Poetry.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous documents apparently from the library of the Reverend A J Macdonald, Minister of Killearnan., 17th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3784
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Gaelic texts of a tale and two songs (folio 1);(ii) Letters, notes, and texts of Gaelic poems from the Lochaber area, sent by the Reverend John Walker Macintyre, Minister of Kilmonivaig, to the Reverend A J Macdonald in 1911 (folio 6);(iii) Copies, made in 1897, of seventeenth-century papers belonging to the Earls of Antrim (folio 29);(iv) A letter and two documents relating to the Macdonalds of Sleat,...
Dates:
17th century-early 20th century.
Miscellaneous documents of the Hays of Yester including copies and typescripts., Early 17th century-[mid 20th century], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14826
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Ane soverane and precious balm for the healing of all the distempers of all the reformed churches in Christen[dom] especially in thir nationes both in spiritualls & temporalles', early 17th century (folio 1);(ii) Notes, 1659, for the funeral sermon of Mr. Justice John Puleston (folio 3);(iii) A history of Drummond in Strathearn, 17th century (folio 39);(iv) ‘An advice for the educating of youth’, 17th...
Dates:
Early 17th century-[mid 20th century], undated.
Miscellaneous educational, cultural and literary papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 1758-1867.
File
Identifier: MS.15508
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers concerning the classical, literary and historical education of Patrick Chalmers (died 1824) (folio 1);
(ii) Notes of Patrick Chalmers, Advocate, on Roman law (folio 31);
(iii) Papers concerning the legal career of Patrick Chalmers, including his admission papers to the Inner Temple (1758) and the Faculty of Advocates (1762-1763; admitted 1764) (folio 54);
(iv) Miscellaneous classical exercises (folio 76);
(v) Testimonials in favour of, and academic...
Dates:
1758-1867.
'Miscellaneous Fragments’ of and collected by John Sobieski Stuart., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2183
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
'Literature', part of the Introduction to ‘The Costume of the Clans’, with various memoranda (folio 1);
'Scottish Armour' (folio 58);
'Chap. iv. The Poetry of the Forest', dealing with Gaelic poetry, apparently unpublished (folio 75);
‘Account of the Expenses of Certain Dogs sent to the King of Denmark’, reprinted from Maitland Club, ‘Miscellany’, volume iii (1843), page 337.
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Unpublished treatises of John Sobieski Stuart (John Hay Allan), calling himself Count d'Albanie, with materials collected for them.
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Manuscript of the treatise, 'The History of Hand Fire-arms', by John Sobieski Stuart; with realted material.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.15
Dates:
19th century.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.16
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Miscellaneous Gaelic verse and correspondence., 1762-1825 and undated
File
Identifier: MS.14857
Scope and Contents
A folder of loose sheets of various sizes, written in various hands, and mostly undated. 45 folios. The names of the scribes are identified where possible. The contents are:[Black Prince]. Poem entitled on docket "Black Prince", beginning ''N cuala tu Sheamais ruaig aite / Nan Uaislin achduineach armach'. At the head is written: 'S fad 's gairrid a rithis am Buinsgeal. Large single sheet, paper date 1825, folded lengthwise into a bifolium. See also the following two items....
Dates:
1762-1825 and undated
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
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Gaelic songs and verse.
Miscellaneous items of and concerning the Ker family including poetry, drawings and school exercise books., 1653-1826, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5459
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Two political ballads, and complimentary verses to Sir Andrew Ker, 1676, and to Lord Jedburgh, undated (folio 1);(ii) Minutes of Bedrule kirk session, 1653-1654, recording attempts to choose a new minister (folio 6);(iii) Five school exercise-books, circa 1820-1821; two (both signed St Clair) contain a Latin poem on William Tell and notes on Greek history respectively, and the three others contain notes on Euclid (folio...
Dates:
1653-1826, undated.
Miscellaneous Jacobite papers., 1655-1800, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14266-14268
Dates:
1655-1800, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
Miscellaneous Jacobite papers., 1722-1800, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14268
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1800, of and relating to Henry Stuart, Cardinal York, in connection with the payment of a life annuity to him by George III. The letters include two of the banker Thomas Coutts, which were published in ‘Catalogue of Jacobite relics’ by A P Trotter. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘Declaration of James the 3d ... to all his subjects ... to serve as a foundation for a lasting peace in Europe’, 1722. (Folio 15.)(iii) Account by...
Dates:
1722-1800, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
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Miscellaneous Jacobite papers.
Miscellaneous legal papers, elegies and poems., 1596-17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2935
Scope and Contents
The papers include reports of Justiciary Court trials, 1596-1639 - some not in Robert Pitcairn's ‘Criminal Trials’ (Bannatyne Club, 1833) (folio 5); notes of decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 'by my cussine' Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall and by Thomas Veitch, Advocate, 1619-circa 1650 (folio 37); elegies on ministers, seventeenth century (folio 63); and poems, chiefly Royalist and Jacobite (folio 74).
Dates:
1596-17th century.
Miscellaneous letters and documents., 1585-1901.
File
Identifier: MS.150
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Lord Justice Clerk Bellenden to James VI, relating his interview with Queen Elizabeth, London, 1 March, 1584/1585. See 'Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, 1584-1585', pages 560, 564, 565. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter of Francis Stewart, titular Earl of Bothwell, to Colonel William Urie, relating to an attack upon a sentinel, Dumfries, 1670. (Folio 3.)(iii) ‘Mr. Gidean Guthry his aco.ͭͭ of letters’,...
Dates:
1585-1901.
Miscellaneous letters and documents.
File
Identifier: MS.546
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Printed demand addressed to Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton, signed by King Charles I and countersigned by Sir Edward Littleton, Lord Chancellor, for a voluntary contribution to the loan raised against the Scots invasion, 1643/1644. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter to the High Sheriff of the County of Montgomery, signed by King Charles I and countersigned by Littleton, 1644. Half the loan raised in the County is to be paid to Prince Rupert for the army...
Dates:
1643-1869, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and documents.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.2.1.14
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters of, among others:Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, to Charles X of Sweden, 1659, asking for help in the defence of his estates; James, 2nd Earl of Airlie, to Sir David Ogilvy of Inverquharity, 1672, on financial matters; various persons to Alexander Mundell, economist, 1798, 1806, 1811, on legal business;Sir George Steuart Mackenzie to William Dundas, 1802, on the appointment of ministers to Gareloch and Applecross; ...
Dates:
1659-1831.
Miscellaneous letters and documents collected by William Finlay Watson, many of which have not been identified., 1691-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.599
Scope and Contents
The contents include letters to the Master of Stair, 1691 (folios 13-17); cuttings from the Register of the Tolbooth Prison, Edinburgh, 1736 (folios 39-40); copy of a letter of the Earl of Hertford, Ambassador in France, to the Earl of Halifax, 1763, in the handwriting of David Hume, then acting as secretary to Hertford (folios 44-45); letter of John Witherspoon acknowledging receipts, 1790 (folio 52); letter of Bishop Percy regarding Macpherson’s ‘Ossian’, 1805 (folio 61); fragments of an...
Dates:
1691-early 20th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1695-1784, 1846.
File
Identifier: MS.295
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) ‘Information’ relating to a dispute between Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh and Coll Macdonell of Keppoch over the feus of Glenroy, 1695. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter of William, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock, about a tenant, 1706. (Folio 2.)(iii) ‘The characters’, a poem printed as ‘A Jacobite Pasquil’ in ‘The Scottish Antiquary’, volume xii (1898), page 56, a cutting from which is attached. (Folio 4.)(iv) Letters of...
Dates:
1695-1784, 1846.
Miscellaneous letters and papers, copies of charters, unsigned poems, etc., 1320-1840.
File
Identifier: MS.1507
Miscellaneous letters, including one of the Comte de Mirabeau to Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto., 1784-1877.
File
Identifier: MS.19574
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) A letter of Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, to Gilbert Elliot, later 1st Earl of Minto, 1784, written during a period of residence by Mirabeau in England (folio 1);(ii) A letter to and a note of the 1st Earl, undated, with a printed proclamation as Governor-General, Madras, September 1809, concerning the Courts Martial of the Madras Army officer mutineers (folio 3);(iii) Miscellaneous letters, some fragmentary...
Dates:
1784-1877.
Miscellaneous lists, minutes and other papers of and relating to the Cameron family., 1692-1900, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9174/44-46
Miscellaneous literary and journalistic papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1709-1791, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.25417
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters, communications, and drafts for ‘The Edinburgh Magazine’ and ‘Literary Miscellany’, 1785-1787, undated, ‘The Auditor’, and other periodicals. Also a draft letter from the Advocates' Library acknowledging the donation of a book by the King of Naples, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Drafts for ‘Ancient Scottish poems published from the MS Of George Bannatyne, 1568’ (Edinburgh, 1770), consisting of poems by Robert Henderson and William Dunbar (folio 66);
(iii)...
Dates:
1709-1791, undated.
Miscellaneous literary papers., 1748-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.19394
Scope and Contents
The papers include a letter of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, to Henry Webb, 1748 (folio 1); an unfinished tale of Orkney and the Norsemen probably written by Thomas Stewart Traill, circa 1838 (folio 7); Ben Nevis in Winter, 1893, and ‘An Alpine Adventure’ (folio 53) by Thomas Stewart Omond; ‘Journal of a Trip to Iona’, undated, by L A Omond; and miscellaneous poetry 1820-20th century (folio 200).
Dates:
1748-early 20th century.