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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Letters and papers of Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, chiefly of a personal nature., 1676-1824, undated.

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Identifier: MS.25166
Scope and Contents

The letters and papers include copies of Charles Grant's correspondence, 1780-1785, with an unidentified lady (Adelaide de R-, who later became a countess) with whom he had an affair; part of his diary kept while travelling in Normandy and Brittany in 1780 (folio 26); a long letter, recounting his family history and memoirs, 1785 (folio 165); and miscellaneous letters concerning his career.

Dates: 1676-1824, undated.

Letters and papers of Richard Burdon-Sanderson, his wife Elizabeth and daughter Jane., 1809-1835, 1884-1889, undated.

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Identifier: MS.20046
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Copies and extracts, 1857, in the hand of his wife Elizabeth, of letters, 1809, 1814, undated, of Richard Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond (died 1865), formerly Burdon, to his relations (folios 1); (ii) Letters 1835, undated, of Burdon-Sanderson to his wife (folio 29); (iii) Sermon preached, 1835, by Burdon-Sanderson on Joel (folio 27); (iv) Miscellany of extracts, undated, in the hand of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson from printed books (folio 45); (v) Letters,...
Dates: 1809-1835, 1884-1889, undated.

Letters and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1812-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11336
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of the 1st Earl of Minto's 'Minute on quitting the Government of India and the minutes of the members of Council in reply', 2 October 1813 (folio 1); (ii) Copies of, and correspondence concerning, addresses to the 1st Earl on leaving India from the British inhabitants of Calcutta, Murshidabad and Berhampur, the natives of Rangpur, the Dutch inhabitants of Batavia, and the native and European inhabitants of Malacca, 1813 (folio 10); (iii) Letters to the...
Dates: 1812-1813.

Letters and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11340
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters of Charles Grant, Edward Parry and Jacob Bosanquet to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1808-1813 (folio 1); (ii) East India House papers, 1807-1811, being chiefly copies of proceedings at a Secret Court, July-August 1808, dissents to parts of a draft dispatch to the Bengal Government, 16 August 1808, correspondence between the Directors and the President of the Board of Control, 1808-1809, and dissents of Directors concerning the Madras Army, August 1811 (folio...
Dates: 1806-1813.

Letters and papers of the Countess of Minto., 1903-1919.

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Identifier: MS.12452
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Letters and copies of letters addressed to the Countess of Minto containing tributes to the 4th Earl of Minto, with draft replies, 1914, 1919 (folio 1); (ii) Diary of a trip from Canada to Japan, 1903 (folio 85).

Dates: 1903-1919.

Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.

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Identifier: MS.3134
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous letters. Among the writers are: The Earl of Mar, to Sir George Bowes, Marshal of Berwick, 1579 (number 1); Edward Kellie, Receiver and Director of Music of the Chapel Royal, on arrangements made by him for services in Holyrood, 1632 (number 3); printed in Charles Rogers, ‘History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland’ (Grampian Club, 1882), page clxvi; Nicolas Briot, making recommendations regarding the copper coinage of Scotland, 1631...
Dates: 1579-1844.

Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.

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Identifier: MSS.622-632
Scope and Contents

These papers are in continuation of MS.535.

The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.

Dates: 1804-1857.

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

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Identifier: MS.11622
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of correspondence with the Bombay Government concerning the Residency at Bushehr (folio 1); (ii) Letter of Neil Benjamin Edmondstone to Thomas Stamford Raffles, with enclosed copies of dispatches from the Bengal Government to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors concerning the expeditions to Bourbon and Mauritius and to Java (folio 27); (iii) Correspondence, chiefly copies, concerning shipping for the Java expedition (folio 45); (iv) Letter...
Dates: 1811.

Letters and papers relating to Canadian affairs concerning the 4th Earl of Minto., 1900-1904.

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Identifier: MS.12577
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Memoranda, notes of conversations, and copies of correspondence relating to General Sir Edward Hutton's relations with the Canadian government, and to his resignation, 1900 (folio 1);(ii) Memorandum by Sir Charles Tupper on the events leading to Canadian participation in the South African War, circa 1902 (folio 97);(iii) Letters of the 12th Earl of Dundonald, General Officer Commanding Dominion Militia, to the 4th Earl of Minto, with...
Dates: 1900-1904.

Letters and related material concerning works by Robert Charles Dallas about Lord Byron, and the associated injunction., 1824-1951, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43536
Scope and Contents Contemporary letters have been placed at the beginning of the folder, arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Some of the letters have been annotated during legal proceedings relating to the publications. Later letters relating to these works and the court case are then placed, in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Further proofs of ‘Correspondence of Lord Byron’ and a press cutting relating to the work of Robert Charles Dallas have been added to the end of the...
Dates: 1824-1951, undated.

Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.6
Scope and Contents Many of the papers are drafts made or collected by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, the Secretary of State. Letter, The Hague, 30 January 1587, of the Council of State of the United Provinces to James VI; in French (folios 1-2). - This letter does not appear to have been published or summarised elsewhere, and is briefly summarized here:The Council have received James’s letters concerning restitution to be made for Scottish merchandise seized by warships from...
Dates: 1578-1621.

Letters, assignments and receipts concerning the sale of papers and copyrights relating to Lord Byron., Undated.

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Identifier: MS.43541
Scope and Contents The papers in this manuscript have been arranged alphabetically by the main correspondent surname or company name.Barry, Matilda and Richard. Letters of Matilda Barry and Richard Barry to Hugh Ferguson and John Murray [III], with one of Ferguson to Murray, regarding the sale of Lord Byron letters, 1849: folios 1-6;Blayney, Mabella. Letter of Lady Mabella Blayney to John Murray [II], 1824: folio 7;Breese, John. Letters of John Breese to John Murray III,...
Dates: Undated.

Letters, chiefly drafts and copies, of Christopher Murray Grieve., 1933-1977, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.27159-27160
Scope and Contents

Many of the letters are to the editors of newspapers and journals and were intended for publication or accompanied contributions. The remainder are to friends and acquaintances and concern Christopher Murray Grieve's, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' political interests, his speaking engagements and his poetry. They include several letters which he drafted for other people.

Dates: 1933-1977, undated.