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Letters and memoranda, 1785-1794, written by the descendants of peers attainted in the 1715 Jacobite rising in an attempt to recover their titles and estates.

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Identifier: MS.5209
Scope and Contents

Most of the letters and memorandums, 1785-1794 are from the Earl of Mar, addressed apparently to the Earl of Seaforth (folios 13-67).

Also included are notes and copies of opinions, 1761-1820, on the succession to five peerages attainted in the 1715 and 1745 risings (folios 68-137), and miscellaneous notes, undated, on peerages (folios 1-12).

Dates: 1761-1820, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters and 'miscellaneous documents' of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, chiefly concerning the National Library of Scotland., 1922-1936.

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Identifier: MS.25270
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters, 1924-1935, concerned with the purchase of Mary, Queen of Scots, manuscripts (1924), and with the business of the National Library Board of Trustees (folio 1); (ii-xi) 'Miscellaneous documents', 1922-1936, as follows. (ii) Copy of a letter, 1922, of Sir Frederick Kenyon, British Museum, to Dr W K Dickson on a Treasury grant to the Advocates' Library (folio 68); (iii) Correspondence with Sir John Lamb and Lord Novar (Secretary for Scotland) on the...
Dates: 1922-1936.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan (1873-1952). / Correspondence and papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan concerning the Advocates' Library and the National Library of Scotland.

Letters and notes concerning the publication by John Murray of 'Works of Lord Byron'., 1896-1915.

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Identifier: MS.43499
Scope and Contents These letters, notes and proofs all concern 'The Works of Lord Byron', which was edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and Rowland Edmund Prothero, and published in 13 volumes by Murray between 1898 and 1904. The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Letters of Ernest Hartley Coleridge to John Murray IV, 1896-1915: folios 1-113;Letters of Charles Plumptre Johnson to John Murray IV, 1899-1900: folios 114-119;...
Dates: 1896-1915.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet. / Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle. / Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.

Letters and papers addressed to John Forbes by Portuguese ministers and soldiers, with drafts or copies of some of Forbes’ replies., 1793-1796.

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Identifier: MSS.15342-15344
Dates: 1793-1796.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Forbes, Lieutenant-General in the Portuguese service.

Letters and papers, chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland., 1548-1550, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2991
Scope and Contents Each item is accompanied by a modern abstract in French and, in most cases, a typed English translation.The contents are as follows.(i) Contemporary copy of instructions given by the Dukes de Guise and de Montmorency to the Seigneurs de Fourquevaux and de Visque regarding their mission to Scotland with 1200 men and munitions, Bordeaux, 1548(folio 7). Preceded by an abstract (folio 1 verso) and a translation (folio 2).(ii) Abstract, early twentieth century,...
Dates: 1548-1550, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and papers, chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.

Letters and papers, 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.11623
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of correspondence relating to the British occupation of Amboina (folio 1); (ii) Copies of correspondence concerning the loss of the brig ‘Emily’ at Bali in 1807 (folio 72); (iii) Copies of dispatches and enclosures from Major-General Henry Warde, commander of the troops on Mauritius and Bourbon, and Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor of Mauritius (folio 86); (iv) Copies of papers concerning the cargoes of the East India ships ‘Ceylon’ and ‘Wyndham’,...
Dates: 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government. / Papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition.

Letters and papers chiefly on the administration and reform of the Scottish law-courts., 1785-1809.

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Identifier: MS.12
Scope and Contents The contents include:Papers, 1785-1786, concerning reform of the Court of Session;Memorandum, 1786, on the office of Lord Chancellor of Scotland; Proposed duties on law proceedings in order to increase judges` salaries, 1792; Proposed bill, [?1802], for trying contested elections;Observations, 1803, upon appeal business in Scotland, by Ilay Campbell, Lord President; Copy of a letter signed by Ilay Campbell, Charles Hope,...
Dates: 1785-1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.

Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1886, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.15130-15136
Scope and Contents The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates: 1770-1886, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.

Letters and papers concerning Brodie Cruickshank., 1848-1963, undated.

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Identifier: MS.20325
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of: (i) Commission to Brodie Cruikshank to command the Apollonia expedition and letters of thanks on its success, 1848, 1851;

(ii) Copy of letter, 1854, describing Cruikshank’s death in Lisbon;

(iii) Letters and papers, 1963, undated, concerning Cruikshank.

Dates: 1848-1963, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts and papers of and concerning Brodie Cruikshank, merchant and official on the Gold Coast from 1834 to 1854 and author of ‘Eighteen years on the Gold Coast of Africa’.

Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1776-1777.

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Identifier: MS.8413
Dates: 1776-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair. / Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart.

Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1777-1779.

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Identifier: MS.8414
Dates: 1777-1779.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair. / Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart.

Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1778.

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Identifier: MS.8415
Dates: 1778.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair. / Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart.

Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1779-1780.

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Identifier: MS.8416
Dates: 1779-1780.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair. / Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart. / Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart.

Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1779-1780.

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Identifier: MS.8417
Dates: 1779-1780.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair. / Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart. / Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart.

Letters and papers concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1776-1780.

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Identifier: MSS.8416-8417
Dates: 1776-1780.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair. / Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart.

Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1805-1808.

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Identifier: MS.2314
Dates: 1805-1808.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. / Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.

Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1809.

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Identifier: MS.2315
Dates: 1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. / Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.

Letters and papers, including many copies, concerning the arrest of Sir George Pigot, Governor of Madras, in 1776, and the subsequent court-martial of James Stuart., 1776-1780.

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Identifier: MSS.8413-8419
Scope and Contents

The papers include memorials concerning the cases of both Sir George Pigot and James Stuart.

Dates: 1776-1780.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair.

Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates: 1231-1641.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Balcarres Papers.

Letters and papers, mostly of the Regent, James Douglas, Earl of Morton, to David Borthwick of Lochill, Lord Advocate., 1574-1604.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9a
Scope and Contents All the documents concern legal actions, and most contain the Regent`s instructions in each case. Unless otherwise stated, the papers are addressed to David Borthwick by the Regent.Writ to the Lord Advocates, David Borthwick and Robert Crichton of Elliock, to call a summons of error at the instance of Mungo Johnston of Locharby, against Laurence Simpson and others, Dalkeith, 24 March 1573/1574 (folio 1).Instructions to the Lord Advocates to summons certain unnamed...
Dates: 1574-1604.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Balcarres Papers.

Letters and papers of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, the Jacobite.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.13.1.8
Scope and Contents

Strowan`s own letters mostly concern his financial and legal affairs, but among those addressed to him are some from the Earl of Mar, written during and after the Rising of 1715, and from John Hay, Duke of Inverness. The papers also concern Strowan`s part in the Rising, and the pardon granted to him in 1731.

Dates: 1689-1745.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters and papers of and concerning Colin Mackenzie, merchant, London., 1747-1778.

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Identifier: MSS.1367-1368
Dates: 1747-1778.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Mackenzie. / Letters and papers of various Mackenzies.

Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland., 1804-1840.

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Identifier: MSS.2350-2377
Dates: Majority of material found within 1804-1840.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.

Letters and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806.

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Identifier: MS.11280
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of dispatches and enclosures of the Bengal Government to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, May-June 1806 (folio 1); (ii) Letters and papers, 1806, concerning claims on the East India Company by Benjamin Lacam, Lady Jane Jodrell, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Sentleger, the estate of William Burke, Robert Townsend Farquar, and Walter Farquar (folio 94); (iii) Copy of a minute by the 1st Earl of Minto, as President of the Board of Control,...
Dates: 1806.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control.

Letters and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to the East India Company., 1806.

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Identifier: MS.11274
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Letters and memorandum concerning candidates for the Direction 1806 (folio 1); (ii) Copies of dispatches of and concerning Sir George Hilaro Barlow, provisional Governor-General of India, 1806 (folio 41); (iii) Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, February-March, 1806 (folio 75).

Dates: 1806.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control.

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