Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Account of the founding of the Annual Club, Glasgow, by the founder, James McNab., 1823, 1826.
Account of the history of the residence in Edinburgh, during the last year of the reign of George II and first year of George III, of William Gordon, 17th Earl of Sutherland, by John Wilde.
Account of the manuscript of 'The Talisman' by Sir Walter Scott, preserved in the State Historical Museum at Moscow, with photographs and relative articles and correspondence., 1934.
Account of the mutiny on HMS Bounty and the subsequent history of Pitcairn Island, written by John Buffett., Circa 1845.
Buffett settled on the island in 1823, acting for a time as schoolmaster, and beginning the compilation of the Island Registers.
Account of the organization of the medieval Church by Bishop John Dowden., Late 19th century-[before 1911].
There are also remarks on baptism (folio 27).
Account of the peasant rising of 1865 in Jamaica, being the final draft of part of an uncompleted work on Governor Eyre, by William Law Mathieson, Doctor of Laws.
`Account of the Scotish Poets either printed or manuscript which I have seen, from Ancient tymes to the year 1701` compiled by Sir Robert Sibbald, being the preface and drafts of two books consisting respectively of lists of poems in Latin or Greek, and lists of vernacular poems.
The poems are arranged under their authors and there are a few biographical notes.
Account of the Scots Benedictine abbey at Ratisbon, copied apparently in 1684 for the abbot, Placid Fleming, by Andrew Cook, one of the monks.
The text is an excerpt from ‘Ratisbona religiosa’, the fourth (and largest) volume of ‘Ratisbona dioecesis illustrata’, a work in 7 volumes on the diocese of Ratisbon, written about 1660 by its chancellor, Eberhard Wassenberg. The work, which is little more than a catena of excerpts mostly from printed sources, was never published.
Account of the trial of Alexander Wilson, the weaver-poet and ornithologist, at the instance of William Sharp, in connexion with his poem ‘The Shark’.
In accordance with the order of the Sheriff-Substitute, Alexander Wilson publicly burned two copies of the poem at the Tolbooth, Paisley. Bound with a printed copy of ‘The Shark’, 1792.
Account of trials made for coal on the Dundas estate, 1719-1721, 1727-1728 (folio 1); and notes of measurements taken on the Dundas estate, early 18th century (folio 1 inverted)., Early 18th century.
'Account of various Hindoo deities', and fragmentary drafts thereof., 1806.
'Account of various Hindoo deities', which contains some illustrative matter., 1806.
Accounts and discharges concerning the affairs of Janet, Countess of Wemyss, mostly tradesmen`s bills., 1733-1738.
Accounts and papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies (Darien Company).
Accounts and papers relating to the Scottish Mint.
The papers consist of the counter warden`s accounts of silver minted from February 1699 to November 1700; of orders for payment by the Generals and Masters of the Mint; and of receipts of various employees.
Accounts and vouchers concerning the building of Dundas Castle., 1817-1822.
Accounts and vouchers concerning the building of Dundas Castle., 1817-1819.
The contents of the volume are as follows:
(i) Martinmas 1817-Martinmas 1818 (folio 1).
(ii) Martinmas 1818-Martinmas 1819 (folio 85).
Accounts and vouchers concerning the building of Dundas Castle., 1819-1822.
The contents of the volume are as follows:
(i) Martinmas, 1819-Martinmas, 1820 (folio 1).
(ii) Martinmas, 1820-Martinmas, 1821 (folio 107).
(iii) Martinmas, 1821-Martinmas, 1822 (folio 137).