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Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of Helen B Cruickshank., 1909-1975, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26706
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, mostly concerning Helen Cruickshank's publications, 1909- 1975, undated (folio 1); (ii) Copies of poems by Helen Cruickshank and others, 1917-1972, undated (folio 68); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1928-1975, undated (folio 100). They include autobiographical notes written by Helen Cruickshank for use with an application for a grant (folio l09).

Dates: 1909-1975, undated.

Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, concerning the Grant trust., 1929-1944.

 File
Identifier: MS.24722
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Further Grant Trust correspondence and papers, 1940-1944 (folio 1); (ii) Copy, agreement and deed of trust between the trustees of the National Library, and Sir Alexander Grant and his trustees, January 1929 (folio 93); (iii) Copies of supplementary agreements (2) between the same parties, March-April 1933 and August-September 1935 (folio 103); (iv) Copy, memorandum by Lord Clyde on the Grant Trust, 24 June 1939 (folio 121); (v) Manuscript draft and...
Dates: 1929-1944.

Correspondence and papers of John Buchanan, 'Glasguensis', and papers collected by him, dealing almost exclusively with the history of Glasgow and district., 1759-1899.

 File
Identifier: MS.2675
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters of John Buchanan to Joseph Irving, author and journalist, 1856-1859, 1875 (folio 1);(ii) Letters, 1852, 1855-1856, 1859-1863, 1865, of Robert Reid, 'Senex' of the Glasgow Herald, to Buchanan; and a copy of an autobiographical memoir of Reid, 1855, with comments by Buchanan (folio 47);(iii) Letters, 1856, of Hugh James Rollo, Writer to the Signet, the Younger, to Buchanan, with genealogies of the family of Paterson of...
Dates: 1759-1899.

Correspondence and papers of John Wilson, missionary in Bombay., 1826-1875, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8955
Scope and Contents The principal contents are: letters (with typescript copies) of John Wilson as secretary of the Edinburgh Association of Theological Students (folio 1); his plans for missionary work (folio 36); letters to him from various orientalists and politicians (folio 46); papers on George Strachan (folio 116); ninth-century accounts of India (folio 122); notes on Indian history (folio 134); a translation by Aviet Aganoor of Eznik's treatise against the Parsis (folio 159); and a paper (imperfect at...
Dates: 1826-1875, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Rennie family., 1821-1863.

 File
Identifier: MS.19938
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers of George Rennie, engineer, 1821-1863 (folio 1); (ii) Papers relating to the sale in 1850 of John Rennie's library by his sons, including annotated sale catalogues etc. (folio 186); (iii) Copy, 1893, of George Rennie's marriage certificate, 1828 (folio 240); (iv) Letters to James Watt junior, passed on to George Rennie, on the subject of John Rennie's life and work, 1821 (folio 241).

Dates: 1821-1863.

Correspondence and press cuttings concerning 'Life and letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron', by Ethel Colburn Mayne., 1929-1930.

 File
Identifier: MS.43540
Scope and Contents The correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. Letters of Richard John Frederick Edgcumbe to John Murray [V] with a copy of a reply, 1929: folios 1-4;Letters of Judith Anne Dorothea Blunt-Lytton, Lady Wentworth, to John Murray [V] with copies of some of his replies, 1929: folios 5-12;Letters of Ethel Colburn Mayne to John Murray [V] with copies of his replies, 1929-1930: folios 13-32;Letter of Mary...
Dates: 1929-1930.

Correspondence between John Cam Hobhouse and John Galt., 1830.

 File
Identifier: MS.42285
Scope and Contents This correspondence between John Cam Hobhouse and John Galt follows the publication of 'Life of Lord Byron', by John Galt, 1830.The correspondence has been placed in chronological order:Letter of John Galt to John Cam Hobhouse, 28 July 1830: folios 1-2;Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to John Galt, 2 Sep 1830: folios 3-4;Letter of John Cam Hobhouse to John Galt, 2 Sep 1830: folios 5-6;Letter of John Galt to John Cam Hobhouse, 3 Sep 1830:...
Dates: 1830.

Correspondence between John Rennie and Messrs Boulton and Watt., 1788-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.19824
Scope and Contents The correspondence is dated 1788, 1792, 1800, 1802, 1806, 1808-1821. Since John Rennie always used Boulton and Watt's engines, and Boulton and Watt Rennie's mill work, the bulk of this correspondence is to be found with the papers relating to specific undertakings. This volume contains miscellaneous and personal material, but it does include the letters from James Watt junior on his trip up the Rhine in the steam ship 'Caledonia' in 1817. It also contains (folio 1) a copy of the patent...
Dates: 1788-1821.

Correspondence between Lord Byron and Sir James and Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn., 1809-1854.

 File
Identifier: MS.43511
Scope and Contents Letters of Lady Frances have been placed before the correspondence of Sir James. When first made available for consultation, before foliation, the letters of Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn were housed in Ms.43512. These were moved to their current location during cataloguing. Among them was a letter date 29 August ?1813. This has since been identified as being of Frances Parkyns, so has been moved to Ms.43504 ff.106-108.Letters of Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn to Lord...
Dates: 1809-1854.

Correspondence between Lord Byron and Thomas Moore., 1811-1822, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.43485
Scope and Contents The letters of Byron to Moore have been placed before the letters of Moore to Byron. The letters have been further arranged into chronological order within each section.Wrapper with note by John Cam Hobhouse, not dated: folio 1;Copies, in the hand of Lord Byron, of letters of Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 1811: folios 2-7;Letters of Thomas Moore to Lord Byron dated 1811: folios 8-27;Letters of Thomas Moore to Lord Byron dated 1812: folios...
Dates: 1811-1822, undated.

Correspondence between Lord Byron and various friends from Harrow School with surnames from Bathe-Merivale., 1805-1819.

 File
Identifier: MS.43514
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged largely in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Letters of John Thomas Claridge to Lord Byron, 1808-1811, ff.1-28;Letter of James De Bathe to Lord Byron, 1808, ff.29-30;Letters of Charles Drummond to Lord Byron, 1805, ff.31-50;Letters of Charles David Gordon to Lord Byron, 1805-1806 and 1808, ff.51-64;Letters of William Harness to Lord Byron, 1808-1809, 1811, 1814 and undated, ff.65-89;...
Dates: 1805-1819.