Lists.
Found in 1660 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and miscellaneous papers of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’., 1948-[circa 1970], undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters of Singer, 1948-1964, undated (folio 1). They include a letter to Marguerite Caetani, 1952, explaining why he used the name 'Burns Singer' (folio 4), and a letter to the publisher Fredric Warburg, ?1956, with proposals for two books (folio 11). (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1957-circa 1970, undated (folio 33). A typescript list of works by Singer is included (folio 41).
Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
Letters and papers collected from 'Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects', 6 volumes, various editions, (London, 1830-1839) by Allan Cunningham., 1830-1839.
Letters and papers concerning the libraries of the Kerr family, Marquesses of Lothian., 1643-1899.
Contains, inter alia, book lists of 1643-circa 1663 (some in the hand of the 3rd Earl of Lothian), and a series of letters, 1867-1870, written by Alexander Orrock to the 8th Marquess of Lothian, in which the library and plans for printing some of the family papers are discussed.
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.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland., 1804-1840.
Letters and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1813.
Letters and papers of the 2nd Earl of Albemarle., 1742, 1746-1748, undated.
The papers include reports on suspected persons and prisoners, chiefly in Brechin and its neighbourhood; undertakings of released prisoners to assist the Government in the search for arms; complaints of the town of Kelso against the conduct of the officer commanding the troops there (folio 44); a memorial on the sufferings of the Duke of Montrose's tenants in 1746 (folio 91); and lists of arms, quarters, sick, courts martial, etc.
Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.
Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.
Letters, assignments and receipts concerning the sale of papers and copyrights relating to Lord Byron., Undated.
Letters, manuscripts and typescripts of William Jeffrey., 1921-1946, undated.
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.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames Davenport-Davies; including miscellaneous material concerning the life, letters and works of Scrope Berdmore Davies., 1810-2003.
Letters of and to John Francis Campbell during and after publication of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’., 1860-1862.
The early part of the manuscript contains letters principally from the publisher, David Douglas of Edinburgh, discussing details of printing and publication, while the latter part contains letters from various people giving their reactions to his work. The Ossianic controversy is also discussed, particularly by Hector Maclean.
At the end (folio 410) is a list of correspondents with whom Campbell dealt while gathering information.
Letters of and to Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Clark to Coleridge., 1808-1819, 20th century.
Letters of attorney from local collectors of customs in America appointing agents to receive any fees due to them by Her Majesty’s Paymaster of Customs., 1767-1777.
Letters of John Hill Burton, of his first wife Isabella Lauder, and of his mother, Mary., 1829-1843, undated.
Letters of John Murray II to Lord Byron; with letters and letter fragments of and to John Murray II concerning Byron., 1815-1837, undated.
Letters of Matthew Urlwin Sears to Messrs A and C Black and Co, with a letter of Harriet Beecher Stowe, in the hand of Charles Beecher, to Messrs A and C Black and Co, inserted into a copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853).
Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to William E Henley, mainly concerning Stevenson`s work and discussing literary matters in general.
Letters of soldiers, chiefly Belgians, to Elizabeth Haldane., 1914-1919, undated.
Elizabeth Haldane and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Haldane, took an active interest in the welfare of Belgian refugees and soldiers during the 1914-1918 war.
Some of these letters are also addressed to Mrs Haldane.