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:
Copies of Icelandic legal papers, mainly ecclesiastical.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.13
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Copies of letters and instructions of Thomas, Baron Wharton, deputy warden of the marches.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.8
Scope and Contents
Most of the material concerns the order of the watches in the three marches, giving the areas covered and, in some cases, the names of those concerned.
The volume may have been intended for John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; his arms are painted on page 2, and the bear and ragged staff of Warwick drawn on page 3. There are large decorated initials in pen and ink on pages 3, 7, 13, 37, 121 and 153, some of which bear the letters IN, TP, CC or TW.
Dates:
1552-1553.
Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray., October 1808-November 1809.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.3
Scope and Contents
This volume was already started as an instruction-book (folios 1-4 verso).
Dates:
October 1808-November 1809.
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 of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray written in a group of three volumes intended for instructions to officers of the quartermaster-general`s department.
Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray., September 1808-February 1810.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.4
Scope and Contents
A copy of an instruction by Murray is enclosed at the front of the volume (folio i).
Dates:
September 1808-February 1810.
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 of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray written in a group of three volumes intended for instructions to officers of the quartermaster-general`s department.
Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray., February 1810-May 1814.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.5
Dates:
February 1810-May 1814.
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 of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray written in a group of three volumes intended for instructions to officers of the quartermaster-general`s department.
Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray written in a group of three volumes intended for instructions to officers of the quartermaster-general`s department., 1808-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.5.3-46.5.5
Dates:
1808-1814.
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 of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
Copies of letters of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, the majority to the King of Prussia, with some to the Prince Royal of Prussia, the Graf von Wartenberg, and Field-Marshal von Grumbkow., 1702-1711.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.28
Dates:
1702-1711.
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.
Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India., 1876.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.1
Scope and Contents
This volume describes Campbell’s voyage to Bombay, his stay in that city and in Simla. Later notes in Campbell’s hand have been added at the beginning of the volume, dated July 1883, and at the end, loosely inserted, is an introduction to the letters he wrote with a view to their publication. Also loosely inserted are notes he had made before embarking for India on ‘Matters and things common to the far East and far West’ (folio 124).A copy of Campbell’s ‘On Current British...
Dates:
1876.
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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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
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Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India.
Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India., 1876.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.2
Scope and Contents
In this volume Campbell continues the account of his stay in Simla and describes visits he made to Agra, Lucknow and Delhi from October to December, 1876.
Dates:
1876.
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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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
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Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India.
Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India., 1876-1877.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.3
Scope and Contents
In this volume Campbell gives an account of his stay in Delhi and his visits to Benares and Darjeeling in 1877.
Dates:
1876-1877.
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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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
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Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India.
Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India., 1877.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.4
Scope and Contents
The last volume records Campbell’s visits to Calcutta and Madras and his voyage home from Bombay via the Red Sea, Genoa, Turin, the Italian lakes and Mont Cenis.
Several press cuttings and printed items have been placed at the end of the journal, including a copy of Campbell`s ‘On Himalayan Glaciation’, extracted from ‘The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal’.
Dates:
1877.
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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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
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Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India.
Copies of letters of John Francis Campbell to his mother from India., 1876-1877.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.5.1-50.5.4
Scope and Contents
Campbell requested that these volumes be kept as his journal and for possible publication.
Dates:
1876-1877.
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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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Copies of manuscripts, 1828, 1832, of Alexander J Adie, civil engineer, who was probably the son of Alexander Adie, the Edinburgh optician.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24630-24631
Dates:
1828, 1832.
Copies of miscellaneous documents.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.28
Scope and Contents
(i) Papers concerning the presentation of a Jacobite Medal to the Faculty of Advocates by the Duchess of Gordon in 1711, namely:`The Faculty of Advocats Loyalty in a letter to the Queen`s Most Excellent Majesty. By one of the Dean of Faculty`s Council. Printed in the Year MDCCXI. ` No such printed work seems to be recorded. (Folio 2.)`The Double of Criminal Letters against Mr. James Dundas, Advocat, 1711.` (Folio 12.)(ii) `A Letter from Jack Straw in the...
Dates:
Early 18th century.
Copies of miscellaneous documents relating to practice and procedure in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster, copied for, or given to, John Maule of Inverkeilor, Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.4.2-28.4.3
Dates:
1750-1751.
Copies of miscellaneous papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.11
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Copy, after 1688, of the `Account of the Affairs of Scotland relating to the Revolution in 1688’ by Colin, Earl of Balcarres. The text is similar to that of Ruddiman`s edition of 1754. For other copies of the work, see MSS.1911 and 3738, and Adv.MSS.33.7.12-33.7.13 and 49.7.6. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies, late 17th and early 18th century, of two Latin poems by Archibald Pitcairne, with translations: `Elegy on the Viscount of...
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Copies of papers relating to Galloway, in various hands of the 18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Retours in Kirkcudbrightshire, extracted from the Chancery records, 1542-1682; in two series (folios 1, 15).(ii) Copy of an extract (certified by Thomas Gibson, Principal Clerk of Session) of the tax-roll of Kirkcudbrightshire in 1613 (folio 44).(iii) Copy, from the Exchequer records, of the rental of the Bishopric of Galloway in 1685 (folio 46).(iv) Copy of the tax-roll of the Lordship of Galloway,...
Dates:
1542-1685, 1741.
Copies of royal edicts concerning Iceland, taken from a printed book of royal edicts and mandates., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.5
Copies of royal edicts concerning Iceland, taken from a printed book of royal edicts and mandates., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.6
Copies of royal edicts concerning Iceland, taken from a printed book of royal edicts and mandates., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.7
Copies of royal edicts concerning Iceland, taken from a printed book of royal edicts and mandates.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.21.3.5-21.3.7
Scope and Contents
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 19, No. 20, No. 21. Collectio variarum Regiarum Constitutionum and Mandatorum de rebus Islandicis præcipue tractantium.`
Dates:
18th century.
Copies of Stair`s "Institutions of the Law of Scotland" (Edinburgh, 1681 and 1693).
File
Identifier: Acc.11284
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript additions, late 17th century.
Dates:
circa 1681-1699.
Copies of state papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.31
Scope and Contents
The papers include material on the charges against the Earl of Bristol in 1626, the Scottish objections to kneeling at communion, speeches in Parliament and other topics.
Dates:
1600-1639, and undated.
Copies of state papers from the period when Sir Robert Liston was secretary to Hugh Elliot in Berlin., 1777-1779.
File
Identifier: MS.5518
Copies of the opinions given by John Inglis, some conjointly with other advocates., October 1846-March 1848.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.13