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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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Found in 1660 Collections and/or Records:
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 2: Ayrshire., 1795-1808.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.2
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1795-1800, 1807-1808.
Dates:
1795-1808.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 3: Banffshire (folio 1), Berwickshire (very brief) (folio 157), Caithness (folio 163), Clackmananshire (folio 205)., 1795-1809.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.3
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1795, 1797-1801, 1808-1809.
Dates:
1795-1809.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 4: Cromarty (folio 1), Dunbartonshire (folio 22), Edinburghshire (folio 53), Fife (folio 98)., 1795-1808.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.4
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1795-1796, 1798-1799, 1802, 1805, 1808.
Dates:
1795-1808.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 5: Forfarshire (folio 1), Haddingtonshire (folio 82), Inverness-shire (folio 146)., 1795-1799.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.5
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1795-1799.
Dates:
1795-1799.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 6: Kincardineshire (folio 1), Kinross-shire (folio 81), Kirkcudbrightshire (folio 106)., 1796-1803.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.6
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1796-1800, 1803.
Dates:
1796-1803.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 7: Lanarkshire (folio 1), Moray (folio 48), Orkney and Shetland (folio 114)., 1794-1816.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.7
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1794-1799, 1805, 1816.
Dates:
1794-1816.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 8: Peeblesshire (folio 1), Perthshire (folio 79)., 1789-1803.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.8
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1789, 1795, 1797-1798, 1801-1803.
Dates:
1789-1803.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 9: Renfrewshire (folio 1), Ross-shire (folio 70), Roxburghshire (folio 196), Selkirkshire (folio 268)., 1795-1813.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.9
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1795-1796, 1798-1800, 1813.
Dates:
1795-1813.
Papers and letters used by George Chalmers in the compilation of ‘Caledonia’ and the ‘Topographical Dictionary’; volume 10:Stirlingshire (folio 1), Sutherland (folio 106), Wigtonshire (folio 162), miscellaneous (folio 226)., 1796-1802.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.1.10
Scope and Contents
Letters of 1796-1802.
Dates:
1796-1802.
Papers and notes of John Pinkerton relating to Scottish history and other subjects., 1342-1796, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1710
Scope and Contents
Materials and notes relating to Scottish prehistory, history, and genealogy (folios 1, 208), portraits (folio 143), and coins and medals (folio 185). They include some historical documents (originals and contemporary or later copies)—deeds relating to the College Kirk of Dunbar, 1342, and the Swintons of that Ilk, 1401; a sheet, apparently torn from a letter-book, being contemporary copies of letters of James VI, [1594-?1595/1596]; a copy of a letter of Charles I, appointing Sir Lewis...
Dates:
1342-1796, undated.
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14870(i)-(iv)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court, and various household inventories., [Circa 1697]-1910, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14552
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts and correspondence, 1729-1910, undated, chiefly concerning building at Yester House (folio 1);(ii) Registered bond of servitude, 1732, by William Smellie, mason, to the City of Edinburgh (folio 151);(iii) Tack, 1740, between the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale and John Home, coach-maker, concerning the former’s coach-house in St. Mary Street (folio 135);(iv) Letter, 1797, of Robert Somerville concerning the...
Dates:
[Circa 1697]-1910, undated.
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 the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court (Edinburgh), and various household inventories.
Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court (Edinburgh), and various household inventories., 17th century-1910, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14551-14553
Dates:
17th century-1910, undated.
Papers chiefly concerning teinds.
File
Identifier: MS.1547
Scope and Contents
The volume contains: ‘Observes concerning tithes’, a series of enactments on the subject, dating from 1631 to 1648 (page 1); ‘Some remarks annent the nullity of tacks of tithes’ (page 14); ‘Remarks annent tithes out of the Acting Commissiary’ (dates from 1627 to 1631) (page 20); ‘Method of procedur in localling augmentation of stipends’ (page 26); ‘Nota annent charters cum decimis inclusis’ (page 47); ‘The summonds intended by King Charles upon his revocation agt. &c.’ (page 53);...
Dates:
1627-1648, 1690-1691.
Papers, chiefly historical materials, of Donald MacPherson., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.14895
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Copy letter of Donald MacPherson to the Reverend Dr Mackintosh MacKay, Laggan, 1828: on cat-names (folio i);(ii) Copy letter of Donald MacPherson to Ewen MacPherson of Cluny (acephalous) (folio ii);(iii) Dissertation on origin of Clan Chattan (folio 1);(iv) Historical and philological notes connected with above dissertation (folio 20);(v) Essay on origin and nature of chiefship (folio 66);...
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Papers, chiefly letters and visiting cards, recording the social engagements of Robert Graham., 1830-1832, 1839.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16038-16039
Dates:
1830-1832, 1839.
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 Robert Graham, of Balgowan and Redgorton.
Papers, chiefly letters and visiting cards, recording the social engagements of Robert Graham. , 1830-1831.
File
Identifier: MS.16038
Dates:
1830-1831.
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 Robert Graham, of Balgowan and Redgorton.
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Papers, chiefly letters and visiting cards, recording the social engagements of Robert Graham.
Papers, chiefly letters and visiting cards, recording the social engagements of Robert Graham., 1832, 1839.
File
Identifier: MS.16039
Dates:
1832, 1839.
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 Robert Graham, of Balgowan and Redgorton.
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Papers, chiefly letters and visiting cards, recording the social engagements of Robert Graham.
Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Dates:
16th century-early 19th century.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott concerning witches and ghosts., [1830, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.905
Scope and Contents
Excerpts from records of trials for witchcraft, etc., and from printed books on witches, with a list of works, endorsed ‘Ghost books’ by Sir Walter Scott, in part used for the ‘Letters on demonology’. An account of a witch with a horse-shoe mark on her forehead is endorsed by Scott ‘Red Gauntlet. Major Weir’.
Dates:
[1830, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers collected by Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster in St Ninians, in his capacity as session clerk, concerning the parish of St Ninians., 1709-1850.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9679-9684
Scope and Contents
Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster at St Ninians and session clerk from circa 1779 to 1804, was related to the Wilson family through his daughter Martha, who married Alexander Wilson, younger son of the original William Wilson.
Dates:
1709-1850.
Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.24
Scope and Contents
The material was compiled over a number of years, probably between about 1825 and 1840, and consists of accounts of parishes and families, notes and extracts from printed sources and collections of formal documents, and some original documents and printed items. The complete title of the work was apparently intended to be `Dumbartonshire Illustrated with regard chiefly to its Territorial History and Family Antiquities`, but the work appears never to have been finished (for example, there are...
Dates:
1825-?1842.
Papers concerning Alexander Christison's class of 1787-1791 at the Royal High School, Edinburgh., 1805-1860.
File
Identifier: MS.14298, folios 1-66
Dates:
1805-1860.
Papers concerning building work at Auldbar., 1762-19th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15436-15438
Dates:
1762-19th century.
Papers concerning dialects and phonetics compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., [Before 1928.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.414-437