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Copies. Derivative objects.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Copies of documents concerning the Commission for Valuation of Teinds.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.7
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Copies or styles of deeds more or less connected with tythes and patronages; (ii) Decisions and proceedings of the Commission for Plantation of Kirks, 1631-1673.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (Jac.V.2.5).

Dates: 17th century.

Copies of documents relating to roads in the Highlands.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.19
Scope and Contents Copy of a memorial to the Treasury, 1799, by Robert Anstruther, Inspector of Military Roads, asking that the majority of the roads constructed in the Highlands continue to be maintained at public expense (folio 1), and two copies (folios 5, 8) of a letter, 1796, of Captain (afterwards Lieutenant-General) Henry Rudyerd to the Secretary of the British Society for extending of the Fisheries and improving the Seacoasts of the Kingdom, reporting on the road recently constructed from Contin to...
Dates: 1796, 1799.

Copies of early poems of Sir Walter Scott in the hand of Henry Mackenzie., [Before 1831.]

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Identifier: MS.2536
Scope and Contents

The poems copied are 'The Erle-King', the Morlachian fragment, 'The Mermaid' (translated from Goethe's 'Fischer' and apparently unpublished), 'Glenfinlas', 'The Eve of St. John', and 'The Fire-King'. They contain variations from the printed versions.

Dates: [Before 1831.]

Copies of entries for poetry prizes judged by Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1972, 1977.

 File
Identifier: MS.26623
Scope and Contents

Contains the following entries. (i) The Grierson Verse Prize of Edinburgh University, 1972 (folio 1); (ii) The Radio Forth Jubilee Poetry Competition, 1977 (folio 19). The names of the competitors have not been indexed.

Dates: 1972, 1977.

Copies of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in parish churchyards in Lanarkshire, compiled, with introductions, photographs, lists of contents, and indexes, by John Smith, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.2238-2244
Scope and Contents

John Smith is the author of "Monumental inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh", edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, in 'Scottish Record Society' series (Edinburgh, 1915, 1919).

Dates: 1915-1919.

Copies of excerpts of letters to Dr J D Ross Watt, and miscellaneous articles on subjects relating to the bagpipes., 1880-1913, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9621
Scope and Contents

The contents are arranged as follows:

Copies of excerpts of letters, 1911-1913, undated, from various correspondents, including Dr Charles Bannatyne, John Grant, and Dr K N MacDonald, to Dr J D Ross Watt, 1911-1913, undated (folio 1);

An article, undated, on canntaireachd possibly by Alexander K Cameron (folio 90);

Miscellaneous copies of printed articles, 1880, undated, on subjects relating to the bagpipes (folio 111).

Dates: 1880-1913, undated.

Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., chiefly dated 1777-1787, some in the hand of Henrietta, Marchioness of Lothian., 1142, 1163, 1724-1787.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5757-5758
Scope and Contents

Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.

Dates: 1142, 1163, 1724-1787.