Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Final, or fair copies of musical compositions, 1958-1967, by Martin Dalby, many in his autograph, arranged in chronological order.
The compositions are preceded (MS.22142, folio ii) by a typescript list of Martin Dalby's compositions to 1968 with additions in ink to 1969.
Most of the compositions are vocal, being settings of poems or scriptural texts, with or without keyboard accompaniment.
Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask., 1509-1848.
Financial items of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises Limited., 1955-1971.
Financial papers and accounts concerning the affairs of Janet, Countess of Wemyss., 1731-1744.
Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1532-19th century.
Firman granted by the Mogul Emperor Shāh `Ālam, in 1802, conferring the dignity of Khān on Robert Wilson, surgeon in the service of the East India Company (1762-1822).
First corrected proofs of ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ by John Hanning Speke, with many stylistic changes by the author and by John Hill Burton, the editor of the work., [1863, or before.]
Manuscript pages in John Hanning Speke's hand and a letter of James A Grant have been inserted (folios 102, 184-186, 278-279).
Leaves corresponding to pages 7-17 of the published work are lacking.
First draft of parts of ‘Missionary travels and researches in South Africa’ by David Livingstone, with many variations (especially additions) from the printed work., [1857, or before.]
First draft of parts of ‘Ten thousand a year’ by Samuel Warren, and a manuscript of an apparently unpublished play based thereon., [1839, or before-1841, or after.]
The contents are as follows.
(i) First draft of Parts I-V and XIV-XVIII of 'Ten thousand a year'. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Manuscript, undated, of an apparently unpublished play based on 'Ten thousand a year'. There are two versions of act III, scenes ii and iii, and an additional scene in another hand, which has been inserted after act IV, scene i. (Folio 62.)
First manuscript draft of chapters 1-5 of 'Dead and other Friends and Places' by Ruthven Todd., 1966.
First typescript of ‘Gallipoli memories’ by Sir Compton Mackenzie., [1929, or before.]
The typescript is heavily corrected. It lacks the preface but is preceded by a synopsis of the chapters, and some additions in manuscript.
First volume of a catalogue of the library of, apparently, David Constable, Advocate, eldest son of Archibald Constable, the Publisher.
First World War papers of James Naughton Dandie.
The papers relate to James Naughton Dandie's service with the 51st Highland Division (Artillery) in France during World War I, and some post-war papers.
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript notes and printed material.
Five 13th-century medical manuscripts, possibly written in England, with additions of the 14th and 15th centuries.
The manuscripts had been bound into one volume by the 15th century. The contents are: (i) translation, by Constantinus Africanus, of 'De gradibus simplicum' by Isaac and the end of an unidentified work, with recipes added in later hands; (ii) Gerard, 'De modo medendi', with recipes and notes added by later hands; (iii) a work on digestion; (iv) seven works on medical subjects; (v) the end of an unidentified work on the degrees of medicine, with added recipes in French.
Five documents, bound in a volume, detailing the losses suffered on various parts of the Earl of Wigtown`s estates during the Civil War, 1643-1652.
Five drawing books of Nancy Brysson Morrison, with manuscript and typescript notes for the biography 'Mary Queen of Scots' pasted in., [1960, or before.]
Five letters of Robert Nye to Derk Stanford.
On literary matters, with associated printed and manuscript items.