Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
'A Relation of Sir Walter Raleigh's Araignement at Winchester the 17th of November 1603 written (as it is supposed) by himself.', 1603.
A rough sketch of the late affairs with the enemy [near S. Jean pied de Port; signed] P Wright, Lt R.Engineers. Augt 7h 1813., 1813.
A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets., Mid 19th century.
The notebooks serve more as an assortment of information - notes, press cuttings and documentary evidence, such as copies of wills - to be used in the preparation of the specific entries of the dictionary, than as a considered manuscript. In many cases only the heading of the name of the poet has been entered.
None of the volumes has an index.
A small map of Eskdale and Liddesdale., [?1636-?1652.]
'A Time to Keep', manuscript., June 1966-July 1966.
'A treatise of algebra', signed 'Carre, his book', with a partially erased date, probably 1743., ?1743.
`Abbreviat of his Majesties proper and constant rent peyit be the severall ffewars for their respective Lands And be the severall Shirreffs for the blensch dueties, castellwards and others out of the respective Shyres As the same Compts by the present Rolls, With the deductiones and differences betwixt the same and former Rolls preceiding King James of blissed memorie his goeing To England In Anno 1603. Collected out of the Roll and Records of Exchequer, by Sir William Purves of Woodhouslee Knight and Baronet his Majesties Sollicitor In Anno 1667`, with an introductory essay `Of the Revenue or Patrimony of the Crown`.
Abbreviated version of the ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
'Aberdeen, Banf [sic], Murrey [sic] [Etc.] to Inverness : [and] Fra the north water to Ross / Robertus Gordonius a Strathloch describebat 1640.' , [?1636-?1652.]
Abridgement by Patrick Russell, prior of the Charterhouse of Perth, of a work by Walter Bower known as the 'Book of Cupar Angus'.
Abridgement of the ‘Chroniche’ of Giovanni Villani (died 1348) continued by his brother Matteo (died 1363) and by Matteo`s son Filippo, to the end of 1365.
'Abridgement of the Scottish History', a list of the succession of the Kings of Scotland from Fergus I to James VI by Sir James Balfour, in his hand.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.7.14.
Abstracts and facsimiles of Scottish armorials by William Rae Macdonald, Albany Herald (1843-1923).
Abstracts by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of his own articles and papers., 1935-1939, 1953.
Abyssinian manuscripts, acquired by General Sir William Knox, Knight Commander of the Bath, probably during the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-1868.
Academic and literary papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 17th century-1843.
"Accomptt of each Heretores frie Rent with in the Shyre of", Fife.
Account, 1669-1670, of the Fleming family to James Crichton for the demolition and repair of buildings at Boghall, with a transcription, 19th century, of pages 1-3., 1669-1670.
Account, apparently by John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, of his period of office as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with extracts from his correspondence., 1777-1780.
Account book kept by James Traill of Woodwick and his nephew John Traill of Westness, of rents paid by their tenants in the mainland of Orkney and the island of North Ronaldsay.
James Traill`s accounts (folio 1) cover the crop years 1728-1731, and those of his successor, 1746-1747 (folio 128). There is also an inventory of goods belonging to James Traill left in North Ronaldsay (folio 175).
Account book of Archibald Hamilton, merchant in Edinburgh, and brother of Lord Presmennan.
There is a gap in the accounts between 1667 and 1671. Hamilton appears to have dealt in general merchandise, and to have had shares in several ships trading to Holland, France and Spain.
On folio 1, Hamilton has written the dates of his marriages and of the births of his children.