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Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:

Letters chiefly of Scottish interest.

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Identifier: MS.2524
Scope and Contents Except one of Archbishop Leighton, the letters are of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Several are addressed to the Mures of Caldwell; others to Archibald Constable. Among the writers are Dr John Moore, Hugh Blair, David Hume, Bishop Percy, John Pinkerton, Dugald Stewart, Lord Jeffrey, Joanna Baillie, James Hogg (writing to 'M.L.', the anonymous author of two songs in ‘Jacobite relics’, second series (Edinburgh, 1821)), Mrs Grant of Laggan, Lord Cockburn, and John Gibson...
Dates: [?1673], 18th century-early 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and miscellaneous papers concerning him.

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Identifier: MS.23141(i)-(ii)
Dates: 19th century-mid 20th century, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters chiefly of, to, and about James Grahame, the author of ‘The Sabbath’.

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Identifier: MS.3519
Scope and Contents

Among the correspondents are Joanna Baillie, Thomas Campbell, Cockburn, Jeffrey, Dugald Stewart, and William Wilberforce. An autograph manuscript of 'The Siege of Copenhagen' (folio 75) differs in several places from the printed text; there is also an autograph manuscript of Thomas Campbell's "The Soldier's Dream" (folio 10), and a copy of Charles Wolfe's 'The Burial of Sir John Moore' (folio 82).

Dates: 1792-1862, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letters, chiefly to John Stuart Blackie, with papers relating to his death., 1827-1897, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2644
Dates: 1827-1897, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family. / Correspondence of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family.

Letters concerning Lord Byron of various correspondents to John Murray, publishers., 1880-1923, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43500
Scope and Contents The correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by author surname.Letters of Hon. Charlotte Carleton, Lady Dorchester, to and occasionally annotated by John Murray IV, with letters written on her behalf by Henry Whalley Woodforde and a note of Doris Langley Moore, 1880-1900 and undated: folios 1-76; Letters, drafts and copies of letters and notes of John Murray III and John Murray IV to Hon. Charlotte Carleton, Lady Dorchester, 1896-1906 and undated: folios...
Dates: 1880-1923, undated.
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, copies of letters and other material relating to James Henry Leigh Hunt; with letters of John Hunt and John Horatio Leigh Hunt., 1816-1843, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43450
Scope and Contents When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, contained a letter of John Higgs Hunt to John Murray II, dated 1819. This letter has now been moved to Ms.40591 ff.115-116. Part of a letter of Lord Byron to James Henry Leigh Hunt, 1816: folios 1-2;Press cuttings concerning Lord Byron and James Henry Leigh Hunt from the ‘Examiner’ and ‘Literary Gazette’, 1821 and 1828: folios 3-6;Article, ?1930s, entitled 'A...
Dates: 1816-1843, undated.
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.

Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto., June-December 1799.

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Identifier: MS.11237
Dates: June-December 1799.
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. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl.

Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto., January-May 1800.

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Identifier: MS.11238
Dates: January-May 1800.
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. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl.

Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto., June-August 1800.

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Identifier: MS.11239
Dates: June-August 1800.
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. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl.

Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto., September-December 1800.

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Identifier: MS.11240
Dates: September-December 1800.
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. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl.

Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto., January-August 1801.

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Identifier: MS.11241
Dates: January-August 1801.
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. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl.

Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl., 1799-1801.

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Identifier: MSS.11237-11242
Dates: 1799-1801.
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. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna.

Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl., 1799-1801.

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Identifier: MSS.11241-11242
Dates: 1799-1801.
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. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl.

Letters, drafts, and documents of and concerning Henry Mackenzie., 1781-1825.

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Identifier: MS.646
Scope and Contents The contents include:(i) Letters and drafts of letters of Henry Mackenzie to William Carmichael, USA, Minister to Spain, 1781, referring to the New Town of Edinburgh, Principal Robertson, Professor Adam Ferguson, Dr Blair, Adam Smith, his own literary work, and the founding of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in the hand of an amanuensis with corrections by Mackenzie (folio 1); to Pitt, 1792, thanking him for his ‘valuable additions’ to Mackenzie’s ‘Review of the Principal...
Dates: 1781-1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and papers of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’.

Letters, including copies and a photograph, of and to, chiefly David Livingstone., 1849-1873.

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Identifier: MS.20314
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1849-1865, of David Livingstone to among others Arthur Tidman, Alexander Macmillan and Horace Waller (folio 10); (ii) Copies (in various forms) of letters, 1843-1872, of Livingstone and of letters, 1861-1875, to him and to his daughter Agnes (folio 22); (iii) Photograph of a letter, 1873, of Jacob Wainwright and letter, 1930, of Matthew Wellington (folio 73).

Dates: 1849-1873.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

Letters, including drafts and copies, of James Stuart to his brother, Andrew Stuart., 1776-1780.

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Identifier: MS.8252
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. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Correspondence of Andrew Stuart. / Letters, including drafts and copies, of Major-General James Stuart to his brother, Andrew Stuart.

Letters, including drafts and copies, of James Stuart to his brother, Andrew Stuart., 1781-May 1782.

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Identifier: MS.8253
Dates: 1781-May 1782.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Correspondence of Andrew Stuart. / Letters, including drafts and copies, of Major-General James Stuart to his brother, Andrew Stuart.

Letters, including drafts and copies, of James Stuart to his brother, Andrew Stuart., June 1782-1790, undated.

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Identifier: MS.8254
Dates: June 1782-1790, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Correspondence of Andrew Stuart. / Letters, including drafts and copies, of Major-General James Stuart to his brother, Andrew Stuart.

Letters, including drafts and copies, of Major-General James Stuart to his brother, Andrew Stuart., 1776-1790, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.8252-8254
Scope and Contents

The majority of these letters were written while James Stuart was in India, and they provide a regular report, in places a day-to-day report, of political and military events in Madras.

Dates: 1776-1790, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Correspondence of Andrew Stuart.

Letters, manuscripts and typescripts of William Jeffrey., 1921-1946, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26895
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to William Jeffrey from other poets and authors, 1921-?1944. (Folio 1.) They discuss their own and Jeffrey's work, and poetry in general. (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems, 1925-1946, undated. (Folio 25.) The manuscripts include drafts and fair copies.

Dates: 1921-1946, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and poems of William Jeffrey (1896-1946).

Letters, minutes and memoranda, chiefly drafts and copies of the 1st Earl of Minto, with material relating to the public debts of Java., 1811-1812.

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Identifier: MS.11295
Dates: 1811-1812.
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. / General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career.

Letters, minutes and other papers of the Abbotsford Club., 1714-1857, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1867
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, orders for paper, minutes of meetings, lists of subscriptions, etc., 1834-1843, 1857 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of letters, 1714-1726, of the Earls of Mar and Inverness to Alexander Robertson of Strowan, preceded by a short account of Strowan, undated (folio 44);(iii) Printed minutes of meetings, 1840-1842, 1844, and rules of the Club, 1842 (folio 81);(iv) Specimen cheque and receipts taken from the Club's...
Dates: 1714-1857, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Accounts and papers of the Abbotsford Club.

Letters mostly concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse and his bequest to the British Museum., ?1816-1875, undated.

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Identifier: MS.42292
Scope and Contents The letters in both sections of this manuscript have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letters concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse:Letter of George Grote to Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1870: folios 1-4;Letter of John Murray [III] to Dudley Wilmot Carleton, undated: folios 5-6;Correspondence and drafts of letters between John Winter Jones and Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1875: folios 7-13;Note in the hand of Hon....
Dates: ?1816-1875, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse. / Letters of, to and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.

Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron., 1824-1845, undated.

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Identifier: MS.43533
Scope and Contents MS.43533 Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron, 1824-1845, undated.These letters have been arranged in three sections: (i) Letters to John Cam Hobhouse relating to a statue of Lord Byron and a related pamphlet written by Hobhouse have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname; (ii) Letters and notes of a sub-committee relating to a statue of Lord Byron (further folios relating to this have been added at folios 289-292 having...
Dates: 1824-1845, undated.
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 relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.

Letters mostly to George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review" : correspondents with surnames, H-L., 1902-1920.

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Identifier: MS.42621
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Letter of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, to George Prothero, 1902: folio 1;Letters of Frederic Harrison to George Prothero, including copies of notes of Harrison, 1915: folios 2-9;Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson to George Prothero, 1903: folios 10-12;Letters of Maurice Henry Hewlett to George...
Dates: 1902-1920.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Letters to and concerning George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review", with a typescript list of the correspondents. / Letters of various correspondents to and concerning George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review".

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