Signatures. Names.
Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of autographs, made circa 1840, consisting chiefly of franked envelopes and signatures., [Before 1840.]
Collection of letters and signatures, with many of the letters addressed to Dr David Maclagan and members of his family.
Compendium containing copies of several treatises on Scots Law., 17th century.
Confessions of Margaret Duchall and others, accused of witchcraft, and their delations against other persons, with the signatures of those who heard them, Alloa., 1658.
Copy of 'Scottish scene' (London, 1934) by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, signed by him, Hugh McDiarmid, and Helen B Cruickshank., 1935.
Copy of the chronicles of the Civil War in Scotland compiled by Henry Guthrie, Bishop of Dunkeld, subsequently printed as ‘The memoirs of Henry Guthrie’ (London, 1702)., 1697, [1702, or before.]
The copy of the chronicles is followed (folio 115) by 'Digitus Dei or Gods [[judgement]] Justice upon Treacherie and Treason & c.', a polemic against the 1st Duke of Hamilton. The signature 'W.Sanders' dated 1697 is on folio 1.
Correspondence and financial papers., 1810-1852.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Thomas and J A Carlyle.
Document relating to James Colville, Laird of East Wemyss (afterwards Lord Colville), Captain of 50 men-at-arms of Henry IV's ordonnance, signed, "Destveimes [d' East Wemyss]"., 1594.
Included is a note by the Reverend Henry Paton.
‘Gem selection: Scottish songs’ edited by Alfred W Tomlyn, 7th edition (Edinburgh, undated); signed, with an autograph portrait sketch, Perth, 1928, of himself by Sir Harry Lauder; with other signatures inside the front cover.
Imperfect copy, lacking the title page, of the libretto of ‘La Traviata’ by Verdi (Paris, 1865).
Inventory of the Crown jewels and plate of England, made on 20 May 1559, and subscribed by John Astley, Master of the Jewel House., 1559.
A note (folio 104) signed by Burghley, Sir Walter Mildmay, and Sir Ralph Sadleir, as commissioners of the Crown, states that a new inventory has been made on 14 March 1575, and that the present one is to be accounted as void.
Letter, 1790, and memorial, undated, signed by James Bruce of Kinnaird.
James Bruce requests a reward for his services in giving advice on the possibility of an attack on Ferrol or Gascony and in exploring Barbary and the Nile, and describes his interviews with the authorities in London.
From the handwriting of the endorsement, the letter appears to have been addressed to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.
Letter of Catherine Carswell to Edwin Muir in a copy of ‘The green ship’ (London, 1936) by Patrick Miller.
Catherine Carswell identifies Patrick Miller as her brother, Gordon Macfarlane, and writes about her work and other activities. The book is signed by Miller and the artist Eric Gill.
Letter of Henry Wellesley, scholar and antiquary, to Sir Walter Scott, enclosing a signature of Dean Swift., 1811.
Letter of Lord John Russell, proposing the appointment of Lord Gillies as Judge of the Exchequer and of Lord Cockburn as Justiciary Judge, with the King's signature approving., 1837.
Letter signed by Robert Louis Stevenson to W E Adams, of the ‘Newcastle Weekly Chronicle’, requesting to be enrolled in Uncle Toby's Dicky Bird Society., 1894.
Letters, accounts and other papers of, to, or concerning, Thomas and J A Carlyle., 1833-1880, undated.
Letters addressed to or collected by members of the Bliss family (Dr J Bliss, Hampstead and Bath; Reverend William Bliss, Newnton and Bath; Reverend James Bliss, editor of Laud; William H Bliss).
The correspondents of the Blisses are literary, antiquarian, and clerical celebrities, chiefly English, of the early 19th century. In addition, at least one of the family collected autographs and several of his own time and of the 18th century are included. A number of letters are addressed to Thomas Park, the antiquary, and others are written by members of the Athenaeum to the Secretary, Edward Magrath.
Letters and papers relating chiefly to the City of Edinburgh., 1773, 1790-1837, 1849.
Letters of celebrities collected by John Horseman., 1794-1843, 1880.
Lieutenant-General George Henry Hutton’s copy of ‘A large new historical Catalogue of the Bishops of the Several Sees within the Kingdom of Scotland Down to the Year 1688’ by Bishop Robert Keith (Edinburgh, 1755)., 1755.
This is one of two annotated copies of ‘A large new historical Catalogue of the Bishops of the Several Sees within the Kingdom of Scotland Down to the Year 1688’ by Bishop Robert Keith owned by Lieutenant-General George Henry Hutton (the other is BL.Add.MSS.8143-4).