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Manuscripts.

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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:

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., April-July 1809.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.10
Dates: April-July 1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., July 1809-March 1810.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.11
Dates: July 1809-March 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., April-August 1810.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.12
Dates: April-August 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., August-October 1810.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.13
Dates: August-October 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., October-November 1810.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.14
Dates: October-November 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., November 1810-March 1811.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.15
Dates: November 1810-March 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., March-June 1811.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.16
Dates: March-June 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., June-December 1811.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.17
Dates: June-December 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., December 1811-July 1812.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.18
Dates: December 1811-July 1812.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., July 1812-February 1813.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.19
Dates: July 1812-February 1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., February-June 1813.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.20
Dates: February-June 1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., June-November 1813.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.21
Dates: June-November 1813.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., November 1813-May 1814.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.22
Dates: November 1813-May 1814.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

Distribution-book containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies., May-July 1814.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.4.23
Dates: May-July 1814.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray. / 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. / Series of distribution-books containing copies of letters, reports, returns and other memoranda chiefly by General Sir George Murray as quartermaster-general, relating to the composition and location of various divisions, brigades and companies of the British and Portuguese Armies.

`Diurnall of the 2d parl: of our Soverainge Lord King Charles from the 15 day of Julay 1641 to ye 27 of November holden at Edinburghe’ by Sir James Balfour.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.7
Dates: 1641.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Document concerning a proposed Guild of Co-operative Pioneers, Glasgow.

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Identifier: Acc.3743
Dates: 1876.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Document concerning a wager of wine for a walk to the top of Arthur`s Seat.

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Identifier: Acc.6257
Dates: 1753.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Document signed by English gentlemen who had gone to Preston as volunteers., 1715.

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Identifier: MS.10232
Dates: 1715.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.

Documents, circa 1627, ?1656, relating to James, 1st Lord Carmichael, and papers in claims to the Earldom of Hyndford by Major-General Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 1st Baronet, 1817-1818, and undated (folios 12-86), and by his son Sir James R Carmichael, 2nd Baronet, 1846, and undated (folios 87-192)., Circa 1627, ?1656, 1817-1818, 1846, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.16
Dates: Circa 1627, ?1656, 1817-1818, 1846, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer. / Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection. / Correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.

Documents concerning the Duke of Douglas, with notes of the Reverend Dr John Struthers, Minister of Prestonpans., 1755-1758.

 File
Identifier: MS.2126
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: 'Scheme of ... the Duke of Douglas his real and personal Estate, containing also an accompt of the family debts paid ... and of money laid out on purchases or lent out on bonds', 1755 (folio 3); "Rental of ... his Grace's whole estates in the shires of Lanerk and Renfrew for the cropt and year 1757 &c. and of the lands ... in the shire of Air for cropt 1758 &c." (folio 11); with some notes by Dr Struthers.

Dates: 1755-1758.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. / Notes and correspondence of the Reverend Dr John Struthers, Minister of Prestonpans, with manuscripts collected by him.

Documents relating to Lanarkshire, chiefly concerning the parish of Carluke.

 File
Identifier: MS.6296
Scope and Contents

The collection includes documents, 1694-1695, concerning the recruiting of troops in Lanarkshire (folio 14), statements, 1694, used in a lawsuit between members of the Forrest family of Braidwood over a question of thirlage (folio 9), and other legal, family, and parish papers.

Dates: 1668-1857, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

`Documents relating to Scotch regiments of Wood, Douglas and Hamilton 1715-21` (folio 1); `Papers relating to the project of reforming the Brigade in 1758-59 and to the recall during the war in America 1776` (folio 50); `Petitions etc. sent to the Council of State 1702-9’ (folio 57); ‘Resolutions taken by the Council of State 1701-17’ (folio 68)., 1701-1776.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.15
Dates: 1701-1776.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901). / Texts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.

Domestic and household bills and accounts with various formal and miscellaneous documents concerning the Borthwick family, in particular John Borthwick (died 1845)., 1684-1876.

 File
Identifier: MS.10376
Scope and Contents

Included are a manuscript copy of 'The case of Henry Borthwick claiming the title and dignity of Lord Borthwick' and a claim to the earldom of Marchmont, 1808, by Lieutenant Alexander Home.

Dates: 1684-1876.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Borthwick of Crookston. / Correspondence, accounts and documents of the family of Borthwick of Crookston. / Correspondence of John Borthwick of Crookston (died 1907) and his wife Elizabeth with other members of the Borthwick family; with financial and other documents concerning the Borthwick family, particularly John Borthwick (died 1845).

Donald Smith’s Irish miscellany.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.2
Scope and Contents The manuscript, watermarked 1796, was compiled by and for Dr Donald Smith when in Ireland circa 1798. Scribes: (a) anonymous, Roman hand; (b) Toirdhealbhach Maguidhir (Terence McGuire), Gaelic hand; (c) Dr Donald Smith, Roman hand. Terence Mcguire’s work at part II pages 17-90, written in 1798 (cf. pages 17, 45, 69) reproduces material written by him in 1788 at Royal Irish Academy 1185 (24 C 55), pages 159-175, and in 1789 at Royal Irish Academy 1074 (24 P 29),...
Dates: [Circa 1798.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Doubts and questions on Sir George Mackenzie's ‘Insitutions of the Law of Scotland’, first published in 1684., Late 17th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.17812
Scope and Contents

The doubts and questions are written in two partially overlapping series, whose quires are respectively numbered (folios 1-67) and lettered (folios 68-138). In a preface to the first series (folio 1 verso) the author addresses a friend who is asked to reply to the points raised. At the beginning of the second he refers to a manuscript commentary on the work by his father.

Dates: Late 17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .

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