Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of Sir John Archibald Murray, Lord Murray (1779-1859), a Senator of the College of Justice (1839-1859).
Correspondence and papers of the artist William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) and of his wife Isabella ('Belle') Sutton.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning Gaelic manuscripts.
Correspondence and papers of the family of Brown, chiefly of or concerning General Sir George Brown.
The papers include, among other matter: 'Reveries of an officer pent up in a transport ... 1806', being ideas on arms and equipment; letters, 1842, 1845, 1849, on uniforms; correspondence, 1817-1818, about a complaint made against the 85th Foot by the Magistrates of Chester; correspondence, 1865, 1868, about Sir George Brown's letters and papers; and a scheme, undated, for the transport of certain regiments.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot (1822- 1901), 4th son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, barrister and Private Secretary to Lord John Russell., [Circa 1700]-1900.
Much of the material concerns George Francis Stewart Elliot's antiquarian and genealogical interests, and his book, ‘The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto’ (Edinburgh, 1897).
Correspondence and papers of the Hume family, chiefly of Alexander and William, musicians and songwriters.
Includes manuscripts of two songs to settings by Alexander Hume.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume I: mainly correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1676-1740, and undated.
The contents include: a letter from the Duke of Rothes to Sir William Murray, 1676, two letters of Sir David Murray, 1710, 1721; correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray with other members of the family (including his brothers Charles, James, and David, his sister Veronica and her husband, Robert Hunter of Polmood; and his uncle, Major William Murray), and with Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell, Donald Campbell of Octomore and other Campbells, 1715-1740, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume II: mainly correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1711-1742, and undated.
Correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray with members of the Nobility, the Landed Gentry, and the Army, with his legal adviser, William Lumisden, and with various people concerning the Argyllshire estates, and miscellaneous memoranda.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume III: mainly correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1709-1736, and undated.
The contents include correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray arising out of the 1715 Rebellion, and concerning the Argyllshire estates.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume IV: miscellaneous correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1710-1743, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume V: mainly correspondence of Charles Murray., 1720-1769, and undated.
The volume contains correspondence of James Murray (folios 1-23), and of Charles Murray, with other members of the family, with William Lumisden, and with others (many of whom corresponded also with Sir Alexander Murray), including Isabella Strange, the Jacobite wife of Sir Robert, the engraver.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume VI: mainly correspondence of Charles Murray., 1724-1769, and undated.
The contents include correspondence of Charles Murray with various members of the Nobility and Landed Gentry (including George Lockhart of Carnwath and Donald Campbell of Octomore), with Alexander and George Ouchterlony, merchants in London, and with Patrick Mclntyre, his factor in Ardnamurchan.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume VII: mainly formal papers of Sir Alexander and Charles Murray., 1688-1750, and undated.
The papers (a few of them printed) are mostly financial and legal (bonds, obligations, discharges, rentals, accounts, etc.), many concerning the lead mines, with a few earlier papers at the beginning of the volume.
Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
Correspondence and papers of William Winter Hamilton.
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.
Correspondence and papers relating to 'Brenva', by Graham Brown., 1907, 1923-1951, undated.
Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s appointment to the staff of the army in America and to his subsequent appointment to the command of the troops and civil government of Upper Canada., 1811-1815, and undated.
This volume consists largely of letters.
Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s appointment to the staff of the army in America and to his subsequent appointment to the command of the troops and civil government of Upper Canada., 1814-1815, and undated.
Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s appointment to the staff of the army in America and to his subsequent appointment to the command of the troops and civil government of Upper Canada., 1811-1815, and undated.
The papers, many of which are undated, consist of notes, memoranda and reports on various aspects of life and of military affairs (including some sketch-maps) in Canada.