Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters, 1808-1817, of the Reverend Edward Berwick, Matthew Weld Hartstonge, Theophilus Swift, and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’ (MS.881);

'Cursory Remarks' by Theophilus Swift and other material, supplied by Matthew Weld Hartstonge and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’, 1808-1817 (MS.882).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Marriage Articles, 1558, of Mary Queen of Scots and François II of France; and ‘Memoire des affaires d`escosse pour diceulx estre escript a n[?]e s[?] pere le pape de la part du Roy daulphin [François II] et Royne daulphine [Mary Queen of Scots] soubs le bon plaisir et intencion du Roy’, 1559 (Adv.MS.54.1.2);Letter, 1564, of Mary Queen of Scots to her cousin and brother-in-law Henri d’Angoulême, Abbot de la Chaise-Dieu, natural son of Henri II and...

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters, 1797-1803, of the Macdonald, Robertson and Robertson-Macdonald families (MS.3946 (part));

Letters, 1804-1806, of the Macdonald, Robertson and Robertson-Macdonald families (MS.3947 (part));

Letter book, 1803-1804, of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macdonald, Tobago (MS.3972).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letter, 1757, of David Hume to Charles Binning, Vice-Dean of the faculty of Advocates, resigning the Curatorship of the Advocates’ Library (Adv.MS.20.2.21); Minutes, 1754-1762, of the Select Society of Edinburgh (Adv.MS.23.1.1);A brief account of the formation of the Belles-Lettres Society, Edinburgh, in January 1759 (folio 1) and minutes of its meetings until 29 May 1761 (Adv.MS.23.3.4);Copy of `An Account of the Number of People in...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, on 8 February, 1587 (the night before her execution), to her brother-in-law, Henri III of France (Adv.MS.54.1.1);Marriage articles of Mary Queen of Scots and François II of France; and ‘Memoire des affaires d’escosse pour diceulx estre escript a n[?]e s[?] pere le pape de la part du Roy daulphin [François II] et Royne daulphine [Mary Queen of Scots] soubs le bon plaisir et intencion du Roy’, 1558-1559...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letters, [1823-1875], of Thomas Carlyle to various persons, with some written to him (MS.1796);Letters, [1833-1868], of Jane Welsh Carlyle to various persons, with some of Geraldine Jewsbury to Lady Amberley and of Margaret Welsh and Dr John Aitken Carlyle to William and Mrs Dods (MS.1797);Articles, notes, and fragments, 1767, [1832-?1871], in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph (MS.1798);‘Thomas Carlyle, Eine biographisch-literarische...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Letters and papers of Sir Walter Scott, consisting of notes on Malta, undated, fragments of the manuscript of an article, 'Ancient history of Scotland' in ‘Quarterly review’, volume xli (1828), instructions for his will, 1831, and some letters, 1826, undated. (The letters from this collection which are published in ‘The letters of Sir Walter Scott’, edited by Sir Herbert J C Grierson (London, 1932-1937) or copies of which are included in MSS.1750-1753, are...

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);

Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters and papers, [?1821-?1908], of and concerning James Augustus Grant and family (MS.17908);

Letters, [?1864-1892], to James Augustus Grant from explorers and others concerning Africa (MS.17909); Letters, [?1854-?1890], to James Augustus Grant from explorers and others concerning Africa (MS.17910).

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Transcripts of letters, 1806-[circa 1820], of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs George Ellis, Christian Rutherford, and Jane Boston Russell of Ashiesteel (MS.857);

Transcripts of letters, 1809-1826, of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs and Miss (Anne Jane) Maclean-Clephane of Torloisk (MS.858);

Letters, 1821-1832, of Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart (MS.859).