Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Printed map of the lakes of Eastern Africa by Keith Johnston, with manuscript notes., [?1872.]
File
Identifier: MS.10752
Dates:
[?1872.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
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Maps chiefly drawn or annotated by David Livingstone.
Printed material of the family of Mure of Caldwell concerning public affairs., 1799-1907.
File
Identifier: MS.5007
Scope and Contents
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).
Dates:
1799-1907.
Printed pamphlet by Sir Gilbert Elliot 2nd Baronet, Lord Minto, entitled ‘Proposals for carrying on certain Public Works in the City of Edinburgh’, [1752], with manuscript alterations and additions possibly in the hand of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet.
Item
Identifier: MS.19979
Scope and Contents
The proposals concern the need for certain public buildings, including those which eventually became Register House, the Signet Library, the Court of Session, and the North Bridge.
Dates:
[1752, or after.]
Printed papers and manuscripts concerning the troubles in Geneva.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.6.7
Dates:
1734-1737.
Printed proof of “Carle, now the King’s come!”, with corrections in Sir Walter Scott’s autograph, followed by a manuscript Latin version of the song [?1822].
Series
Identifier: MSS.1665-1666
Dates:
1822, undated.
Printed report on ‘Warming and Ventilation in Dwellings’ (London, 1857), with manuscript notes at the beginning of the volume (folios i-ii)., 1857.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.2.2
Dates:
1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Correspondence, notes and printed material relating to the Heating and Ventilation Commission, of which Campbell was secretary.
Printed session papers, 1825, 1830-1831, 1834, 1838, 1844, in the claims to the title of Marquess of Annandale, and copies, written in formal hands on paper watermarked 1836, of associated legal papers, 1740, 1765, circa 1792, and undated., 1740-1844.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.5
Dates:
1740-1844.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Papers in the claims to the title of Marquess of Annandale made by Sir George Frederic Johnstone, of Westerhall, 7th Baronet, and by John James Hope Johnstone of Annandale.
Printed ‘Signals and Instructions in addition to the general printed Sailing and Fighting Instructions’, issued and signed by Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot, with additional signals in manuscript., 1779.
Item
Identifier: MS.2436
Dates:
1779.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Naval signals, and related material.
Printed ‘Signals to be observed in Combined Operations of the Army and Navy’, with a covering order signed by Henry Hotham, Captain of the Fleet, with manuscript additions., 1813.
Item
Identifier: MS.2438
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Naval signals, and related material.
Printed works on heraldry, with manuscript notes chiefly concerning the genealogy of the Borthwick family, probably by John Borthwick of Borthwick and Crookston, circa 1804., 1581, 1622, [circa 1804].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6132-6133
Scope and Contents
The coats of arms illustrating the works have been painted in watercolours.
Dates:
1581, 1622, [circa 1804].
Printer`s copy for material in ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’ additional to the letter-books which formed the basis of the text., 1702-1712, 1843-1845.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.9.25-46.9.27
Scope and Contents
The material comprises: copies of most of the letters to the Earl of Nottingham and some of those to Robert Harley; copies of bulletins and of letters to Marlborough, printed as footnotes; and most of the editorial comments. The editorial material and instructions to the Printer are in Murray`s hand, the copies in various hands.
Dates:
1702-1712, 1843-1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’, edited by General Sir George Murray.
Printer`s copy for material in ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’ additional to the letter-books which formed the basis of the text., 1702-1703, 1843-1845.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.25
Dates:
1702-1703, 1843-1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’, edited by General Sir George Murray.
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Printer`s copy for material in ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’ additional to the letter-books which formed the basis of the text.
Printer`s copy for material in ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’ additional to the letter-books which formed the basis of the text., 1704-1705, 1843-1845.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.26
Dates:
1704-1705, 1843-1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’, edited by General Sir George Murray.
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Printer`s copy for material in ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’ additional to the letter-books which formed the basis of the text.
Printer`s copy for material in ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’ additional to the letter-books which formed the basis of the text., 1706-1712, 1843-1845.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.27
Dates:
1706-1712, 1843-1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’, edited by General Sir George Murray.
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Printer`s copy for material in ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’ additional to the letter-books which formed the basis of the text.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom, tutor in Edinburgh., [1796 or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.73.4.1-73.4.3
Scope and Contents
Each of the manuscripts is watermarked 1796.
Dates:
[1796 or after.]
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross: volume 1., [1796 or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.1
Dates:
[1796 or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom, tutor in Edinburgh.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross: volume 2., [1796 or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.2
Dates:
[1796 or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom, tutor in Edinburgh.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross: volume 3., [1796 or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.3
Dates:
[1796 or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom, tutor in Edinburgh.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow., [1796, or after], 1798.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.73.4.4-73.4.6
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan: volume 1., [1796 or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.4
Dates:
[1796 or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan: volume 2., 1798.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.5
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is watermarked 1795-1799. It is dated (folio 24 verso) 1798.
Dates:
1798.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan: volume 3., ?1798.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.6
Dates:
?1798.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow.
Printout of 'Acts 27', by John McGrath, containing a few manuscript amendments., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11443/64
Printout of 'The factious nation', by Hamish Gillies, containing manuscript amendments., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11443/83
Probably sermons or notes for sermons, written in shorthand., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2792
Scope and Contents
Some of the headings are in longhand and these are simply references to book, chapter, and verse of the Bible.
Dates:
18th century.