governor of Madras, and Commander-in-Chief at Madras.
Various papers, chiefly copies, relating to the administration of military affairs in Madras, particularly in connection with George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, as Governor of Madras, and Commander-in-Chief at Madras., 1834-1848.
File
Identifier: MSS.14560-14561
Dates:
1834-1848.
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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Official papers, being chiefly copies, of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras and Commander-in-Chief at Madras.
Various papers, chiefly copies, relating to the administration of military affairs in Madras, particularly in connection with George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, as Governor of Madras, and Commander-in-Chief at Madras., 1834-1843.
File
Identifier: MS.14560
Dates:
1834-1843.
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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Official papers, being chiefly copies, of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras and Commander-in-Chief at Madras.
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Various papers, chiefly copies, relating to the administration of military affairs in Madras, particularly in connection with George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, as Governor of Madras, and Commander-in-Chief at Madras.
Various papers, including copies of and a report on intercepted letters of Lord Lovat, 1703-1704., 1651-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.10335, folios 1-31
Dates:
1651-1857.
Various papers of, concerning and collected by William Barclay David Donald Turnbull., 1633-1861, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2106
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Original documents: account of copper coins issued by the Earl of Stirling, 1633; account with Mr George Halyburtoun, 1636; letter regarding appointment of a minister to Eddleston, 1642 (folio 1);(ii) 'The Original of the Antient Scots', by Chevalier O'Gorman, undated (folio 7);(iii) Papers relating to the 'Monasticon Scoticanum' (folio 71); also copies of letters, etc., of the Earl of Buchan regarding Walter Macfarlane's...
Dates:
1633-1861, undated.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Army Department., 1905-1910, [circa 1916.]
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Identifier: MS.12678
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence and papers, including copies of earlier material, relating to the reorganisation of army administration, 1905 (folio l);
(ii) Memorandum by Lord Kitchener, 1906, concerning army reforms, an answer to the article by John and Richard Strachey, 'Playing with fire: Mr Brodrick and Lord Curzon', ‘National Review’, volume xlvi, 1905-1906, pages 593-620 (folio 151);
(iii) Miscellaneous papers connected with the reform of army administration in India,...
Dates:
1905-1910, [circa 1916.]
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Army Department.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1836-1839.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12214-12215
Dates:
1836-1839.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1838-1839.
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Identifier: MS.12215
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copy, reproduced from manuscript, of the 'Protocole de la Conferance tenue au Foreign Office le 6 Dec. 1838', with annexes to protocol, which relates to the Belgian-Dutch settlement;
(ii) Printed copy of the above protocol and annexes;
(iii) Printed copy of the protocol of the conference of 23 January 1839, with annexes;
(iv) Printed copy of the protocol of the conference of 4 February 1839, with annexes;
(v) Printed copy of the protocol of the conference of...
Dates:
1838-1839.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1847-1852.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12221-12222, 12224
Dates:
1847-1852.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1848-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.12221
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Case of Captain Cook', a memorandum, undated, but circa 1850, 2 pages;
(ii) Copies of dispatches of Thomas Wyse, Athens, to Lord Palmerston 3 and 4 June 1850, 4 pages; 2 pages;
(iii) 'Memorandum on the Answer of the Government of Greece to that of Great-Britain respecting the Islands of Cervi and Sapienza', Foreign Office 31 December 1849, 7 pages;
(iv) 'Memorandum on the Condition and Prospect of Roman Affairs', 14 January 1850, 14 pages;
(v) 'Statement of...
Dates:
1848-1850.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1847-1852.
File
Identifier: MS.12222
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Papers respecting Siam', 1850, 63 pages;
(ii) 'Relations with France', two papers, December 1851, 3 pages;
(iii) 'Memorandum as to the Plans of the so-called Illyrian Party in Croatia', Foreign Office, 16 October 1851, 29 pages;
(iv) 'Nunneries in Catholic Countries', Foreign Office, 21 April 1851, 5 pages;
(v) Memorandum on the Germanic Confederation, translated from the French original, 5 March 1851, 3 pages;
(vi) 'Relations between the See of Rome and...
Dates:
1847-1852.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet.
Verses and copies of verses by John MacCulloch, geologist and his daughter, Frances.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10051
Dates:
1802-1872.
Version of Robert Lindesay of Pitscottie's ‘Historie and Cronicles of Scotland'., 2nd half of 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3147
Scope and Contents
This version differs considerably in phrasing and in content from that edited by A J G Mackay for the ‘Scottish Text Society’ (1899-1911), and, apparently, from all other manuscripts. It was probably written by William Steuart, 1631 (see folios 26 verso, 36, 45).
The first portion ends with an account of Bothwell's marriage to Lady Jane Gordon in 1566 (folio 91 verso).'Heir followes the addition qlk I have copied out of the Annalls off England, qlk I thot meit to writ very...
Dates:
2nd half of 16th century.
Volume, compiled 1752, of the ‘Attorney General`s Opinions` on English excise cases, 1672-1707.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.2.2
Scope and Contents
The collection is said by John Maule of Inverkeilor, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, to have been `Copyed from a Book in the excise Office at Edinburgh and gifted to me by the Commissioners of Excise`. The case opinions are arranged chronologically and refer almost entirely to duties, allowances and other regulations on spirits, beer, cider, perry and vinegar. Entries from page 197 postdate the Union of 1707.
Dates:
1672-1707.
Volume compiled by Robert Pitcairn consisting of printed and some manuscript items of and concerning Archibald Pitcairne.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.7.17
Scope and Contents
The items of manuscript interest consist of presentation and other notes (numbers 26, 112), a poem (91) and a letter, 1711 (108), of Archibald Pitcairne; poems by Thomas Kincaid and Allan Ramsay (89, 92) and a poem (90) and notes in other contemporary hands (4, 5, 32, 45, 95, 102, 109); and notes and extracts (2, 3, 6, 39, 46a, 70, 88, 92a, 95a, 102a, 104) in Robert Pitcairn`s hand, and a copy by him, dated 1825, of a decreet of the Privy Council in favour of Archibald Pitcairne, 1700 (111)....
Dates:
1700, 1711.
Volume containing a copy of the statutes of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a manuscript of an apparently unpublished early edition of the Edinburgh ‘Pharmacopoeia’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.6.4
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) A 17th-century copy of the statutes of 1647 of the Royal College of Physicians of London (folio 1).(ii) ‘Pharmacopoeia a Regio Medicorum Edinburgensium Collegio adornata. Edinburgi Typis Haeredis Andreae Anderson MDCLXXXV` (folio 27). This appears to be the manuscript of an early edition of the ‘Pharmacopoeia’ which was never published. The work was first proposed in 1683 but did not appear until 1699 (see ‘The Edinburgh...
Dates:
1647-late 17th century.
Volume containing a fair copy (possibly the original) of `Ane treatise of the Happie and Blissed Vnioun, betuixt the tua ancienne realmes of Scotland and England ... ` by John Russell (folio 1), followed by `Ane wther treatise, contiening the deuty and office, of ane Christiane prince, ...` (folio 21).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.7
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is the earlier of two known copies, the other being in the British Library, Royal MS 18.A.LXXVI. This copy appears to have been written between May and October 1604: the other, which contains numerous differences, appears to have been written after October 1604, and probably in 1605, and was probably presented to King James.
Dates:
1604.
Volume containing a few memoranda and copies of letters entered infrequently; it appears to have been discontinued and the contents recopied in other volumes., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.19
Dates:
1809-1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
Volume containing copies of legal opinions (mostly of Robert Blair of Avontoun as Solicitor General), and of other legal letters and papers (some printed) on various topics.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.8
Scope and Contents
A letter is tipped in at folio 20, copies of legal papers are tipped in at folios 76 and 114, and printed legal papers are tipped in and pasted in at folios 29 and 32 verso respectively; folios 85-113, 116-120 are blank.
Dates:
1746, 1798-1824.
Volume containing copies of two accounts of the family of Dunbar.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.2
Scope and Contents
(i) `A short account of the noble and ancient Family of Dunbar. Writen, A[?] 1744.` The writer deals with the origin of the family, the family of Dunbar and March descended from the Earls of Northumberland, the families of Dundas and Home, the Dunbars of Cumnock and Mochrum, the Dunbars Earls of Moray, the Dunbars of Westfield and their branches, and the armorial bearings of the Dunbars, and adds genealogical trees of the family of Dunbar and March, of the Earls of Home and Marchmont, and of...
Dates:
1554, 1744.
Volume containing copies, written on sheets watermarked 1798, of notes of events, and the sources in which they are recorded, in the reigns of the kings of Scotland from 1040 (the beginning of the reign of Macbeth) to 1570.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.7
Scope and Contents
A page is accorded to each year, even when there is little or nothing recorded; but 1199 is followed by 1277 (the pagination is continuous) without any explanation for the gap being given. From 1537 several (from 1559, most) of the years are accorded more than one page. The manuscript appears to have written by James Chalmers for his uncle George Chalmers the antiquary, whose bookplate is pasted inside the front cover. The source is unidentified, but may have been notes compiled by Thomas...
Dates:
1798, or after.