Scope and Contents The papers consist of the following:(i) Papers, 1721-1725, concerning the attempted appointment of Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles as a judge of the Court of Session (folio 1);(ii) Answers, 1725, for the King's Solicitor to the petition of Margaret Jamieson (folio 109);(iii) ‘The alterations proposed to be made in the Criminall Law of Scotland*, undated (folio 111);(iv) Memoranda, 1754, concerning the appointment of Thomas Hay of Huntingdon as a...

Scope and Contents The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...

Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Letters to Patrick Lindsay, Member of Parliament, 1736-1737, concerning the Porteous Riots (folio 1).(ii) Letters to Patrick Lindsay, Member of Parliament, 1735, 1739, chiefly concerning the licensing of a theatre in Edinburgh (folio 19).(iii) Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746, including a printed military pass of Prince Charles Edward to Patrick Lindsay, Lord George Murray`s releasement of...

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File includes publications of: 'A Constitution for Scotland' (1964); 'Scotland Act' (1988); 'Memorandum of Understanding and supplementary agreements between the United Kingdom Government, Scottish Ministers and the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales' (1999).

Scope and Contents The papers include a petition of Christian Strachan, accused of parricide, for appointment of counsel, with signature of James Erskine, Lord Grange, 1712 (folio 4); warrants for committing to, continuing in, or liberating from, the Tolbooth, 1662-1673 (folio 5), 1736 (folio 10), 1794 (folio 13); the imprisonment of seven soldiers of the City Guard for firing on the mob at the execution of Andrew Wilson, 1736 (folio 10); names of eleven persons who escaped from the Tolbooth as a result of the...

Scope and Contents The volume contains: (i) Election papers and addresses, 1832 (folio 1); (ii) Printed parliamentary papers with manuscript notes, including lists of members; copies of Acts etc. (folio 21); (iii) Papers concerning reform (folio 75); (iv) Papers, 1836, concerning the Scotch Municipal Bill (folio 84); (v) Papers, 1831-1836, concerning the Hypothec Bill (folio 88); (vi) Papers, 1836-1837, concerning the Salmon Fisheries Bill (folios 162); (vii) Papers concerning prisons (folio 178); (viii)...

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Political papers, including copies of bills and Acts of Parliament (folio 1);

(ii) Papers concerning local affairs in Scotland (folio 63);

(iii) Speeches of William Mure (succeeded 1860) (folio 162);

(iv) Papers on literary and cultural subjects (folio 183);

(v) Legal paper, Officers of State for Scotland against the Chancellor of Glasgow University’ (folio 214).

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Printed material consisting of proposed heads of a bill (folio 1) and the subsequent act (folio 9) relating to the making and maintenance of roads in Angus, 1830-1831; Patrick Chalmers’ annotated copy (and another) of the 'Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill, 1836' (folio 20); 'A Bill for the better management of Highways in England', 1859 (folio 26).