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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

'Letters amorous, complementall, consolatorie, informing, militarie, historicall’: copies or drafts of letters of William Drummond of Hawthornden, in his hand, with a few letters of other persons, 1605, undated., 1605, 1626, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2061
Scope and Contents The volume also contains:'Of impresas' (folio 128); 'A dedication of some poems to Cragmiller' (folio 131); 'Of change of religion' (folio 136 verso); 'In praise of the allegorie in poesie' (folio 143); 'For the geneologie of the house of Drummond' (folio 144 verso); 'In praise of letters' (folio 147); 'New-Scotland' (folio 148); 'The Hermitage' (folio 151); 'Discourse in commendation of kinglie government', 1626 (folio 159); Speeches, etc., connected with the visit of Charles I...
Dates: 1605, 1626, undated.

Letters and copies of letters concerning the War of the Second Coalition against France, chiefly to General John Ramsay, son of the painter Allan Ramsay, some being addressed to Earl Whitworth and William Wickham.

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Identifier: MS.731
Scope and Contents

The letters relate to the war against France, and particularly to dealings with Portugal and Russia, operations in Switzerland and the employment of Swiss troops, and the corps of the Prince of Condé. The writers include Baron Grenville, George Hammond, General Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the 1st Earl of Muzgrave.

Dates: 1796-1821.

Letters and copies of letters of Andrew Stuart to James Stuart with a few related letters and documents., 1779-1784, 1789-1790, undated.

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Identifier: MS.8330
Scope and Contents

The letters concern, among other topics, political developments in England arising out of James Stuart's affairs in India and Andrew Stuart's handling of these affairs, public affairs in England, and personal matters, including the recommendation of various individuals in India to James' attention. The later letters deal mainly with James' affairs, Andrew's genealogical researches, and Castlemilk estate business.

Dates: 1779-1784, 1789-1790, undated.

Letters and copies of letters of Augusta Leigh to Elizabeth Vassall Fox (Lady Holland), John Murray II and John Murray III., 1816-1850, 1960, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43482
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically within each section, with those of uncertain date placed at the end of the sequence.Copy, 1960, of a letter of Augusta Leigh to Elizabeth Vassall Fox (Lady Holland), undated: folios 1-3;Letters of Augusta Leigh to John Murray [II] dated:1816: folios 4-36;1817: folios 37-49;1818: folios 50-60;1819: folio 61-65;1820:...
Dates: 1816-1850, 1960, undated.

Letters and copies of letters of Hugh A Munro to his sisters and parents., 1914-1915.

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Identifier: MS.26930
Scope and Contents

Hugh, who was Neil Munro's elder son, joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1914 and was killed in action the following year. His letters give a vivid account of life in the trenches.

Dates: 1914-1915.

Letters and copies of letters to James Stuart, chiefly from members of his family, fellow officers of the East India Company, and correspondents in England, with a few copies of correspondence of other people., 1775-1791, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8326-8329
Scope and Contents

A few items have draft replies by James Stuart appended to them.

The letters mainly concern social conditions in India, administrative and political situations there, and personal and political affairs in England after Stuart's return in 1784.

Dates: 1775-1791, undated.

Letters and dispatches, chiefly copies, received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition., 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11621
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters of Neil Benjamin Edmondstone to the Honourable John Edmund Elliot (folio 1); (ii) Copy of a letter of Charles Wrighte Gardiner, Military Department, to Thomas Stamford Raffles (folio 9); (iii) Letter of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone to the 1st Earl of Minto with an enclosed copy of a dispatch from the Bengal Government to Lieutenant-General Thomas Maitland, Governor of Ceylon (folio 11); (iv) Copy of a dispatch of the Bengal Government to the Secret...
Dates: 1811.

Letters and enclosures from John Coxe Hippisley to the 1st Earl of Minto, and correspondence of Hippisley with Colonel William Fullarton., 1781-1783.

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Identifier: MS.11142
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Letters and enclosures from John Coxe Hippisley to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1781-1783, chiefly concerning affairs in India (folio 1); (ii) Copies of correspondence, 1783, of Colonel William Fullarton with Hippisley, the Goverment of Madras and military commanders in India. This correspondence was sent by Hippisley to the 1st Earl in 1783 (folio 126).

Dates: 1781-1783.

‘Letters and instructions of state between England and Scotland’, a volume of copies in a modern hand from original papers in the Cotton Library being chiefly letters of English Ambassadors in Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.18
Scope and Contents

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.7.2.

Dates: 1580-1581.