Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Valuation-roll of Moray for 1667 (Inv. LIII, Mac. 68)., 1667.
'Value of articles bought'., 1825.
'Value of articles bought before departure from England' for China, for Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1842.
Varia on Icelandic history, including lives of the prefects and bishops of Iceland by Jón Haldórsson.
Variety of papers of General Sir George Murray on the defence of Ireland., 1779-1807, and undated.
Various compositions of George Douglas Brown., 1897-1898, undated.
Various compositions of Sir Walter Scott., [?1799]-1831, undated.
Various finding aids relating to the papers of General Sir George Murray, with a report on the collection., 1st half of 20th century.
The contents of the volume are as follows:
List of printed books in the collection which have been transferred to the Department of Printed Books (folio 1).
List of non-manuscript maps which have been transferred to the Map Room (folio 4).
Report on the collection by Robert Young, 1914 (folio 17).
Inventory of Murray’s private papers, 1907, including many not in the National Library of Scotland (folio 56).
Various items concerning Edinburgh and Leith., 1715-1819.
The contents are as follows:
An 'Answer to the Town of Edinburgh's Queries' concerning the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, 1715 (folio 137);
A 'Table of Dues allowed to be exacted by the Officers of South Leith', 1819 (folio 138);
An engraving of Parliament House as seen from the Cowgate, by J M Storer, 1815 (folio 139).
Various letters, 1873, 1881, 1890, 1893, and undated, transferred from the Department of Printed Books where they were found loosely enclosed in books.
A contents list has been provided, recording also the former locations of the letters.
Various manuscripts and fragments, almost all undated, in the autograph of Hugh Miller., 1819-[1852, or before.]
Various manuscripts of David Hume., 1738-1776, undated.
Various manuscripts of George Douglas Brown bound together., 1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.
Various papers and correspondence concerning David Hume., 1746-1766, 1839-1844, undated.
Various papers, chiefly copies, relating to the administration of military affairs in Madras, particularly in connection with George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, as Governor of Madras, and Commander-in-Chief at Madras., 1834-1848.
Various papers General Sir George Murray bound separately because of their size., 1828-1842.
Various papers of, concerning and collected by William Barclay David Donald Turnbull., 1633-1861, undated.
Various papers of General Sir George Murray., 1799-1842, and undated.
Various papers of George Chalmers on the history of printing, including `Some Conjectures concerning the Origin and Progress of Printing` (folio 1), extracts from `Typographical Antiquities’ by Joseph Ames (folio 13), and from ‘Auctarium Bibliothecae Edinburgensis’ (folio 19), lists of tracts (folio 30), contents of the Black Acts (folio 41), and notes of Acts of Parliament and General Assembly concerning printing (folio 69)., ?1st quarter of 19th century.
Various papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning religion and morals., 17th century-18th century.
Various papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine., 1683-1770.
Contains the following papers: Advocates, affairs of the Faculty and their Library, 1683-1770; Abroath and affairs of local merchants, 1702-1707; Bank of England, note of staff and salaries, 1756; Caputh Church, 1721-1770 (see also MSS.1237, 1294); Carron Company, 1768 (see also MSS.1241-1244); Plan and description of a coalseam, undated.
Various papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine., 1326-1807, undated.
Contains the papers of the following: Jacobites, 1715-1745; Keithhall, Kinkell and Kintore, 1753; Kildonan, 1763; Kilmonivaig, 1768; Leith Incorporation of Carters, 1807; Liberton Poor's Funds, 1759-1761; Medical prescriptions, receipts, etc., 1727, undated; Midlothian roads, undated; Montrose bridge, 1770; Oaths of Allegiance etc., 1691, 1754; Parliament of Scotland, 1326, circa 1703-1704; Peers (Scots), 1708-1709, 1770.
Various papers of William, James and Charles Chisholme and others., 1777-1814.
The papers include reports of proceedings in the House of Lords, 1812-1814, sent to Lord Sinclair while he was in Scotland (folio 95), and papers of John Leslie and William Walker, with whom William Chisholme was concerned as executor and creditor (folio 170).