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Copies. Derivative objects.

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Copies of letters, 1856, 1884, of John and Margaret McDonald to relatives in Rosshire.

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Identifier: Acc.7024
Scope and Contents

With a postcard, 1901, from Philadelphia.

Dates: 1856-1901.

Copies of letters and instructions of Thomas, Baron Wharton, deputy warden of the marches.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.8
Scope and Contents

Most of the material concerns the order of the watches in the three marches, giving the areas covered and, in some cases, the names of those concerned.

The volume may have been intended for John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; his arms are painted on page 2, and the bear and ragged staff of Warwick drawn on page 3. There are large decorated initials in pen and ink on pages 3, 7, 13, 37, 121 and 153, some of which bear the letters IN, TP, CC or TW.

Dates: 1552-1553.

Copies of letters and reports from Captain John Barlow and other officers commanding detachments of the Buffs in the Western Isles and the Laggan and Loch Rannoch areas.

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Identifier: MS.10691
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Captain Barlow reports on his searches for arms and Catholic priests in the islands, and on shipping in the area. He also comments on the topography and social conditions, and puts forward suggestions for a permanent garrison, the building of schools and customs houses, etc. Reports from the mainland are chiefly concerned with cattle thieving and the power of the chiefs. The inverted folios contain tables of military posts in the Highlands and Scotland generally.

Dates: 1753-1754.

Copies of letters, dated 1812, of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Lamb., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43475
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These are manuscript copies of letters of Lord Byron to Lady Melbourne dating from 1812. The copies are undated, but have been arranged in chronological order by date on the original letters.

Manuscript copies of letters of Byron to Lady Melbourne:

September 1812: folios 1-33;

October 1812: folios 34-50;

November 1812: folios 51-78;

December 1812: folios 79-99.

Dates: Undated.

Copies of letters, dated 1813, of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Lamb in an unidentified hand., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43476
Scope and Contents These are manuscript copies of letters of Lord Byron to Lady Melbourne dated from 1813. The copies are undated, but have been arranged in chronological order by date on the original letters.Manuscript copies of letters of Byron to Lady Melbourne dated:January 1813: folios 1-12;February 1813: folios 13-26;March 1813: folios 27-35;April 1813: folios 36-45;May 1813: folios 46-64;June 1813: folios 65-70;...
Dates: Undated.

Copies of letters, dated 1814-1815, mostly of Lord Byron to Elizabeth Lamb in an unidentified hand., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43477
Scope and Contents These are manuscript copies of letters of Lord Byron to Lady Melbourne dating from 1814-1815, with some copies of letters of Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron, which have been placed at the end of the sequence. The copies are undated, but have been arranged in chronological order by date on the original letters.Manuscript copies of letters of Lord Byron to Lady Melbourne dated:January 1814: folios 1-31;February 1814: folios 32-42;March 1814: folios...
Dates: Undated.

Copies of letters, notes and other papers of Stephen Hislop., 1837-1862, undated.

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Identifier: MS.8958
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Copies by Stephen Hislop of his letters to the conveners (Robert Gordon, James Buchanan, William K Tweedie) of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, with some other letters on financial matters, 1845-1852, 1857, undated (folio 1); (ii) Copies in a later hand of Hislop's letters, 1846, 1850-1851, 1862, undated, to his colleague Robert Hunter (folio 84); (iii) Notes, 1844-1845, 1851-1852, by Hislop on expenses (folio 131); (iv) Various...
Dates: 1837-1862, undated.