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Speeches. Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing the text of any public address or talk.

Found in 922 Collections and/or Records:

Miscellaneous historical and topographical items, copied in the 18th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.1
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Chronological Sketch of the History of the Orkneys ... 875 to ... 1500’, possibly by George Low, minister of Birsay. It consists of fairly brief entries of historical events, followed (folio 9) by a copy of an Act of Parliament, 1471. (folio 1).(ii) Copy of `A Description of Zetland` by Thomas Gifford of Busta, 1733 (folio 11).(iii) Copy of an incomplete address to the Lord Provost on the name and...
Dates: 1471, 1618, 1670, 18th century.

Miscellaneous items, chiefly of and concerning members of the Halkett family., 1781-1887.

 File
Identifier: MS.6507
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Epitaph in Latin, circa 1781, on Sir Peter Halkett, Baronet (succeeded 1746), and his family;(ii) 'Address by the Tenantry and Feuars on the Estate of Pitfirrane', to Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, Baronet (succeeded 1847), when he settled at Pitfirrane, 1856;(iii) Thanks and award of a medal, 1884, from the University of Edinburgh to Sir Peter Arthur Halkett as delegate of the Board of Trustees for Manufactures on the occasion...
Dates: 1781-1887.

Miscellaneous letters and papers.

 Series
Identifier: MS.3836

Miscellaneous letters, papers, engravings and photographs of the Abercromby family., 1798-1887, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24774
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) An engraving (16 x 10.5 centimetres) by John Kay of Edinburgh, 1798, of General Sir Ralph Abercromby reviewing his troops (folio 1); (ii) An engraving (18 x 11.5 centimetres) by Thomas Kelly of London, 1816, depicting the 'Death of Sir Ralph Abercrombie', 1801 (folio 2); (iii) An engraving, (13 x 10.5 centimetres), undated, and artist not known, of a portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby (folio 3); (iv) A photograph, (13 x 10 centimetres), undated, by the Arundel...
Dates: 1798-1887, undated.

Miscellaneous material concerning poetry, genealogy, and other matters., 1558-1885.

 File
Identifier: MS.6503
Scope and Contents One of the most important sections is that on poetry (folios 1-18). Included here (folio 1) is an anonymous translation into English made in ?1710 of George Buchanan's ‘Francisci Valesii et Mariae Stuartae regum Franciae et Scotiae, epithalamium’. An interesting and anonymous ballad (folio 8) is called 'The Westland Letany', being a satire on the misgovernment of Scotland by Lauderdale, written circa 1673. There is also a copy of 'Hardyknute' (folios 14-16), a ballad attributed to Lady...
Dates: 1558-1885.

Miscellaneous notes and articles of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., Early 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.9322
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript, undated, entitled 'On teaching poetry', being the text of a lecture delivered to a group of teachers at some time during Sir Herbert Grierson's tenure (1894-1915) of the Chair of English at Aberdeen (folio 1);(ii) Manuscript, undated of part of a bibliography of the works of Thomas Hardy compiled by R B H Thomson and presumably in his hand (folio 27);(iii) Manuscript, 1916, entitled 'Shakespeare Centenary...
Dates: Early 20th century.

Miscellaneous papers.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.10
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Translation, 17th century, of Jan de Laet`s edition of ‘Lexicon Vitruvianum’. The beginning is missing; the text starts at `Abstantia` and breaks off at `Mataxa`. (Folio 1.)(ii) Article attacking the service-book, circa 1638. (Folio 51.)(iii) Manuscript, 1709, of ‘A Letter directed thus, for Mr James Lyon in Kirkwal’ by James Sands. (Folio 72.)(iv) Copy, late 17th century, of George Buchanan`s...
Dates: ?1595-18th century.

Miscellaneous papers concerning public affairs., 1612-1699, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7032-7037
Scope and Contents

The papers consist chiefly of copies of speeches, acts, and official correspondence, reports of proceedings of the Council or Parliament, petitions, and papers concerning legal disputes, in some of which the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale acted as arbitrator.

Dates: 1612-1699, undated.

Miscellaneous papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 1641-1685, 1723-1738, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21193
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Photographs of miscellaneous letters and commissions, 1641-1682, including a letter, 1641, from Charles I to William, 7th Earl Marischal, and a speech, undated, of Charles I. (Folio 1.) (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1723-1738, undated, including letters to George Keith, Advocate, Aberdeen, and John Douglas, Merchant in Aberdeen. Writers of letters include George, Earl Marischal (succeeded 1712), and his brother. Marshal James Keith. Additionally, the papers...
Dates: 1641-1685, 1723-1738, undated.