Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas conferring titles and Baronetcies, 1554-1707, most of the material being late 17th and early 18th century. Also included (page 51) are copies of material concerning the Order of the Thistle., 1554-1707.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne of papers concerning the proposed marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Infanta Maria of Spain.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of royal letters and other documents in the Denmilne Papers.
A list giving the references of the original manuscripts has been inserted.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of some of his own letters and two addressed to him.
The letters are not in chronological sequence. Most of them express his friendship for his correspondent, but in one he comments on the reception of the new Service Book at St Giles in 1637 (folio 9 verso), and in another to Lord Elcho he advises on reading matter (folio 12 verso).
Copies, circa 1680, of (i) ‘Description of the Western Isles of Scotland’ by Sir Donald Monro, `High Dean of the Isles`, originally written in 1549 (page 1); (ii) `The Description of the Iles of Scotland` by an unknown author written probably around 1577-1582 (page 22).
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1552-1615.
Also included is a copy of a memoir of Henri IV by Pierre Jeannin, in a different hand from the rest of the volume (folio 1), a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material, and a table of contents (folio 264).
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1606-1613.
Also included are a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material.
There is a table of contents (folio 1).
Copies, early 18th century, of autobiographies and other works of covenanters.
Copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
Copies, in chronological order, of the opinions given by John Inglis (later Lord Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session), some conjointly with other advocates.
The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.
Copies, in two different hands of the 17th century, of the statutes of the Royal College of Physicians of London. The statutes of 1647 (folio 1) are followed (folio 39) by an earlier set of statutes (not those of 1355) which have been emended to conform to those of 1647.
The title and the initials P D occur on folio i.
Copies, late 17th century, of letters, 1637-1638, of Robert Baillie, principal of Glasgow University, and of papers, 1638, concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Copies, late 17th or early 18th century, of official papers, 1550-1632, concerning Scottish fisheries.
The papers mostly concern the dispute with the United Provinces over the rights of the Dutch to fish in Scottish waters, 1618-1619, and the proposed joint English and Scottish association for the fisheries, 1630-1632. There are a few unrelated items, mostly concerning the coinage.
The signature `John Dalrymple` appears on folio 46.
Copies, late 18th-century, of poems, 1769-1774, and undated, of Henry Erskine, with a few corrections by the author.
There is a list of contents on folio 1.
Copies made by James Keay of Snaigow, circa 1722-1730, of legal works.
Copies made for John Maule, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 1752, of the royal patents to the Commissioners of Excise in Scotland, 9 September 1743; to the Auditor of Excise, 4 January 1738; and to the Comptroller of the Excise, 10 November 1744.
Copies, made in 1734 and 1736, of an Inventory of the estate of Maria de Jonge made in 1732 by the executors (Simon Schaap, Counsel in the Court of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland, and Frans van Limborch, Advocate before the Courts of Justice in Holland) appointed under the will of Maria de Jonge., 1732.
Copies, mostly by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, 1815-1816, 1819-21, of groups and collections of documents at Lochnell House (folios 9-31, 44), in the possession of Robert Campbell of Ardchattan (folios 32-43) and of William Rose of Montcoffer (folios 65-80, 83-90, 93), and at Panmure (folios 134-235), followed by extracts from manuscripts at the British Museum (folios 236-247)., 1294-1602.
The documents copied range from 1294 to 1602 (many being of the 16th century), with several undated, and refer to transactions quite frequently of land tenure in various parts of the country; but many seem to have little relevance to ecclesiastical antiquities.
Copies of contemporary documents concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte., 1799-1821.
Copies of contemporary documents concerning the life of Napoleon Buonparte., 1799-1814.
Contains documents dealing with 1799 (folio 1), Wagram (folio 5), conferences regarding the surrender of Copenhagen (folio 49), the Russian War (folio 62), and Elba (folio 174).
Copies of contemporary documents concerning the treatment of Napoleon Buonparte after Waterloo., 1815-1821.
Copies of correspondence and papers concerning a dispute between Colonel (later Major-General) Charles Ross and Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd.
Both officers belonged to the 39th Foot which was then stationed in Gibraltar. The papers, which are not in chronological order, include letters to and from George Elliot, the Governor, extracts from regimental orders, and Ross`s own comments on the affair.
Copies of correspondence, and papers of and concerning Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, chiefly on military subjects., 1775-1809, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of correspondence, 1775-1786, between Charles Grant and the Comte de Langeron concerning Grant's military career (folio 1); (ii) Papers, chiefly printed, concerning the Écoles Royales Militaires, 1777-1786, undated (folio 11); (iii) Miscellaneous papers on military and maritime subjects, 1779-1809, undated (folio 22).