Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:
Letters written by Lord Cornwallis as Governor-General of India to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, 1786-1794, and copies of letters of Dundas to Cornwallis and his successors as Governor-General, 1786-1799.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3385-3388
Dates:
1786-1799.
Letters written to Anne, Lady Stuart, from Catherine, Lady Blantyre, Christian Stirling of Ardoch, and other friends and relatives., 1769-1781, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8194
Scope and Contents
At the end of the volume (folio 212) are copies of miscellaneous letters, sermons, and poems, mainly of a religious nature.
Dates:
1769-1781, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence of members of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
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Letters written to Anne, Lady Stuart of Castlemilk (died 1821), from various friends and relatives.
"Leyden's correspondence &c", collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1811-1875, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3382
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Copies of letters in MS.3381. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copy of a letter of John Leyden, 1808, answering a charge of insolence brought against him as Magistrate of the Twenty-four Parganas by Sir William Burroughs, a Judge of the Supreme Court, 'transcribed from the original sent by Dr. Leyden to Mrs. Raffles'. See M R Dobie, 'Dr. John Leyden and Sir William Burroughs', in ‘Bengal Past and Present’, volume lii, part ii (1936). (Folio 81.)...
Dates:
1811-1875, undated.
"Leyden's poems, &c. MS", collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1794-1837, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3383
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Copies of poems of John Leyden, including some not published in collected editions of his works. (Folio 1.)(ii) Writings in Leyden's hand: note on the magical books of Michael Scott (folio 71 verso); prose fragment, 'The Sexton' (folio 72); fragments of two poems in Scots, namely, one on the death of a sexton, signed 'J.L., Banks of Teviot', and a verse epistle to the printer of the ‘British Chronicle’ (folio 73); fragment of...
Dates:
1794-1837, undated.
List, arranged geographically, of the ministers, exhorters, and readers in Scotland, with their stipends, in 1568-1572, written by Robert Keith, Bishop of Fife.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.4
Scope and Contents
Prefixed is a copy of Adv.MS.17.1.4, folio 2 (which belonged to Keith).
Originally part (Inv. XIV) of the Rose Collection, Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20.
Dates:
Late 16th century.
List of bishoprics and monasteries in Scotland, with the names of their founders, 1st half of 17th century; and a copy of the Retour of the lands of the shire of Fife, 1517, in the hand of Sir James Balfour.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.12
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.7.30.
Dates:
1517, 1st half of 17th century.
Lists and copies of papers received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1787-1825.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1076-1079
Lists, genealogical and other notes, and various other items of or concerning the family of Erskine of Alva., 1643-1757, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5161
Dates:
1643-1757, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Correspondence and papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Assorted papers of and concerning the family of Erskine of Alva.
Lists of manuscripts belonging to Sir Robert Sibbald and others.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.16
Scope and Contents
The two parts of the volume were probably bound together in the 1830s.The contents are as follows:(i) Lists, covering history, geography and natural history, of Sibbald`s own works together with manuscripts in Scotland, England and France. Some of the descriptions are very detailed. (Folio 1.)(ii) Two copies of a report by Sibbald on the manuscripts (except those on medicine) of Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, 1698. This was commissioned from him by Lord...
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26163-26188
Dates:
1947-1975, undated.
Literary papers and correspondence of Nigel Tranter.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10967
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, scripts of and notes for addresses and talks, and circa 440 letters and copies of letters.
Dates:
1948-1991 and undated.
Literary papers and speeches of Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond.
Series
Identifier: Dep.363
Dates:
Circa 1950-1983.
Literary papers, apparently of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound of Melgund and Kynynmound (died 1741), Advocate, second son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes, and father-in-law of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet of Minto., Early 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12810-12813
Scope and Contents
The papers consist largely of undated manuscript drafts and copies of articles and pamphlets that were either published, or intended for publication, chiefly in the periodical press.
Dates:
Early 18th century.
Literary papers, [circa 1920]-1924, 1932-1933, of Mrs. Margaret Ethel Maxtone Graham., 1756-1933.
File
Identifier: MS.16041
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Typescript copies of letters, 1756-1759, of Lady Christian Graham with a few pieces of connecting narrative. Some of the material was used in ‘The beautiful Mrs. Graham’ (folio 1);
(ii) Typescript copies of letters, 1843, of Charlotte Debnam to her husband, Major William Stewart of the Ardvorlich family (folio 47);
(lii) Copies of correspondence, [circa 1774]-1840, of Lord Lynedoch (folio 91);
(iv) Miscellaneous drafts for a study of Lord Lynedoch (folio...
Dates:
1756-1933.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Family and general correspondence and papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, with some papers of their heirs in the unentailed estate, the Maxtone Graham, formerly Maxtone, of Cultoquhey family.
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Correspondence and papers of the Maxtone Graham family.
Lithographed copy of a genealogical table compiled by Sir William Fraser in 1840 of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, and his wife Anna Maria (née Makdougall), showing their descents and connexions in the female lines., 1840.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.18
'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', by Allan Cunningham, various editions, (London, 1830-1839), 6 volumes, interleaved, with original letters to the author and others (1829-1837), copies of letters (1710-1830) and notes in the autograph of his son Francis, printed cuttings, and portraits.
Series
Identifier: MSS.826-832
Scope and Contents
This material was collected by the author, Allan Cunningham, and his son with a view to a new edition. Loose papers have been pasted into the interleaved volumes or collected in a separate volume (MS.832).
Dates:
1710-1837.
Local affairs and election papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1695-1748.
File
Identifier: MS.14522
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Extract of Haddington Presbytery minutes concerning Andrew Dunlop, 1722 (folio 1);(ii) Printed Act of the Justices of the Peace of East Lothian dividing the county into three districts, 1737 (folio 2);(iii) Printed Act of the Justices of the Peace of Roxburghshire for the maintenance of the poor, supressing vagarancy and repairing roads, bridges and ferries, 1737 (folio 3);(iv) Printed queries of the East Lothian...
Dates:
1695-1748.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum.
Log and letter-book of Vice-Admiral Sir John Pennington., 1628-1632.
File
Identifier: MS.5741
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Log for 30 August to 7 September 1628, when Sir John Pennington was assembling a fleet at Portsmouth for the Rochelle expedition (folio 2).(ii) Log for 3 September 1631 to 17 January 1632, when he was Captain of the 'Bonaventure', guarding the Narrow Seas (folio 4).The log is interspersed with copies of letters, the originals of many of which are preserved in the Public Record Office; see ‘Calendar of state papers, domestic,...
Dates:
1628-1632.
Logs of voyages of William Scott, the sixth laird., 1798, 1801-1803.
Item
Identifier: MS.2897
Scope and Contents
The entries sometimes complement and sometimes repeat those in MS.2896. They are usually of a more formal character, giving merely weather, position, and distance covered, and many appear to have been copied from other logs; e.g., those describing the passage of the Phoenix to St Helena (pages 33-40), at which island William Scott first joined her.
Dates:
1798, 1801-1803.
'Man in his muscles', a notebook of anatomical engravings attributed to Robert Elliot Bewick, wood-engraver, Newcastle, with notes on perspective, and the bones of the human skull.
Item
Identifier: MS.9318
Scope and Contents
It is possible to date the engravings circa 1824, from an obituary of 'Mr Sharp the Engraver', copied into the notebook, and stated to come from the ‘Tyne Mercury’ for 19th October 1824.
Dates:
[Circa 1824.]
Manuscript, 18th century, containing lists of peers and barons taken from the Rolls of Parliament and lists and copies of charters taken from the records of the Great Seal (both sources being then unpublished).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.14
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) List of peers mentioned in the Rolls of Parliament, 1424-1707 (folio 1).(ii) List of charters, etc., granting peerages, down to 1707 (folio 10).(iii) Index to sections (i) and (ii) (folio 23).(iv) Observations on section (i) (folio 36).(v) Observations on section (ii), generally quoting part of the deed (folio 59).(vi) Copy of declarations of Parliament on the succession...
Dates:
1371, 1373, 1615-1707, 18th century.
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems by Edwin Muir., 1942-1959, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19653
Scope and Contents
The single poems are arranged in the order in which they appear in Edwin Muir's ‘Collected poems’, 1963. They are followed (folio 80) by 'A Righteous Man' and "The Breaking' (published in the ‘Times Literary Supplement’, 21 December 1979, page 158), ‘The Christmas' (from ‘One foot in eden’, 1956), and pages containing more than one poem and drafts of unidentified works. Finally there is the corrected typescript of 'The Return', a verse drama on the return of Odysseus (folio 99).
Dates:
1942-1959, undated.
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems of Ruthven Todd., 1925-1978, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26830-26832
Scope and Contents
Some of the papers are annotated with the place of publication.
Dates:
1925-1978, undated.
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems of Ruthven Todd., 1925-1962.
File
Identifier: MS.26830
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems of Ruthven Todd., 1963-1973.
File
Identifier: MS.26831