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(Lady Lewis Bellenden of Broughton), with receipt. 1587. v; 4. Extract Commission by King James VI. to Mr. James Ander- . son, Minist~r of Stirling, to visit the churches in the diocese .j 3. " Nomina Commensalium in Collegio Leonardino Commoran­of Dunblane, etc.; and visitations following thereon. 1586..tium," being the Roll of the mensal students in St. Leonard's [Somewhat·torn; 48 pages remaining.] College; St. Andrews,. 1587-1590 ; with accounts, 1592.

15. Three papers bearing on proceedings in Church Oourts, May Original Register of Oblations and Privy Ti~hes of the vicar­1599, July 1618, and 1643.age of Bosbury, from 1635-1641.

16.' Six papers: Original proceedings against Mr. Alexander Pit­5. Eleven papers: three " ccounts of Rents from certain lands in ',.

IIreland belonging to the deceased Sir Claud Hamilton of cairn, 1649, and Extract Proceedings in Synod of Fife v.::3hawfield, Inventory of his goods, etc.; and seven very

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.Mr. Alexander Scrymgeonr, appointed Professor of Divinitycurious Accounts of the Persunal Expenses of Sir Ueorge at St. Andrews, he not being in orders.Hamilton and others of the family. 1613-1629. 1713, etc.

v 6. Three papers: two Rentals of the Teinds of Whittingham, 17. Four papers: Reasons for not taking Test, 1681 ;' copy letter., about 1624, apparently rendered to Sit 'William Hamilton by a Non~ur.or in 'reference to Headship of Church, 1693; of Elieston; an Account of Taxation due·' to the lordship Overture ~ regard to "Marrow" Controversy; and copy of ,::, ..~:~:of LindQres, about same date. correspondence on the same subject, 1742. .

Two _pap'e~}~ Account of Rents, etc., paid to Lord Melville, (18. Large packet of papers of Ecclesiastical interest:r' , 1635-16~5, by Mr. Thomas Christie; another account re- Ministers, ~inutes of Presbyteries, proceedings about ne~""~:' '. ",;~' t. "_~ ferring to the same la~ds, 1717. churches, stIpends, etc. 1705-1832.

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r I, j .. v 8. 'fI'wo Accounts of Money received for the Bishops of Edin- 19. MS. narrative of the rise and progress of the FundiPr'Relie~:\ burgh, 166~, and of 1656. I of the Indigent Episcopal Clergy in Scotland; ~d:'.

\ \ 9.' Two Accounts, one'imperfect, of I ntromi~sions with the Bishops' i 20. Curious account. by the Heralds for .... ~ Rents of Brechin, Dunkeld, Dunblane, etc. 1735 and 1756. \ Call1eron, Cargill, and other Covenanters. 1680-1683.

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List of Miscellaneous Papers in

. DIVISION II.

!J[iscellaneous, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Scientific, Legal, 1Jfilita?'!J, and otM?' Papers, chiefly 1Jfodern. . .

f .- 1. Four leaves, fi'agments of the "Auchinleck Manuscrip~,"J: '~. '

..t . / bound together for preservation; being portions of the 14 I' , V poem called the" Life of Adam." t ~ ~wv\'

J 2. Curious old Drapery Account against the" Lady Justice-Clerk"

;{, .- .~.... ~:, :.• , the Collectio1t ofDavid Laing', LL.D. ­

\/,lD, Large and interesting Account-book, with entries from 1634­1673, chiefly of groceries and small wares, sold by Mr.Law-' rence Scott. .

11. Paper entitled "Informatione for the Earle of Aberdeenagainst The Earle of Lauclerdaill and Sir Robert Millne ,:in reference to their conduct' of the Mint. 1682-1683.Incomplete.

12.. Paper entitled "Paralipomena, or abridgment of some axioms,of law omitted out of Durie's Practiques which were inHaddingtonnes aud Balmonoes Practiques," etc. [Last date1631.] ,

13. Greek MS. entitled" SEO«PIAOT BA$IATKOT 7TpWTorr­7TaBapLOV Kat, aPXL7JTpOV 7Tept, rrepvryfLwv," from the Royal Library at Paris. . r

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0/21. Original letter by Lieutenant George Hill, who was one or .those present at Mr. Jflmes Renwick's ordination. Amster­dam, 18th June 1683.

I . / 22. Latin MS., small quarto, "Colloquii de Peccato Originali;" n.d.

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i 23. Pamphlet, on "Some things to be reformed in the Church of \., Scotland;" n.d., but probably early part of 17th century. \

24. MS. of Discourse on State of. Believers. About same period. Imperfect.

.25. Pamphlet in reference to the Solemn League and Covenant.' Imperfect. 1650, etc.

"Sion's Vindication," a discourse by Mr. William Menzies \.:6.

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I I.. 33. Two Sennons, one imperfect, by Mr. Maclarin. July 1725.

34. Sermon on 1 Cor. ilL 10; n.d.

35. French treatise, entitled "Plan Abregc du Gouvernement 'l~;

Economique de l'Etat Ecclesiastique;" n.d. ,\ .x49.

36. Latin MS. entitled "Epistola Archimedis ad Regem Gelonem Allrre Groocre Reperta anno lErre Christianre." 1688.

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[probably of Aberdeen]. 1652.. ./ i

27. A large packet of contemporary MSS. of Dying Speeches by···. .!

James Guthrie, Donald Cargill, David Halkston, and otherCovenanters; ecclesiastical and political essays and papers;religious meditations, papers on medicine, letters, andothers, by members of the family of GOl'don of Earlston inGalloway, some of which papers were in the possession of,if not autograph of, the Alexander GOl'don who suffered forhis adherence to Presbyterianism. ~~A.JI:.- ..

28. Sermon by Mr. James Kirkton, author of a Ifistory of the . Church of Scotland. October 13, 1698.

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29. A Personal Covenant, by Mr. Gabriel Semple, Minister of~edburgh. 1695.

. 30. Treatise on the Abjuration Oath, after the Union. Imperfect. , I? '

31. Sermon, appare~tlby.Rev. William Carlyle, Minister of Pres­tonpans, fat Dr. Alexander Carlyle. 7th June 1752.

32. Three Sermons; , l"by Rev. J. Brown, at Abercorn, andanother on the de .p. of William II!. 1702.

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the Collectl'Oli of David Laing', LL .D. 8S

Latin Le,cture on the mode of electing German Emperors,about 1727 ; and several other lectures and historical notes,chiefly by Charles Mackie, sometime Professor of Historyin the University of Edinburgh. 1719-1753.

38. Portions of original MS. of "The Antiquities of Athens, by Messrs. Stuart and Revett."

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39' Notes of a Tour in Italy. 1718. ,

40. Tract on the Danger of a Toleration to Episcopal Dissenters inScotland. About 1712.

41. Tractate in form of a letter, proposing a scheme to remedy '. r. ,some grievances of Schoolmasters; n.d. ./ 'I 42. "Chronological Catalogue of all the Editions of the Acts of'::". /J _ \-:1 : the Parliament of Scotland," with notes by J ames. Chalmers, ... -"

nephew to the author of " Caledonia."

43.• Three papers: Letter, the Town Council of Peith to the Townof North Berwick, about Commissioner to Convention ofBurghs; two Minutes of Meeting of Freeholders, etc., at··

v' Dumfries, to elect a member to the' Parliament of GreatBritain, 24th June 1708 and 9th N9vember 1710.

44. Memori~l for Opinion of Counsel as tofu,hether the eldest sonsof Peers of Scotland have a right to ~lect or be elected toParliament for either Shires or Burghs in Scotland; 185

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. pages. About 1790. .-<," 45. Paper entitled" A short Discourse off the EarlE}..tf~~ut«e:dand

his precedencie in Parliament befor the Earleoff Caithness. ,A.D. 1617." .

46. Packet of letters and miscellaneous papers written by WilliamGuthrie, a political and historical writer of last century. .

47. "An Essay suggesting an important application of the High­land Music to the leading objects of the Highland Societyof Scotland;" n.d. '. .

, 48. Collection of Notes, chiefly antiquarian, on a great variety ofsubjects-Alchemy, English Manners, Leathern Boats, andother antiquities, said to be from the papers of Dr. Lort.

An Essay on Barrows and other Tumuli of a sepulchral nature, by the Rev. John HorsIey, author of the" Britannia Romana." Said to be autograph.

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. the" Grampians Desolate i" born 1764, died 1824. .r,

52. Oricinal paper, drawn up by "John Keymer," for the infor-.:' ~ation of Killg James I., "touchinge trade and traffique beyond the seas and in England," proving that "English seas and lande commodities doe serve to enriche and strengthen other countryes against our owne, and how to redress the same." Dated about. 1620, w.ith a modern copy:

53. Curious paper, with diagrams, treating of various kinds of Sun-Dials; n.d. .

54. "The Statuts and Ordinances of George Heriot his Hospitall, made and done according to his Letter Will and Testament by WaIter Balcanquel, Dean of Rotchester, D.D. In the year of our Lord God 1627." [Contemporary copy.]

5'5. Inter~sting collection of autograph Themes, in prose and verse, chiefly Latin, w,ith a few in Greek, bearing the names of many of the earliest graduates of the University of Edin­burgh. About the.years 1584-1590.

-'56; Collection of MS. Plays, Pantomimes, etc., exhibited at the Theatre-Royal, Edin?urgn, about 1837, 1841, 1842.

57. Lar<Ye collection of Poems on the subject of Bruce and Wallace .- . t>

. meeting at the Catron, for the hest poem on which a prize of ;£50 was offered in 1818; gained by Mrs. Remans.

Abstract of, or extracts from, the first volume of the "Maha.­wanso," a Historical Record [partly relating to Ceylon], which was translated from the original Pali by the Hon.. George Turnotn;. C.C.S.

59. Volume bound in cloth, containing a number of miscellaneous .­l~ J. documents, chiefly copies in MS. of Diplomas, CharterS. _ 1i.~'''''''' Legal Opinions, and others.

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,.!'-".. 86 List of Miscellaneous Papers in

i. Oricrinal Deed of Appointment of the Rev. John Walker as

Professor of Natural History in the University of Edin­bUl'<Yh with other papers relative thereto: also- a packet of '~~[ MS~ ~otes and papers on the Natural History, Agriculture, etc., of Scotland. . .-­

51. Original Songs and Poems by Alexander Campbell, author of " .~ \

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the Collection 0/ Davzd La?'ng', 87LL.D.

60. Volume, half-bound, containing a number of letters, chiefly..l..LL-. • from a Mr. John Gray to Mr. Thomas Gray, merchan.t in V/I -. Edinburgh, between 1680 and 1742.

61. Bundle of papers containing scraps of Poetical MS. Prologues, • . Squibs, etc., said to have belonged to W. H. Ireland, author Jf;1~:·J.,jof the Shakespeare Fabrications.

62. Bundle of letters and papers, chiefly relating to the Chill'ch of Scotland, and containing the autographs of Dr. Chalmers, Dr. John Illglis, Principal Lee, Dr. AJexrwl:le;r Webster, the ~late Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Thomas Erskine, Lord Chancellor, and others.

63. Portfolio containing a number of letters addressed to Mr. I.J",... _ ,

William Scot, Professor of Greek in the University of ITIfW Edinburgh, chiefly as to his family affairs, with a number of letters and other papers containing various autographs.

64. Two copies of a'" l)oem on the Day of Judgment." 65. FOUl; ~opies, one imperfect, of "Appius, the Decemvir:

Tragedy." ~.~ J~ MG\o'\'~ .66. Portfolio containi:q.g a large number of ~~tters addressed to

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David, fourth Viscount Stormont, with aut.ographs of the lastEarl of Annandale.ofthe name of Murray, and 'others of thesaid David as Lord B,alvaird, the second Viscount Stormonthand other members hf the Creichtoun, Johnstoune MUITa,,"and Hay families. ~.<f.iPot arranged. CL"'~'~

67. Bundle of letters, contain~ numerous valuable au~graph~ ~Admiral Rodney, General Conway, tb V i5ililiry~8billl!l, Alexander Frasel' Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, the

. last Earl of Hyndford, and various other Peers and Peeresses. '.68~Volume, half· bound, containing curious papers in old'hand­

writing, "Ane Epistle of a ryght vertuous woman to a ' learnyde man of late fallen from the truthe," apparently. ~?:-'~. ':;.. by "Roland Taylor;" various religious pieces by JohnMabh of London, goldsmyth, 1573-1577.

69. Collection of Recipes for Preserves,' Acrostics, and other li<Y!lt' b

P?etry, on~ or two. with. the signat.ure. of "ChidiockTichburne, concluding WIth a copy III old hand of the'amusing Macaronic Poem called "Pleasantissima Po]emo­middinia inter vetarvam et Nebarnam," attributed to.

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List of lV/iscella1leous Papers ill 88

Drummond of Hawthornden. (Nos. 68 and' 60 in one'

volurne.) 'i0. Collection of Certificates for drawing annuities and pensions

from the Civil List, with many intel;esting autographs, ft/rJ;/ including those of Carolina Baroness Nairne, authoress of., "The Laird of Cockpen," enc., Lord President C. Hope, apd

. others; v.d. 71. ,Another similar packet, containing signatures of the last Baron

I~"./ Holland, the thirteenth Earl of Caithness, Earl of Errole,./f(\ I and others, with several French signatures.

72. Another packet of a similar nature, with autographs of Thomas Campbell the poet, Baron Hume, a letter of the

~ late Professor Sir William Hamilton, Thomas Coutts & Co., and othel's.

73. Bundle o(letters, etc., connected with the family of John­stone of vVesterhaU, autographs of first' and third Baronets,

•vA.rJ and of Governor J~hnstone of Florida, with other members ~11" " of the family. Also autographs of A[lexander] Dalrymple,

Hydrographer to H. E. I. Co., brother to Lord Hailes. 17)'6. I Packet of autograph letters by Lord Thomas Erskine the .trfr.,,}4.

celebrated lawyer, Lord High Chancellor. Collection of valuable autographs, including those of Thos.75.

Chalmers, D.D., Alexr. F. Tytler Lord Woodhouselee, Professor Andrew Dalzel [1742-1806], the late Professor Pillans, and others.

t/fkJ 76. Paper of 4:) folio pages entitled" Orders and !nstructions to

George Johnstone, Esqr., Governor of West Florida," with signature of King George Third, dated 7th December 1763, and also two papers of oaths administered to officers of the colony.

,nn ~\" 77. Paper by "Major Mackenzie" regarding the affairs of the n " '\ East India Company. Date about 1770.

" 78. Two papers, with a draft letter signed" Geo. Johnstone," containing copies of Naval despatches and other interesting Naval documents, appareutly addressed to the said George J ohnstone, Esq., as Commodore. 1780-1781.

f T( .. )..79. Collection of letters, Naval orders, despatches, and similar

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w'8 CloUU ~t:ru, lUlU u(;uer literary men.

," 83. Co~~~tion of frag~ents of original poetry, also from the Cum-g Papers, With a few Heraldic notes.

84. Packet of .Certificates of Character witl f I

' 1 numerous autographs o c ergymell and others. 1670 d '.dated 1700-10. an onwards, With packet

85. Parts of Sermon in old hand 1 Pthe "Lives f '. on eter v. 2-4, and sketch of

..0 some anCIent Fathers and modern D' . ,A_ I

who war emlllent lights in the Church of Christ" Alvbllles, fllrtIJ 1649. . out

86. Collection of letters addressed to J h DL (T AIm 0 n rummond; Esq of . v 00le and. 1771 onwards. " t ." ·

87. Coll t' f ."tA·"'" ec IOn 0 papers containing Accounts and Recei ts for' ;O~k d~e ~n Holyrood Palace, and at Stirling an/Dum­~ ...

P arkon ast es, 1684-6; also Accounts affecting the Royal"" -. ar s.

88. Packet of Workme' A H

n s ccounts for repairin f1 the Abbe f ~olyrood. 1733-1736. " 0 y 0 " r'" - ...

80. Collection of papers, Acts, Memorials Petitions bea/' ;/.i. --0-­ the Pre.sbyterians and the'Covenant; v.d. fro~ 163;~1~;; <'~-'':).''''>'I \ ;~und l;,~ne volume, formerly in the possession of the lat: h:., I "t'.: \ IOmas IOI11S011, Esq., President of the Bannatyne Olub. ,,' ,,-V' I

documents in the yearli 1812-15, chiefly addressed to the ...::

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d d to the said' Ge01'O eNaval documents, apparelltly ad resse 0

Johnstone, Esq., as Commodore. 1780-1781. d' il d d patches an Slm 0.1'Collection of letters, Naval or e~s, 1~s fl. add'ressed to the

documents in the year!; 1812-1;>, c 11e y

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List of Miscellaneous Papers in88 . tlte Co!!ectt'01z of Davz'd Laz'ng, LL.D. 89

8 d' 6!l in one'Drummond of Ilawthornden. (Nos. 6 an late Admiral Sir Philip C. Durham of Largo; with numerousvolume.) . 't' and pensions autogmphs of distinguished Admirals, as Lord Keith,

'i0. Collection of Certificates fo~' /rawmg ~:~:slt~~a autographs, Lord Collingwood, Commodore Hotham, Sir Alexr.from the Civil List, WIt 1 many N' irne0 authoress of .. Cochrane, ~dllliral Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Pulteney

~. I including those of Carolina Barones; ~d t C Hope and Malcolm, and others, Governors of Colonies, and a largefff' VV "The Laird of Cockpen," enc., Lord reSl en. ,. number of East India merchants. Arranged for binding.

. others; v.d. ., si natures of the last Baron 80. Collection of papers, accounts, receipts, and other documents 71. .Another similar pa~ket, contEal~{ng£ 3aithness Earl of Errole, relating to the Scotch Mint. 1692-3. .

Holland, the tll1l'teenth aI O. ' .

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and others, with several French slgnatur~s. h f 81. Collection of lettti!'s between 1780 and 1785, addre~sed to " "1 nature WIth autograp s 0 Mr. James Cumming, Lyon Clerk, Painter and Secretary to n." "

72. Another packet of a Slml ar B 'Hume a letter of the the Society of Antiqnaries, containing numerous queries as ":~Thomas Campbell the poet, aro~ Tl' as Coutts & to points of Heraldry, etc. ~ late Professor Sir William HamIlton, lom

82. Another large collection of Cumming Correspondence,,includ_ Co., and .others. nected with the family of John­ iug autographs of Wm. Creech, Hugh Arnot, Wm. Smellie,73. Bundle of letters, etc., con f fi t' d third Baronets

f W t h 11 autoaraphs 0 1'S an , David Herd, and other literary men. stone 0 es er a '0 • -'l ' .." r'-l,n- ..,.,,,,... hn-~. .,. , ....... ..1 l' r't , T"l _ .f- ,...,... ,...f:' lJ'1 , ,.. ...-T-' W"83. Collection of fragments of original poetry, also from the Cum­

ming Papers, with a few Heraldic notes.

( (aMU' 5 ) I 8:; tA-""J:. 84. Packet of Certificates of Character, with numerous autographs J '-'--Ti-' of clergymen and others.

.. .\ dated 1700-10.(. c. Hcp.eU) / I er; () 1 /l.~, /:La..I . 85. Parts of Sermon in old hand on 1 Peter v. 2-4, and sketch of

the "Lives of some ancient Fathers and modern Divines, 11rrw who war eminent lights in the Church of Christ." About 1649..

86. Collection of letters addressed to John Drummond, Esq. of Logie Almond. 1771 onwards.

87. Collection of papers containing Accounts and Receipts for work done on Holyrood Palace, and at Stirling and Dum­barton Castles, 1684-6; also Accounts affecting the Royal Parks.

88. Packet of Workmen's Accounts ~?r repairing the Abbey of Holyrood. 1733-1736.

89. Collection of papers, Acts, Memorials, Petitions, bearing on the Pre.sbytel'ians and the'Cove~ant; v.d. fro~ 1634-1700, bound 1ll one volume, formerly In t.he posseSSIOn of the late Thomas Thomson, Esq., President of the Bannatyne Club.

of other ~.

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List of Jlliscellalleous Papers ill the Collectt"Oll of Davzd Lal1zg, LL.D. 919°

90. Collection of letters addressed to Mr. Charles Mackie, Pro­ and a MS. appendix intended for a second edition' an fessor of Civil History in the University of Edinburgh, who autograph letter from John Lord Bute, 'the favo~riteresigned that charge in 1755, and died 1770. Four sta~man of King George the Third, accompanies this; packets of various dates: one of letters from Dr. J olm (3.J a letter as to a projected work by Dr. Wallace to Mitchell, London; a second, letters from George Turnbull,

(D~Vid Hume, with, autograph reply by the latter; (4.)VAberdeen; another from foreign Professors; and a fourth ~ql I~cellaneous Essays. \never published) by Dr. Wallace; S-l from various noblemen. "1). ~~ ~.) small book contammg notes regarding Patronages, and ~

I J.AP,•..J91. Another packet of letters to the same, unalTanged. s IOrt Essay on Patronage, with two other papers; (u.) a \fll..-~Tt bl..of¥'t· ... 92 . Packet of correspondence addressed to Messrs. Fairholme, ,;.;' sn~a~l rack.,et of papers, chiefly personal; and (7.) the b;~

1.Av.. r Bankers, Edinburgh, 1750 and various years; with a few ~or.lgI~al M:::>. of a poem entitled" Prospect from a Hill in ~.~ ~q~,'1 I r W Accounts. FIfe, and other papers belonging to George WalJace, Esq.,

• Advocate, son of the preceding Rev. Dr. Wallace. publisher in Piccadilly; letters by n~blemen and oth~rs, ' ­

93. Autographs:' Mr. James Hidgway, senr., the lat.e well-known. ' :. ~ 2!' Packet/of or!gi~,al notes for t~e "Diss~rtation on the Numbers

addressed to t.he late Mr. J. Hennmg, sculptor, wIth ~ ''E:CI,~. dO~ fMankdIlld .above mentIOned, wIth a number~ several lithob'1.·aphed signatures of English Kings and la ts an varIous letters from David Hume. Queens. I). D8. Collection of papers [arranged] more or less relating to the

D4. Packet of letters and autographs: the Right Hon. Henry \,.J :..J.. family of Cochralle of lJundonald; autographs of the first Dundas, afterwards first Viscount Melville, as t.o the office L..... w...:Jc;,.I.Earl and Countess, second Earl, Admiral Sir Alexander of Keeper of Linlithgow Palace, and letters on the same )u-...J..:>,"",: Cochralle, and other members of the family, with a few subject from the Earl of Hopetoun, Lord En'oll, and other papers [not arranged] 'containing autographs of Admiral Sir Thos. Livingstone of West.quarter, representa- country gentlemen in Ayrshire. tive of the Earls of Linlitllgow [1799], and others. , DD. Volume of blank paper interleaved with a number of letters

95. Folio of 16 pages entitled, " Ane Acconnt of the procedure of Accou~ts, et~., relat~g to the affairs of Glasgow University: ''.1. ;~J the Baillies of Leith, etc., upon the information given unto and chIefly to the dispute between it and Balliol College,':'y'~", - them against the officers and others of the men of war Oxford, as to the Snell Scholarship in 1749; autographs ~'" \ presently lying in Leith Roads. January 6, 1.709." of Professor John Anderson, founder of the Andersonian

\ 96. Collection of Essays, both printed and unpublished, by the Institution, the Rev. Principal Leechman, D.D., and others.\ Rev. RobertWallace, D.D. [1697-1771], who was appointed ..; I 00. P~inted pamphlet, "Code of Canons of the Episcopal Church \. one of the ministers of Greyfriars, Edinburgh, in 1733, and III Scotland," 1811, with two oriainalletters relating to it

\. a chief mover in the establishment of the Scottish Min­ by Bishop Skinner, Aberdeen.U K'-J" isters' Widows' Fund, and Moderator of the Assemhly

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la I. Packet of letters addressed to Mr. J ames Anderson, W.S., .'I [1743] whichtanctioned the scheme. The collectio:I author of the "Diplomata Scotire," with his autograph and consists of (1.) a number of proof-sheets of Dr. Wallace s those of Geo. Ridpath, author of several historical tracts, l/;tvDissertation on the Numbers. of Mankind, wi~h c~rrectionsv Geo~ge Crawful'd the genealogist, and others; also a.packet in the handwriting of Davld Hume the hIStonan; (2.) of mIscellaneous documents, some referring to the Craws of printed Essay on "The Doctrine of Passive Obedience and Heughhead, others to the DUllbars of Mochrurn, which Non-Resistance considered," a reply to "Advices" by Lord seem to have been in the possession of the said Mr. Jam.es DUll, with marginal notes in Dr. 'Vallace's handwriting, Anderson.

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List of Miscellamous Papers i1l the Collection ofDavzd Laing, LL.D. 93 102. Packet of letters addressed to the said Mr. James Anderson ; Blair, Dr. Thomas Reid, Dr. Thomas Blacklock Lord'r:Jl< '. J some interesting autographs. . . Hailes, Lor? Gardenstoun, Lord President Charles' Hope,

and other literary men,-being letters, etc., addressed by 103. twenty-three Warrants for Inspectors and Comptrollers them to Mr. Thomas Brydson, author, or intended author, . of Taxes, etc., in Scotland, containing autographs of the of a work on Peerages. ~.) . Right Hon. Wm. Pitt, Prime Minister [1792-1800], and

other statesmen. Ill. Two quarto MSS., "An account of the order of Peeraae and ., other distinctions of rank--Great Britain and Ir:lanu"

historian, being his evidence before the Record CommISSIOn, 104. Some autograph papers of Patrick Fraser Tytle~' ~he

.. ~·/.f"""..Jand. a folio MS. fragment of a "Treatise on Chivalry~"A1r~J These are probably the introductory portions of the work and letters thereanent.

referred to ill the preceding letters. 105. Packet of letters addressed chiefly to Sir Wm. M'Leod~ '~~e, Lord Bannatyne; v.d. of the years 1805-~.. • 112. Original Recollections of Burns, by Alexander Young, Esq. of

.'i?r'.A.1 Harburn, W.S., Edinburgh.106. Collection of interesting papers, General Orders, MlhtaryHeports, secret communications, etc., chiefly copies, but 113.. Two original MSS.: (1.) Memoirs of Lord Justice-Clerk

~.J some original, with autographs of Commanders, relating to . Braxfield, and (2.) Memoir of the family of Carlyle of T'n ~ the British expedition in Calabria, 1804-6, not chrono­ ~';J Lymeki~, with a notice of Dr. Joseph D. Carlyle, Professor

gically arranged. of ArabIC at Cambridge, died in 1831, by the same Alex­ander Young, Esq.

107. Eighteen papers, containing, among other interesting auto­graphs, those of Henry Viscount Bolingbroke, John Duke 114. Uollection of papers, apparently Lectures and Sermons of Buckingham, etc. [1711], the first Duke of Bedford, and writ.ten in a peculiar shorthand, by the Rev. WilliaU:r other noblemen, Dr. S. Barrington, Bishop of Salisbury I iA.~ Wishart, sometime minister of the Tron Church, and [1788], James Bradley, Astronomer-Royal, [born 1692, ;T/(1.-/Principal of the University of Edinburgh. These notes died 1762], the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval [1812], and the are written on backs of letters, some of which contain Hon. Charles Townshend. interesting autographs of last centur\>.

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~ i"", I~ f 15. Another packet of the same.number of interesting autographs: Sydney Earl Godolphin,

108. Packet of Receipts for Government Annuities, containing a

116. Small quarto MS. book in the hanflw1'iting of the late Henry the celebrated treasurer and statesman of King William lIT. f :""'¥\.~I Howal'd, Esq. of C01'by Castle, Cumberland, and described.~ r\r,V

I 1 . and Queen Anne, Francis his son, J olm first Earl Gower, by him as an "Account of some MS. letters from and to ,Iand others; v.d. the Baron de FOUl'queveaulx, Ambassado1' of Charles IX. to Philip n.," etc. They are lette1's of Catharine de .~ "',/-.j 109. Collection of notes, extracts from documents, letters to R.

.\ 'i '\. \. Lemon, Esq., and others, relating to papers in State Paper Medicis. [This book seems to have belonged to the late Pat1'ick Fraser Tytler, Esq., the historian, as a, memo in his Office. handwriting is enclosed.]

1l0. Valuable collection of holograph letters and other papers by 117 Biogl'aphy of Martin Luther, with unfinished preface.

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a number of the most prominent literary Scotchmen.[about 1787-1812], the Very Rev. Principal Baird, Principal Note.-A sentence in the preface implies that this is by Campbell, Dr. James Beattie, Aberdeen; Rev. Dr. Hugh . j: the translator of Vico's "Scienza Nuova."

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n 8. TJ.1ree packe~ of letters, chiefly from Richard Hotchkis~, 127. Packet cOlltaining several autograph letters of Marshal James Esq., t.o Major-General WaIter Ker, in regard to .the latter s Keith, killed at battle of Hochenkirken, 14th October 1758, claim to the Dukedom of Roxburghe, arranged 11l order of and other letters relating to him, with some foreign auto­date-(A.) letters in the year 1806, (n.) 1807, and (c.) 1808. graphs.They contain a narrative of the case. l28. Two packets (1.) of letters from Alexander Macdonald, first

Packet of letters and autographs: Sir John Sinclair, Bart., ~f . ~Baron Macdonald of Slate, died 1795, and other members . Ulbster, author of the Statistical Account of Scotland; S11' ~ . ~ f the family;. (2.) letters from Sir James St. Clair Erskine,

\ IGeorge Stuart Mackenzie, seventh Bart. of Coul; George, H;~ 'V. afterwards second Lord Rosslyn, as to military arrangements fifth Duke of Gordon, and others. j : -- at Musselburgh, etc., in 1803.

. 120. Draft Catalogue of Sir WaIter Scott's Busts, MSS., etc., exhi- . 129. Eight papers-autographs of the Lauderdale family, 1632­

. bited at the Scott Centenary Exhibition of 1871, with a l- 1695: John, first Duke, as Lord Maitland; 'Anna Honle

-'il;\A\;"\.J number of original letters and papers, facsi~iles, and por­ his first, and Eliza Talmash his second, wife, with others of 1'1 "p traits of Sir WaIter; a very valuable collectIOll. the family.

121. Packet of Sermons by Rev. Mr. Simpson, minister of More- - 130. Six autographs: two letters of Lady Jane Drurnmond, the battle about the e~d of last century, afterwards minister l'f ' .. second Countess of the first Earl of Roxburgh; a letter of successively of Lady Yester's and Tron Churches in Edin- . II"')~ '. '* Lady Jean Drummond, afterwards Countess of 'Wi~on,burgh; written in a neat legible hand. 165~, and ot.her members of the Drummond family.

122. Series of letters sewed together, by Mr. J ames Simpson, pro­ 131. Two letters from William, otherwise "Deacon," Brodie, bably the son of the preceding, with graphic accounts of notorious housebreaker of last century, dated from the Old" life in London; and several letters. by other members of Tolbooth three weeks before his execution. The addresses - the same fa~ily; v.d. of the letters are torn away, but they are evidently to persons -

123. Packet of Culloden pap~rs, seventeen in all: containing six of influence, praying that his sentence might be changed autoQTaph letters by the Honourable Duncan Forbes of from death to transportation. +' CUll~den, Lord President of the Court of Session, dateu

132. Autograph letter of Schwanthaler, 'the German s~ulptor,1747, shortly before his death, and some other papers by I addressed to Fried. Thirsch. Dated Munich, 29th Novem­'t

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." him and Lords Prestongrange and Elchies. ber 1844. 124. Five autographs: Captain F. Grose the antiquarian; Rev.

133. T11ree autograph letters of Scotch Painters: (1.) Gavin J.+- John J amieson, compiler of the Scottish Dictionary; J oseph Hamilton, died 1775, describing discovery of some fineRitson, and two others. statues in a cave at Rome; (2.) Gilbert Stuart Newton, R.A.,

125. Th; autograph letters: by Rev. Joh~Wesley, his brother a Scotch painter, born 1794, died 1835; (3.) Sir Henry Charles, and the Rev. George Whitfield, addressed to the Raeburn the celebrated portrait-painter, died 1823. Honoitrable J ames Erskille, Lord. Grange.

V134. Three antographs: (1.) Sir Christopher Hatton, a lawyer and 126. Letter, dated London, 8th June 1721, regarding the Report courtier of Queen Elizabeth; (2.) autograph of Thomas

of the House of Commons on South Sea Company's Stock; Sackville, first Earl of Dorset, poet and statesman, signing with a packet of letters addressed to Matthew Miller of as .Lord Buckhurst, attached to a Treasury order; (3.) theGlenlie, apo.thecary, Kilmarnock, about 1670-80, apparently same, attached to an account for certain arms supplied forfrom patients. the Coronation of King James 1. [1603].

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147. Discharge to Burgh of Anst,ruther, signed by the Reformer Collection of autographs-·Scotch and English Architects: 135. John Adam, William Adam, H. Holland, B. "Vyatt, and Mr. James Melvill, minister of Kilrenny. 9th January 1593.

others. . 14/;. Acknowledgment signed by the Reformer Audrew Melville, while Professor at Sedan. 3d July 1612.136. Autograph letter by Simon Fraser, LhordfId·otva~t~~ ~~~eC~~~I~

Thomas Fruser, writer in Edinburg ,0 a e ~. 149. Autograph letter of the Rev. Thomas Boston, minister of Etlrick, dated August 16,1718, and refers to his book, "TheArticles of Impeachment for High Treason against Lord Lo~at,Fourfold State." Also two unsigned letters, probably from.137. 1746. Print, with four holograph papers and letters, bemg Mr. Robert Wightman, Treasurer of the City of .Edinburgh, ! alm<JSt the last he wrote. . '. who brought out the first edition of said book in 1720.

f Dr Alexander Murray the self~taught philo-A t h138 u oO'rap 0 . 1 L 'n the 150. Two autographs: (1.) page of the "History of the Scotch · 100'i:t sometime Professor of Orienta angllages 1 Ohurch in l~otterdam,"by the Rev. William Steven, D.D.; U~v~rsity of Edinburgh; born 1775, died 1813. . (2.) Letter dated 4th November 1642, by Mr. Stephan P~ine,

l'~~ ~~: ':: ;;r~le tat B1tDfi6 to 1us . English preacher at Bergen-op-Zoom at that date. ....13~ .fJ'j~;~a~:=~:o~::~ ai~::; '796. lo .]I . ~(d-) 151. Three autographs of Rev. John Erskine, D.D., born 1721, .. C'· L 'd CraiO'

0' one of the con- died 1803; Rev. Sir Henry MOllcreiff Wellwood, D.D., born : . 14:0. OriO'inal poem by Wl1ham r:ug, 01

o . 1750, died 1827; Rev. George Husband Baird, D.D., Prin­cipal of the University of Edinburgh, born ·1761, died 1840.

tributors to the Mtr'I'Dr.

. P ~ Cheape "Mrs Cole a new song," 141 OriO'inal poem by 1'01essor , . 'N' 152. Collection of autographs of various clergymen and professors, • 0 d attached written by Lord eaves, aswith a memoran um , i

to the political application of the song. 1 including Dr. GeOl'ge Campbell, author of "Dissertation ou Miracles;" Dr. James Beattie, author of the" Minstrel;"lItter and a poem by Hector

142. Two ori~al autogra~Tlsh: a .et of Will and Jean," and the late Professor Pillans, and others. --(-i to!i" :no . MacneIl, author of e H IS ory

153. Six autographs of Bishop I.eiSht8B, Hill HjS4; Bishopother Scotch poems; died 1818.

Warburton, 1698-1779; Archdeacon Paley, And others. .d Vedder author of "The Oove­143 AutoO'raph letter by DaVl, "90 l' 1 154. Autograph of the celebrated Rev. William Carstares, the chief

• 0 • " and other poems' born 11 ,( Ie(nanters' CommunIon , adviser of King WilJiam Ill. in Scotch ecclesiastical affairs, 1854. attached, with two other signatures, to a letter regarding the , .

h . (1) Letter by Thomas Oampbell the poet; Bill for the Toleration of the Episcopacy in Scotland in 1712.144. Two autograp s. . "b ~ th and (2.) a frllooment of" Madoc, y ",ou ey. 155. Autographs of the l~ev. John Brown, minister of the Burgher

Auto 1'11. h: the Rev. WaIter Balcanquall, D.:!?, Dean of congregation at Whitburn, his brother Ebenezer-B1'0Wn at 145. g P f' d d; executor of George HerIOt., attached Inverkeithing, and another. .Rochester I;len an h' 1 D

. ' t d t d 13th July 1627 the day on W lCl r. 156. Autograph letter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers: Balcanquall handed over to the Provost, etc., tl!e tatu es to a documen a e , S t

157. Five papers: autographs of Dr. John Abernethy, Dr. John of Heriot's Hospital. Walker, sometime Professor of Natural History in the . . d b Mr Robert Rollok first Professor and. College of Edinburgh, Sir William Hooker, and another. 146. DIscharge slgue y . , 1 J 1578 p' . al of the University ofEdinburgh, 30t 1 anuary , 158. Three papers: Autographs of William Cullen, M.D.; Joseph al::l~I~ith the Provost of St. Salvator's College, St. Andrews, Blw, M.D., the founder of Pneumatic Chemistry; and .Tohu

Hunter, M.D., the anatomist. and two other Masters.

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159. Auto~'aph letters and signatures of Major-General Sir John Mo~re, Admirals Viscount Duncan, Sir Alexander Cochran~,and Sir Oharles Adam.

160. Letter, in Spanish, dated from the Governor's Palae~ at Oaraccas, 5th May 1814, and signed by Simon Bohvar, known as " the Liberator" of South America.

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162. Two autographs: (1.) Johann Wolfgang voJ,l ~oethe,. a~thor

K"Jr'r.J of "Faust;" (2.) F. Schiller, dramatist. le>' ,~.(:.,~.:. ,~,;,

163. Autograph letter by General George Washington, fi/,s~ Presi,- ( ~J dent of the United States, dated 9th June 1778. /<" ..,:;,(.;.. J,:'

164. Royal autographs: two of King George Ill. ; .H.n.,H. Ernest lh.~r-I AuO'ustus Duke of Oumberland, afterwards Kmg of Hanover; l"l f' H.RH. the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King Will~am IV.

Fragment of Rev. John Home's" History of the Rebellion," ,~!J5'{

autograph. ' , 166. Two autograph letters of the Rev. James Gmhame, author of

~·(lf·/ " The Sabbath," and other poems.

67. Three autoO'raphs: two of Thomas Oampbell the poet, and .~

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a humorous letter by Oharl~s Lamb, "Elia," to Thomas Hood. /'n'/,rr-,(.:.":, .~"-),,

.. to 168. Twenty pap~rs: collection of autographs of Dr. John Jamie­I / , "'-.J,/ if": son, compiler of Scottish Dictionary; ~r: Hew Scott, author l' .'­ of Fasti Ecclesire Scoticl,tnre; Dr. :Wllllam Robertson the

historian, and others. .

169. Autograph letters of James Macpherson, author of "Ossian,"¥' <. ' I and of Allan Ramsay, portrait-painter, SOIl of the poet.

':2;<""'1. 70. Autograph letter of Lord Brougham.

.~}7l. Six papers: autog~ph letters of Dr. A. R. Oarsori, sometime .. , Rector of t.he HIgh School, W. Jerdan, LL.D., Joseph

',,(i'('" ) Ritson, collector of ballads, etc., and others; with a memo­randum, autograph, of Lord Buchan.

172. :Five papers: autograph letter, James Stuart, F.RS., F.S.A., anthor of "Antiquities of Athens;" holograph memorandum

~<~ ~-..) by William Tytler, Esquire of Woodhonslee; tluee letters . ~s of antlqURliB:R i:atsFset, by tlHapeW Blown, D.D.,

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stet~'e{;;i~n'e~i' Ne" Gteyjriars/ Eqinb}lrghtJ~ Ir)ro­fe SOl' f elle -Lrtres(in(tll({Universi(y, lrtrdressed to the a tho of (0 edonia."

113. Two autographs of David Hume and Sir David Dalrymple,Lord Bailes.

, 174. Valuable autograph: a Requisition to the Dean of theIf/D'" J Faculty of Advocntes for calling a meeting, dated Nove\ll­

bel' 12, 1825. Signed by Francis Jeffrey, afterwards Lord.Teffrey; J ames Moncreiff, Lord Moncreiff; J olm Fullerton,Lord Fullerton; Henry Cockburn, and other Advocates.

17'5. Three papers: autographs of John Clerk, Esquire of Eldin, , './/('"'../ author of "Essays on Naval Tactics," and llis son, John

Olerk, Lord Eldin.

176. Four papers: autographs of Sir George Mackenzie of Rose­/i(" haugh; Sir David Home, Baron Orossrig; Alexander Bos­

( wel, Lord Auchinleck, father of the biographer of Johnson,and others.

177. Five papers: autographs of (1.) Francis Garden, Lord Garden­,. ,

'.' ;l stone-letter relating to certfl,in schemes for improvement ofLaurencekirk; (2.) Andrew Fletcher, Lord'Milton.

178. Eight papers: autographs of Lord Gillies; Lord Boyle; BaronHume, author of works on OriminalLaw; LOl'dNeaves; HenryMackenzie, author of «The Man of Feeling;" and others.

179. Five papers: autographs of Right Honourable James Aber­, , ,~ ~ cromby, afterwards Lord Dunfermline; George Joseph Bell, "T<:N - author of «Principles of Law of Scotland;" Sir Jalnes Well­, I wood Moncreiff, Lord Moncreiff. ~: ,

180. Three autograph letters of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

181. Autograph letter of J ames Watt, the celebrated enoineer to 'f tY.'fL:~".jOharitrey the sculptor. Dated Heathfield, 'Dec;mber' 8,

,n 1817.

, )~ Au:togra~h 0: S~Walter Scott: Receipt for £500, theprecePt\~\,' i\ / for whrch 18 SIgned by Robert Dundas of Arniston, Lord

I Ohief Baron, and J ames Clerk, afterwards Baron Rattray. t.. E. ~ J,.

1~j Auto~~ph .letters : (1.) George Ohalmers, the author of " Oale­o••\1c' doma, WIth two enclosures; (2.) of Malcolm Laing, histo­

rian; and (3.) Thomas AsUe, an. English antiquarian writer.

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.' /ft(·ft4. Three leLters of Samuel Mather, Boston, son of COtlOll 't, Mather.

185. Two letters, autograph, of Andl'ew Dalzel, Professor of Greek ~/;~ \.i in the University of Edinburgh. ~l' •

I 11 186.. Autograph letter, dated Leyd~n, .28th Fe?rua.ry 1600, by John .. . .. )Johnston, author of " InscrlptlOnes l-I1storwre Regum Sco­

;:r:' torum ;': born about 1570, died 1612.

187. Eleven papers-autographs of various Professors of A ber­deen and St. Andrews: Dr. Alexander Gerard, 1728-1 795;

l;-;' ~ \.' Thomas GOl'don, 1713-1797; Dr. Robert Hamilton, 1723­1829.

188. Original letter, dated Oc~ober 13, 1650, by Sir William. Mure,. \1 t- . ! younger of Rowallan, an active Covenanter, and a fnend ot 'r Mr. J ames Guthrie.

).89./ Original poem by Robert Tannahill, with notice of Tannahill by a contemporary.

190. Original autograph letter by Jane Lorimer, the" Chloris" of

Burns. 191. Two autograph letters by Adam SrnI ith, LL.D., author of" The

Wealth of Nations." '2.. £,,.., h'- !'jJr #<.{,I,.. r ~

192. Miscellaneous: letter, the late Dr. Hill of St. Mary's College, ,;!. St. Andrews, enclosing copy of "Town Eclogues" by the

Honourable Andrew Erski~e: with ?riginal aut~gra~h letter and two signatures of Wllliam Mltford the hIStOrIan, amI another letter.

193. Autograph letter of Dr. Adam Ferguson the historian.

194. Autograph of Professor Robert Whyte of Be~~ochy, M.?, sometime Profes.sor of the Institutes of Medwme at Edin­bUrgh, and PreSIdent of the R.C.P.E.

195. Two letters of Samuel Taylol' Coleridge. with part of an account incurred by Oliver Goldsmith while a student ill Edinburgh. 1753. '2 ~ 1;\ Gt-n{q,d·j.. r~"../ ... o../e.

Four leaves of a Latin Critical Commentary on the Hebrew 'Psalms, in the handwriting of the celebrated Hebrew and Chaldee scholar, Johanues Buxtorf.

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~.t<v197. Autogra:ph letter of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Wood­.' houselee.

; l~ t. ,,\98. Autograph letter, somewhat mutilated, but apparently of','f. It . Jarnes Tassie, modeller of gems and antiques; died 1799.

. , '{ 1.'99. Scrap of paper containing memorandum by Alexander Crudell,, 't. ('.' t~ \ compiler of the" Concordance of the Bible."

200. Small book of 13 pages, containing Latin poems by Alexander'.',).-t.V <;unningham, sometime Professor of Qivil La~

i f{t<- of Edinburgh [about 1677 et seq.]. :H1S1'at'her was minist~rof Cumnock. 1647-1668.

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Packet of papers, originals and copies, concerning Lady ..: Grange and her confinement at St. Kilda; original narra­tive and lette,rs on the subject- by Lord Lovat and others.

202. Packet of letters by the late Lord Selkirk as to Emigration, Hudson's Bay, Red River, etc. 1811-1815. Arranged for binding. I~ !I~:t.i'.1f • '

Two papers: holograph letter by General George Wade in 1735, and an order signed by John, second Duke' of Argyll, Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, 1716.

Letter, holograph, of Admiral Lord Nelsol?-, wriLten on board the "Victory," 7th October 1805. " :', ~:.. <, ;"1· ! !O-,t I

~05. :Autograph of the distinguished French Admiral Villeneuve.

k:",:j06. Autograph letters, etc., by Admirals Lord Dtmcan, Sir Charles 't* I . ..)1'apier, Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and others. [Nine papers.]

:~>f\-.?JJ7. ~ holograph letters of Sir David Baird of Newbyth,. military commander, and autograph signature of Sir J olm

Malcolm, of Indian political celebrity. [Four papers.]

: t~ f2d. Letter, h?lograph, of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington,, 2d Apnl 1846. .

209. Collection of letters and autographs by David Lord Buchan. • eo. (' , Six letters, etc., holograph of himself, and letters to him.~~~ q,. from James Anderson, Esq., LL.D., agricultural writer; Mr.

1\ -5'i~, J ames Cummyng, Secretary to Society of Antiquaries; Sir'.-::-- James Steuart Denham, political economist; David Do!g,

LL.D., Stirling; Monsignor Charles Erskine; John Gillies,LL.D., the historiographer; Bishop GIeig; John Gregory,

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songs, and a letter to James J01il'lS01?- the publi'sher; a letter by Gilbert Bu~s to Robert Ainslie, Esq., and a 'facsimile of another letter by the Poet. [Four papers.]

. 211. A few autogJJphs of friends of the Poet: Gavin Hamilton, ;i1f\"~ John Laprai.k, WillianYAuld j and other scraps relative to n ' Burns. [EIght papers.]

. \-3 '212. Valuable collection of original poems and letters by Allan

.~ Ramsay, author of "The Gentle Shepherd," etc., viz.:­

\ ' \: ,J Original MS. (holograph) of "The Gen.tl~

, n' t. l differing somewhat from the later verSIOns j

, 'lo(b~~ duplicate Life of the author. [Three papers.] " Q. ", Autograph letter by Allan Ramsay, an "Epitbalamium" . ,~ 1~\J~. and other poems, holograph; with several copies, and

.... I L>'\ ~h,,,,,' (~ one or two original rhyming epistles to him. [Twenty­four papers.]

Papers of, or refelTing to, the "Easy Club," ~ Ramsayand other members. [Fifteen papers.]

"/:~1("\{J 213. Original poem, entitled" Present Times, a Dialogue in Scot­'co tish Verse," by Hector Macneil.

.' .,.:.' >.,...~ ..j 214. Two letters, holograph, of John Home, the author of the ~. ;1 ~ \" "Tragedy of Douglas." 22d December 1772.

. ~:~ KJ() 215. Three hologra~h letters by AllarrCunningham ~" . ..1'11..._, 216. Poem, ~ubbsbed, by James Hog~, the" Ettl'lck Shepherd, . rv:~ on "Wallace" (not autograph). ~ e..lL-I' i't-n H0ct<i ro ~/:'\\f~\\ 217. Original poem on Robert Burns, holograph of William Words­, . worth 'the poet. Dated 12th December 1835.

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• ~18. Autograph letter of the Rev. Thomas M'Crie, D.D., the his-Dalrymple, Lord Hailes; Professor Millar of Glasgow; Dr. torian. 6th May 1816.WaIter Minto, Philadelphia; John Pinkerton; Rrofessor, Letter and bill, both holograph, of the Rev. Robcrt Henry, William Richardson of Glasgow ; Lord Saltoun; Rev. James " D.D., author of " History of England," etc. 1777 and 1778. Scott, minister at Perth; Andrew Stuart, Esq., author of A

utograph letters of Alexa~der Gordon, a historical and anti­"Genealogy of the Stuarts j" Gilbert Stuart, LL.D.,; ·'Rev.

. qUl1rian writer. 20th October 1739. Thomas Tullideph, Principal of the University of St. An­

\o$~l. Auto~raph letter of Dr. James Playfair, Principal of thedrews; vVilliam Tytler, Esq. of Woodhouselee; Horace Ulllted College, St. Andrews. 24th 'February 1815. Walpole; General George Washington, U.S.; and othel's.

[Forty-fOUl' ,original papers, besides copies.] Autograph letter of John Bruce, sometime rrofesRor of Logic ,. . . J

and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Gth210. Autographs of Robert Burns: a MS. of six leaves l' notes on November 1786.

.' '-1" /2b3. AutClgraph letter by John Robison, LL.D., Professor of Natural Philosoph~EdinburghUniversity j n.d.V

Autograph letter by Robert Hamilton, LL.D., Professor of Natural Philosophy at Aberdeen. 13th November 1788. ,IlW :.

22.5. Th'1:ee letter\.: two holegrapb of Alexander Mouro, M,D., '1~ Cv-{. t:o ~,

pr.im.u.s~·ProfussofOfAnatomy i'ni:h'fiVefsifj"of'Effii'iliurg11, C.M.~ . and the third holograph of his son and successor, Alexander ~ ~ .' Monro, secundus. ~ ~1U.2.4t t~~ ~~/II<~She:p~erd,"

wIth 0. 'j.j.6. Receipt, holograph, of Mr. James Melvill the Reformer, as one of the Regents of the College of Glasgow. 1577.

227- Original Demission of the Parsonage of Forteviot by l\Jr. Hobert Rollok, first Principal of Edinburgh University. Dated lOth April 1586.

228. Two papers: Thesis, entirely holograph of Mr. Robert Boyd by Allan of Trochrig, sometime Principal of the University of Glas­

gow, dated in 1605; also Diploma of M.A. degree con­ferred on Hugh Mure (of Rowallan), signed by Robert Boyd of Trochrig, Mr. Robert Blair, etc.

2.29. Two certificates, holograph, of Mr. John Adamson, Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1623-1652. Dated 3d November 1624 and 16th July 1641.v.d.1828. "

2.io. Letter, holograpb, of Robert Leighton, D.D., Principal of Edin­l",-(..,..tL , _:..a1'gl1UrHversrty from 1653 to 1662; n.d.

Two autographs of Willialll Wisheart, D.D., Principal from \ 1716 to 1732. Dateul718 and 1719. \

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.. * y,(...J32. Power of Attorney, holograph of Mr. William Law, one of the ~. , Regents, first Professor of Moral Philosophy, Edinburgh \." J [1708-1729]. 12th August L719. .

\l:1'233. Note, holograph, of Mr. Charles :Mackie, first Professor of \ Universal History [1719-'1752]. Dated 3d December 1740.

;'. " 234. Note, holograph, of John Rutherford, M.D., Professor of the . ... Practice of Medicine from 1726-1766; n.d.

i J235. Note, holograph, ofWilliam Wishart, D.D., seeundus, Principal-0/ of the University from 1737-1754. Dated 6th September ~'I·. 1750.

1"r1236. Two letters, holograph, of Colin Maclaurin, the eminent . ./ \ mathematician, Professor from 1725 to 1746. One of them 1, ; contains his opinion and calculations on the subject of the

I Ministers' Widows' Fund. [Dates 1735 and 1743.] I . i 237. Letter, holograph, of Jm:1eph Black, M.D., founder of modern

Pneumatic Chemistry. lOth July 1761.i 23&.,.. Letter, holograph, of John Erskine ofCarnock, Professor of

. S<?ots Law, author of'" Institutes of the Law of Scotland." J)-t..,J) ~ '"4 I ,24th November 1762. . .

239. Letter, holograph, of William Cullen, M.D., Professor of the ~?~~ 'r Practice of Physic, Edinburgh. 11th June 1772.

\ 240. Original Diploma of D.D., conferred on the Hev. GeOl'ge Barclay, minister of Haddillgton, signed by Dr. Willialll

~ Robertson the historian, as Principal, and the other Profes­sors of the University of Edinburgh. 15th November 1773.

241. Four letters and a certificate, holograph of the said Dr. ; Wi1.iiam Robertson; v.d.

242. Three letters, holograph, of Adam :Ferguson, LL.D., Professor successively of Natural and Moral Philosophy, Edinburgh; v.d.

243. Note, holograph, of Hugh Elair, D.D., Professor of Rhetoric, etc.; n.d.

V 244. Original Diploma of M.D. conferred on Samuel Burd, signed by GeOl'ge H. Baird, D.D., as PrinCIpal, ana •. : U'l.e~ousmedical and other Professors, Edinburgh University. 2 June 1809.

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Letter, holograph, of Professor J olm Playfair, mathematician and natural philosopher. . 25th July 1810.

Letter, 'holograph, of Mr. George Dunbar, late Professor of Greek, Edinburgh University. 29th June 1811.

A packet of Library Slips, nhiefly of Edinburgh University, containing numerous signatures of Professors and literary men; v.d. last century.

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. :.-;::,..j48. Recommendation to Edinburgh Senatus as to holiday on theQueen's Marriage-day; with numerous signatures of Pro­fessors. [February 1840..1

Document signed by Dr. J olm Lee, Principal, and a fewothers, Profesl:lors of the Edinburgh University. 1843.

Letter, holograph, of Thomas Tullideph, first Principal of theUnited College, St. Andrews. 29th January 1740.

Letter, holograph, of \Villiam llichardson, afterwards Pro­fessor of Humanity in Glasgow. October 16, 176H.

. Letter, holograph, of Dr. Thomas Reid the metaphysician," ,... J ." .. 23d March 1786, and an'Jther paper signed hy him. .~

i c, V2.53. Paper, holograph, of Hev. George Hill, D.D., sometime, l ~ , Principal of St. Mary's College, St. Andrews; n.d.vt· W

V254. Letter, holograph, of the Rev. "YV. L. Brown, D.D., Professorf..i. j of Divinity at Aberdeen. 1st May 1826.

\/2j5. Letter, holograph, of Thomas Gillespie, LL.D., sometimer'.,­ Professor of Humanity at St. Andrews. 9th June 1844.

\/256. Paper bearing the initials" G. ~. Scoti 1558," said to be:-_---,.} holograph of the poet and historian George Buchanan.

y/257. Three letters, holograph, of the Rev. Hobert 'Vodrow, minister of Eastwood, historian of the Church of Scotland; v.d.1720-1721.

V2 8. Letter, holograph, of Hev. RaJI'll Erskinc. 11th November1738.

Autograph certificate by President J onathall Edwarus.July 14, 1740.

Two holograph letters of Dr. Juhn Arbuthnot, "MartillusScriulerus." 1i 1i.

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~ ,) v2'6l. Letter, Holograph, of Gavin Han~ilton, publisher 'ih Edill­\ ~ • 'burO'h. 29th April 1758.

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J 262. Letter, holograph, of John Campbell, author Of "The Lives''Ai r/ of the British Admirals,". etc. September 29, 1759..

\~i263. Holograph letter of TobIas Smollett, M.D., novelIst amI , historian. 19th August 1762. I • • ,

%;1 264. Letter, holograph, of William Creech, publisher. 20th April

1777. , "0Y 265. Curious paper, apparently a contribution to the Mirror,

holograph of William Craig, Lord Craig, one of its pro-' i motel's; n.d. "

l,.--J 266. Two letters, aut~gI'aph, of J ohn Pi.nkert~n, referring to hi~~ \\ ~ " Ancient Scottish Ballads" and Ins "HIstory of Scotland.,

1778 and 1795.

1r~267. Autograph letter of Henry Mackenzie, author of "The Man'.

,r .' of Feeling." 30th April 1793. __ I . 268. Letter, ilOlograph, of Sir James Stewart Denham of Coltpess.

I October 1780.

i " ,{ ,..1 269: Letter to the Lord Advocate, autograph of RobertHeroJl, \f\' {.. author. 1798. . . . ' 270. Letter to a publisher, holograph of Malcolm Lamg, hist~)1'lalJ.. December 19th, 1798. ~..., _ ~J71. Letter, hologI'aph, of .Tames Anderson, LL.D., agriculturist. :~~- 18th April 1799. .

, \1. J 272. Autograph letter of Mr. John Smith, author of "Gaelic ~ An~iquities." 7th June 'i t90.

./ ." -J273. Note, h~lo¥raph? of Dr. George Birkbeck,founde~ of;,;(f(" Mechamcs InstItutes. 5th December 180l. ~ , , .

1 ~J 274. Letter, holograph, of the late Archibal9. Constable; pubhsher. ')('(, ..,- 16th February 1803. . , 275. Letter by William Blackwood, publisher. 15th August/'7<'~J 1810.

,\ ~ 276. Letter by Sir John Sinc1air of Ulbster, Bart; n.d.,

f ~~77. Two holograph letters and a fragment of original MS. by,{l , ... - . John GaIt, the author of some novels. .

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1836.Letter, holograph, of Francis Lord Jeffrey. '11th' January

Letter of the Rev. Sydney Smith.

Copy of verses in the handwriting of the late Charles Kirk­patrick Sharpe, Esq. ; n.d.

Holograph letter and MS. by William Laidlaw, poet. The MS. contains the original narrative of his first meeting with Sir WaIter.

., , ,2e2. Original Recei'pt for the delivery of Surtees Publications, with :.\~.\1 signatures of the late Dr. Trving, biogmpher of George ~ - , Buchanan, and others. Septembel' 24th, 1838.

283, Letter, holograph, of the Rev. Gem:ge Whi~efield, preacher, " ~I/i\ "l., with two letters to him from Edinburgh, signed "John

Traill." , .J2,~4. Letter, holograph, of Alexander Geddes, D.D., priest.

~ ,285. Three letters and memorandum, holograph,' of Sir Robert , 1/,(,/ Peel; v.d. .,..

286. Two Receipts, holograph, of Sir George M'Kenzie, afterwards ,'1 (,I first Earl of Cromartie. 166l.

287. Three paperfl.: ;~utograp~s'of Sir George Lockhart, Lord ! Oarnwath, 17l1; Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, 1727 ; and J

Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1753. I J( Two Receipts by the Right Hon. Duncan For~es of Culloden, 288.

aftenvards Lord President of Session. 1735-1736.

289. TIll'ee papers: holograph letter of Baron Mure of Caldwell, , 1771; and two letters of Alexander Lord Abercromby,

1780. Four letters, one with enclosure, holograph of Sir, Thomas

Miller of Glenlee, Lord, Justice-Clerk; v.d.

Two letters: holograph of Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield; 1785, and Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord President of Session, 1789.

., ...~_ !/2. Six papers: letters and autogI'aphs of John Campbell, Lord Stonefield, J ames Veil ch, Lord Elliock, and Alexander Mltrray, Lord Henderland; v.d.

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Packet of letters, holograph, of Sir David Dulrymple, Lol'L\\.~293 Hailes; v.d. . . I\.;.

·,,~94. Packet of letters by and to the Right Hon. Robert Dundns of;\. ~ I' Arniston, Lord Ohief Baron, while Lord Advocate; v.d.

~ 295. Packet of letters, holograph, of the Hon. Henry Dundas, ~'\" afterwards first Viscount Melville, while Lord Advocate i and Secretary of State; v.d.

~ 296. Holograph letter and autograph of the Hon. Hemy Erskine, , . Deceuiber 27th, ] 804, with two letters by the Right Hon.

. William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court, 1837,referring to Mr. Erskille's letter. ,

f" 297. Letter, holograph, of the Hon. Thomas Erskine, afterwards .,.

Lord High Chaucellor, December 26th, 1820, with a·letter by his nephew referring to the same.

Letter, holograph,. of David Hume, Baron Hnme, writer on Criminal Jurisprudence. 26th ~1m'ch 1819.

Two lette~'s by William Erskine, Lord Kinneder, and one holograph letter of the Right HOll. Charles Hope, Lord President; v.d. 1818-1823. .

Order, holograph, of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, Jacobite an~ poet. September 23d, 1714.

Two letters, etc., of Andrew Michael Ramsay, called" The Chevalier Ramsay," tutor to Prince Charles Edward and his brother; v.d.

302. Five letters, holograph, of Sir Andrew Mitchell, K.C.B., died itft~J 1771 ; v.d.

\~' ,1~03. Letter, holograph, of George Cheyne, M.D., born 1671, died

~rf 1743. March 9th, 1724.

304. Five letters, autograph, of John Moore, M.D., born P30, died 1802, author of " Zeluco," etc.

Three letters, holograph, of Sir William Hamilton, envoy to Naples; v.d.

Rill, with autograph of MlIngo Park, African traveller. 8th March 1805.

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Two papers, fragments of verse, holograph, of John Barclay, l\~.D., anatomist; born 1760, died 1826.

'""TW.. elt. ,T-we papers, verses~in halldwriting of James Hamilton, M.D.,

Edinburgh; born 1749, died 1835.

Packet of letters, holograph, of Sir J ames Hall of Dunglass, Bart.; born 1761, died 1832; v.d.

Letter, holograph, of John London Macadam, born 1756, died 1836, improver of road-making; n.d.

Seven letters, holograph, of Mr. Robertson Buchanan, C.E., Glasgow, with diagrams, referring to the patent for a new propeller for boats, etc.; v.d. 1813.

Letter, holograph, of Thomas Telford, C.E., engineer of the . Menai Suspension Bridge, etc. 1st July 1801. Letter, holograph, of Sir David Wilkie, RS.A. 28th July

1823. :Four letters and receipt, holograph, of Sir William Allan,

R.S.A.; v.d. Two letters, holograph, of David Roberts, R.S.A. October

3d, 1839. Autograph note by William H. Lizars, artist. Autograph letter of Thomas Bonnar, painter. Two leaves old MS., fragments of poem, .original, not identi­

fieel. Three leaves MS. of early Scots poems. 1628. Fragment of MS., Latin stanza, holograph, addressed by the

poet William Drummond of :ijawthornden to the Ep~~isl~ 'J... ~poet Drayton. ~~~ to I~ • ~

Original version of Psalm 145, translated from Buchanan by Robert Kerr, first Earl of Ancrum.

Two letters and poetical Epilogue, holograph, of J oseph Mitchell, poet, born 1695, died 1738, with MS. sketch of his life.

Two letters, holograph, of Lady Grisell Baillie, authoress of several popular songs. 1726 and 1729.

Verses, holograph, of the Right Hon. DUllcan Forbes of Oulloden. Lord President of Session.

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'h\ .. '325. Autograph note by David 'Mallet or Malloch, poet; born 1700, .li died 1765.

,~)326. Autograph letter by James Macpherson, author of "Ossinn,'" ~, - etc.

,trt.r1327. Ori~in~l MSS. of poe~ and dedication, by the Rev.•William ~ '. WIllne, D.D., sometIme Professor of Natural PhIlosophy,

330. Letter and

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. St. Andrews, author of a poem caned the" Epigoniad."

Letter, autograph, of the Rev. Robert Blail', Athelstanefortl, author of" The Grave;" n.d.

Two autograph signatures of William Falconer, author of the "Shipwreck," attached to ad vertisemellts of his "Marine Dictionary." 1768. .

poetical stanza, holograph, of J ames Thomsou, .author of "The Seasons," etc.; also a packet of copies of original letters by him to the Rev. Dr. Crallstoun, Ancrum.

331. MS. copy of" Auld ~obin Gray."

L~tter, holograph, of Alexander Wilson, ornithologist. August 22d,1798.

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,It"'; 33'3. Letter, holograph, of John Leyden, poet. 27th October

lf t' 1797. • 334. Song written for the" Cape Club" by Robert Fergn::;on, poet;

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PrJ 335. Original poem, holograph, of Jolm.B.rown, portrait-painter; ""~ . t born 1752, died 1787; n.d.

. ~ f,} 3~6. ,Two autograph letters of th3 late Mr. Thomas AiI'd, poet. r 1828-1863. i /f'C rl337 . Letter, holograph, of l)eter .Buchan, poet, dated 12th ~'. February 1825, with two enclosures. I . .

• J 338. -Lines addressed to the Rev. J ames Gra'hame; author of '! The ~ tt'': Sabbath," holograph of Dr. John J amiesun, compiler of the

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339. Two letters, holograph, of William Tenuant, Professor of Oriental La!fi.geS, St. Andrews.

34:0. Two poems [ Baunatylle Garlan~, holograJ?,!1 of the late Patrick Fraser Tytler, historian, "t..j 4. ...,J ~....

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.; ,,( ~ 1-341. Original poem, "Lady Relen," said in a note by. C. K. '..,.. Sharpe, Esq., tu be by Miss Margaret Tytler, daughter of

' . Colonel Tytler. . , . 342t\f:"0 other draft Bannatyne Garlands. .~.~ 43.~oem by Sir Alexander Boswell ~f Auchinlek, "The Brig's ~lr I A:nswer." ~ C;W\f l~J

344. The song, "Logan Braes," and a letter, holograph, of John Mayne, author of the" Siller Gun," etc.

~..r;f·!45. ,Autoi:,rraph letter of Robert Nicoll the poet [1814-1837] ; n.d.

~~t:":r16. Autograph letter and' poem by John Malcolm, Scot~p. poet.

/;~17. Note, holograph, of William Thom, poet~· 12,th"Oct!;r\ , l-l 1844~, " " ".\ "

'f .Ilf'\48. Poem, "The Widow's Excuse," by William Finlay [1792-18~'7 ; .' ~~'-~4!). Poem on " Steam," by Alexander Rodger [1784-1846]. ~ '. J350. Original MS. of "The Cottar's Sunday," a poem by Peter ~~l Still, Peterhead; born] 814, died 1848. ! :rrJ,351. Autograph letter with poem, by R. A..Smith, musical co~-

'I . " poser, addressed to the Rev. H. S. RIddell the poet, WIth ~ memo by the latter. 18th February 1826. . "'. /352. Note to the Rev. H. S. Riddell by the Rev't>.;I'homasi\ .. Brydson, minister of Kilmalcolm. ~ ~. ~ ~ .'I. r353. Letter to Rev. R. S. Riddell by Robert GilfiUan, styled ,e the

. \ Leith poet." Dated lOth August 1836.f::.. 354. Letter, holograph, of the late Rev. George Gilfillan of. \ Dundee. 31st December 1864.

. uJ ~. 355. Note, holograph, of James Redderwick, poet. 22d March

'" 1865.356. Packet containing a considerable number of original MSS~

of poems, etc., contributed to the Rev. Charles· Rogers, . LL.D., when compiling the" Modern Scottish Minstrel."

357. Large packet of. poems, original autographs, and corre­spondence of Mrs. Anne Grant of Laggan.

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358. Portfulio containing a large collection of MS. poems, ancientand modern, consisting of moral and religious pieces,poetical broadsides, ballads, squibs, personal and polit~cal,etc., a few, in I.atin ; all anonymous; v.cl.

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350. Notarial instrument in favour of Margaret Williamson, in· tended spouse of Alexander Sinclair, of certain of the latter's lauds in Kirkwall, holograph of Richard Holland [de Holande], the reputed author of the" Buke of the Howlat." Dated at Kirkwall, 24th November 1457.

Autograph letter of J. Sinclair of Banks, addressed to Mr. John Acheson of the Mint; n.d.

rrrJ361. Autograph letter of Sir David Foulis, a courtier of King l~ , James I. an~ Charles I. 1628.

362. Letter to Lord Laudel'dale, holograph of Lady Elizabeth Napier, widow of Archibald, second Lord Napier, in refer­ence to her pension for her husband's services. 14th Feb­ruary 1670.

i. ~.'.~i 363. Autograph letter, apparently to the Earl of Lauderdale, from'\\{ \ , Lady Anna Mackenzie, CoulJtess of Balcarres, afterwards 01'

Argyll; n.d.

\ \'"~\\ ':'364. 'Letter, much injured by damp, holograph of "Peter Fea." :r. 1717.

365. Paper, four pages folio, "Alle Apologie for those of the Qlergy in Scotland who doe not read the Act against Capt. Porteous Murderers," etc., dated Tweedside, January 2, i 738. Stated in a contemporary handwriting to be by Dr. John Pringle.

Rough draft of a poetical version of" The Siege of Ca~·laverock."

Autograph letter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan the dramatist; n.d.

'368. Autograph letter of (apparently) Mrs. Sarah Siddons the actress; n.d.

\yrv",J69. Autograph letter of the Rev. William E. Channing, Boston. ~ . 1832.

\.>-,l".~-A70. Autograph letter of Mrs. L. H. Sigourriey the poetess. 17th ~. . July 1838.

....,. ,--1'/37 1. Interesting document: Burgess-ticket of the town of Dundee ~". l .. co.nf.erred upon the celchyatcd Rcv. Alexander Hendcrson,) \ \ mInister of Lcuchnrs, I 63R. ~

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10 I 372. Burgess-ticket of the town of Ruglen, only remarkable for

IJ \ the peculiar illumination on the back. 1731.

373. Diploma of the Speculative Society, Edinburgh, appointing' Mr. John Wilde, Professor of Civil Law, an honorary mem­ber, 1793, with seal.

374. Small packet of letters, holograph of Mr. WaIter Scott, W.S., .1 father of Sir WaIter. 1797.

\'" 375. Packet of MSS. and pamphlets bearing outside a note of con­

tents, autograph of the late Thomas M'Crie, D.D., consisting of-(l.) A folio MS. "Supplement to the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland, A.D. 1688-17R9," by the Rev. Norman Sievwright, Brechin; (2.) "Miscellaneous Tracts, No. 2," by the same; (3.)" The Church of England briefly defended," by the same; (4.) a List of Subscribers for Dr. M'Crie's edition of the above History.

Four packets of original letters by various Episcopal clergy­men referred to in the preceding: No. 1. 1689-1725; No. 2. 1726-1728; No. 3.1729-1736; No. 4.1737-1142; labelled "Documents of the Schism of the Scots Episcopalians or Nollj urors."

\-"2. " 377. Lar ae J1, :/Y ..~:

mo' rles e errin r.Ma: ew Wre, isho l.~·;':: ',:

'378. Two papers: \ragments of two Journals, one narratincr a I o • ./ / I:\rA ...i Tour on the Borders, the other a Sojourn in the Highlands, : j

.\ i-,I . 1802 and 1816, by A. M'D. and A. C.

-, -1 \,,) /370. Two MSS. quarto : Journal and Extracts from a Naval Log­.' ~. ( ~ I book for the years 1773-89, and other years.

0.r1v :~80. Po.em (MS. apparentl/1mperfect) upon the Oath of AbjurB;­. ~<, tIOn; n.d.

l.i,J81. Poetical Elegy on the death of John, fifth Earl of Strathmore,-.: r ' killed at Sheriff-muir, 1715.

382. Note-book containing a list of Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, \ etc., entitled" Catalogue, Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, 1833."

..~ \)383. Small quarto MS.: Fragment containing what seem to bei I Biographical Natices and An\'iquarian Notes of an Ecclesi­

. nstical nature, in a haml of first. half of 17th centmy.

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I 385. Small quarto MS. entitled "Dissectionis' Ratio or Method'tt·.. of Anatomical Dissection," being a book of directions to 1 students; n.d.1 ...

..+- 11 'i>,}86. Small quarto MS.: Portion of Session Records, apparently of / I t.. the New Kirk, now High Church, Edinburgh, 1671-1672.

387. "Calendarium Romanum:" fragment containincr an Almanac • b

_xrtrl·Wl.th Re~~d of Saints' days, said to be of date about 1510; tT' Memoranda, in l!'rench, regarding the family of the Count. '. J

de Noyelle (Noailles 1), beginning 1621. ., ' l

• "Jwv'!",' 388. Fragments of MSS., including' several leaves of Latin poems,.ni'· dated 1637, etc. . .

•• ~. 389. Protocol-book, mutilated [A.D. 1541-1547, etc.], of Mr. David.-y".. Spens, notary-pll blic.

. . 300..Small quarto MS. of 219 pp. entitled" A Treatise of theWJ Metropolitick and Prilllitial See of St. A~drcws," from the... 1 time of the Druids. ~b.out 1600. ~ 7'''''T).4-.J '''>: lJrr"v(.n~tJ/G/ .

l ~rv,~j 3H1. Small octavo MS. contalIlJllg two sermons.' About 1780. :((1::' ,302. Note-book, with memoranda of a narrative concerninb

cr the ' "Connivance Qj the Clergie at that felloship which their partie keep up with Papists," written in the f01'1Il of conver­sations; n.d. 1637~1668.

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Portions of a Disc?urse on Ephesians i. 4, of'18 pp., written by or formerly in possession of Mr. Samuel Rutherford, and bearing his signature; n.d. .

Paper indorsed, "Lyhtoun's Account of the late Conference at, HolyrooJhouse, Jaily. 17, 1671," referring to efforts at compromise .with the Covenanters. [Contemporary MS.]

Paper (ap.parently original) entitled" The Citation of Gilbert Bm'net, D.D.," for High Treason, and" Letters by him on the subject," dated at the Hague, 1687.

./.Pamphlet entitled" Ane ES;;llY upon T~inrls." 1 i 40.

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398. "Valuatioune of the Stok and Teynds of the haill lands t7\ I'! within tIle parochin of Sainct Cuthberts," etc., 1629. Small

.quarto.

309. Paper: "Extract Decreet of Locality, Linlithgow, 1637." ; ..

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400. MS. entitled "Rules and Directions to read and write the ,"'111,· .. . Excheqner Hand," etc. 1729.

401. Curious accounts between a ship captain and his owners, (~~~rading with France, etc., 1642-1648.

402. Several leaves of a paper headed" Statuts of Session notes and observations gathered out of the Books of Sederunt- of !~-I."'~../the Lords of Session." ·1537-1540. [MS. in more modem handwritinb

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403. T~o lm:ge folio" Schedules of the Deeds and Effects of the -;hv-.. .' Countess of Warwick," signed by Charlotte Addison.

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l 404. Two p'apers: printed description and copy of tlle Roll of ~ .. i

Taxatiolls called "Bagimont's Roll" in the Advocates' ~ 1, Library; with a recent MS. copy ~f t.he origillal in the I v. . Archives of the Vatican. About A.D. 1287. i·

405. Recent French copy of "Vidimus of the letters of gift i made to Andrew of Nonneau of the office of Comptroller of I~.~xpenses of the Ladies Jean. and Elea~or of Scotlan~,i . sIsters of the deceased Dauphmess <le VIennoys." TIllS; , was Margaret, daughter of James 1. of Scotland, who was: married to' the Dauphin, afterwards Louis XI. of France! The deed of gift and accounts which follow are dated id January 1445, and late~ to 1448, and give interesting inc1iJ­cations of the movements of the Scottish Princesses. I

406. FoUl' papers: fragments of Church and Teind accounts, partJ,·f!:/I.r,J referring to St. Andrews. About 1437. / . ....

407. Interesting letter, anollymous, addrel)sed to the Rev. IA-....LI. \\Tilliam Carstares at Leyden, regarding a design to excfude t! r - - ., the Prince and Princess of Orange from,,~:English s4ces- .' sion. 3d June 1688. . ;"""..

408. Petition by the inhabitants of Edinburgh to the Magistrates ~against· stage-plays, etc., 29th .Tanuary 1736, with signa­tures [incomplete].

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Portfolio also containing autographs of English liLerati. 40D.- MS. pamphlet, contuinil~g copies of "Letters from ,M I'. .' ',.\ Andrew Wellwoode when a.,.dying, to his mother and sisters,"

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424. Portfolio containing autographs of English divines, Church­men and Nonconformists, among others QiJ,'Qgrt :Btunet,etc. 1700. A 'fv\~ j?~ . ~. Bisftefl er SaJis13lH';Y, Dr. Calamy, Rev. William Jay, etc.

Semi-political treatise entitled" The Anatomy of an Equiva­Fragment of a Treatise on the history of .Ana omy; n.d.

425 Portfolio ~ontaining autographs of eminent scientific men, lent;" n.d. JA.v,.j -Sir Isaac Newton, Sir John HerscheI, Flamsteed, P. H.

Draft Essay on the" Establishment of Inland Villages in the IV" .., Gosse, Professor Owen, etc. Highlands of Scotland," by .A!:neas Macpherson. Presented 426. Portfolio containing large collection of autographs of English to the. Highland Society. 17!l3. ... ~ 'artists, painters, engravers, etc., as Haydon, Sir Thomas

413. Copy of Prayers found among the writings of James Earl of y:}/ 1''' Lawrence, Chantrey, etc. ~ .• ~Derby, grandfather of John, first Duke of Atholl. 1723. 427. Portfolio, with autographs of architects, engineers, etc., as

414. Memorial or statement of the afflicted state of the Episcopal ~ John Rennie and others. 7et(~clergy in Edinb'urgh, by the Rev. William Harper, in the 428. Portfolio of English autographs, miscellaneous, con~aining'forJ!l of a letter to a nobleman. August 1752.

~rlalso a small collection of poetical, MSS., chiefly of last

I! 415. Pamphlet entitled "An ExplanatolY Memoil' to accompany century.the plan proposed for the buildings to be raised on tIle 429. Portfolio containing a large selection of letters and auto­grounds of Bellevue," etc. 1801. . graphs of forei.gn literati, and also of Continental Statesmen,

Critical treatise on a book by William Martin Leake, "Re­ l;~ as Colbert, Napoleon, etc. This collection contains let.ters searches in Greece," published in 1814. .1 by Fabricius, Janus Gruterus, Schoonhoven, Bossuet, and

Farrago of scraps, originals and others, prose and poetry, others.songs, letters, copies of deeds, etc., bound together. , 430. Large collection of original MS. notes and papers conneot.ed

Collection of autographs, "Hall-book of King Gem'ge IV. in '...~I . with the .history and antiquities of Perth, by the Rev. Mr. Scotland, 1822," contaiving names of those who visited '\\ \~ Scott [not arranged].Holyrood during the King's stay there. '4 Y431. Another of the same~

Small brochure by the late David Laing, LL.D., on the · -"'>-ls~. Some leaves of proofs' and draft MS. of a paper upon Mary subject of the Rev. J. Logan's authorship ·of the" Ode to Queen of Scots, apparently part of a hi.storical inquiry on the Cuckoo," with anumbel' of original letters by Mr. Logan, that subject by William Tytler, Esq. of Woodhouselee. Rev. Hugh Blair, D.D.,· Dr. Alexr. Carlyle, and others' 433. Packet of various MSS., some by Lord Woodhouselee, son of referred to. " the preceding, indorsed by Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., the

as to the affairs of Charles Stuart, sixth v historian, " MSS. papers of my dearest father, some written Duke of Lennox and Richmond; died 1672~ . ~ I_I when a youth..-P. F. T.," containing: (1.)'" Notes on the

containing autographs of English Statesmen, ,c.. <, , Cultivation of Taste;" (2.) small book of notes and excerpts Admirals, and others. 4- 1...1 on various subjects; (3.) "Tableau du Cabinet du Roy,"

descriptive notes; (4.) Essay oil "The Idea of "a True422. Portfolio containing large number of autographs, letters, etc., Philosop4er," 1771 ; (5.)-a. discourse written for the Specu­of English historians, antiquarians,poets, authors, and lative Society, 14th December 1772; (6.)" Proof thatothers, chiefly modern, one or two of older date, as Camden Lord Hailes was the author of l\1iscellan~ Remarks on the. the historian, etc.

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444. Two packets of copies of original letters for same period, a ,portion of which are said to be " not published."

445. Collection of papers: Printed copy, proofs, and originals of "Letters between the Home Office, State Paper Office, and P. F. Tytler, Esq., as to the interdiction of the latter's researches into English History." 1839.

. H6. Collection of various MSS., chiefly of a historical nature, by the late P. F. Tytler, Esq. : Paper on the Norman Conquest, various historical and antiquarian d~sertations,proofs of reviews, etc. etc.; v.d.

-!4 7. A bound volume, containing scraps, historical notes, etc., by the late P. F. Tytler.

Large collection of Notes and MSS. of the late George .. Chalmers, Esq., author of "Caledonia," in his own. hand­writing.

tA'4'9. Another packet, with notes of a Glossary for Lindsay's Works by J ames Chalmers.

450. Another packet of Chalmers's papers ; biographical collections.

45l-1nother large packet: Notes and materials on various subjects. "l ~ .

. ~~452. Another packet: Miscellanea, Maps, etc.":;0': .:;.' 4/3; A packet ofletters to the late George Chalmers, Esq.

~ Y1Y454. Another of the same. ~J I ~. .

. . 455. Another of the same.

'0 -t-:'. ~ . ·Note.-Neither of the above collections of MSS. by P. F. Tytler and George Chalmers are arranged for binding, the papers being only generally classified.

::. I _ . '.4:5 6. Thre~ letters signed" Patrick Ferguson," and copy of another, .--rr-'. giving sketches of the beginning of the war with America

I in 1776, etc.

t·'({,· :~57. Two Account-books belonging to a Mr. Clement Clerk, 165f.

.' ..."\.:'.'458. Proofs of the History of the Scotch Church at Rotterdam, by

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: \ I William Stevens; LLD., with author's own corrections.

.if459. Packet of miscellaneous Memoranda, etc., in reference to the .... claim of the pretended Earl of Stirling in 1830-32.

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Historical and Critical Enquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots;" (7.) On the same; (8.) "Continua, tion of Annals of Scotland;" (9.) "A few remaI,:~{,§ on Laing's Queen Mary;" (10.) Notes and excerpts from Calderwood's MS. History j (11.) "Postscript of the Por­traits of Petrarch and of Laura j" (12.) Biographical notes of historical personages in Scotland; (13.) Re'marks on Queen Mary's letter to Bothwell j (14.) Printed fragments; "The Monk and the Miller's Wife, translated into Latin," with some other Latin poetry j (15.) Draft of letter, Lord Woodhou~elee to Mr. Canning, 30th October 1812, on the inscription for Lord Melville's statue; (16.) Notes of lecture on Greek Antiquities; (17.) Essay of a historical nature; (18-20.) Three l.{SS. of notes on Buchanan ns It

.historian, political writer, poet, etc. Bundle of MSS. by Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., the historian,

containing ­ (1.) "Dissertation on the ancient Feudal ,'. I

Law of Europe;" (2.) Essays on Christian antiquities, and some historical notes; (3.) Prose Commonplace-book, 1809 ; (4.) Materials for a sketch of Early Scotch Literature, vo1. ii., April 1821, with some other notes and papers, fragment of a poem, etc., "Materials for a History of the revival of Literature and Philosophy in Europe. January 31st, 1815," by the same.

435. Volume of original MS. materials and draft of the History of Scotland, by P. F. Tytler, Esq., vol. i.

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.:~.'.. 4.36. Or!g~al MS. of t~~ same, vo1. ii.

.> . 437. Ol'lgmal :MS. vo1. lll. ". ~, .j,38. Original MS. vo1. iv. !' . ~ . ' 39. Original MS. vols. v. and vi. ';'.\ . 440. Original MS. vo1. vii.

441. Original MS. vo1. ix. 442. Original MS. of article on "Scotlan~," written by Mr. Tytler

for the" Encyclopredia Britannica," with proofs of the same as published for the use of schools.

Ori/:,rinal MSS. : copies of letters, etc., of the "History of ','.' England, etc., uuder Edwarcl VI. and Queen Mary," by -.:. P. F. Tytler, Esq.

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',)1<'1480. Another packet same correspo'ndence [unarranged]. !',j rI' . \l,,)t[-J, 81. ,Packet of papers referring to public affairs, etc., in Jamaica. 'Vf~ . 'About 1782. .

:/I.. 482. Large bundle of papers relating to matters Ecclesiastical: ,j :.:'.,

XK"'\....1 Calls to Churches, Colleges, Bishops' Rents, with a number .,' ~ or' letters. Dates chiefly of last· century. [Some of these

. papers much injured by damp.]

.,\.,;~/483. Small bundle: Libel v. Dr. Carlyle of Inveresk, 1757; some i, t:' . Localities of Teinds, etc., with other papers.

. 484. Collection of Receipts for Salaries, by Catecbists, Missionaries, ..}t1{\-l . a.nd others employed in the Highlands and Islands, with •

!( . \. . some Minutes of Committees on the same.

I ~~\.'485.' Packet of Receipts by various Professors of Aberdeen and , .J Glasg<?w Universities in last century.

.', ~/'./~~' Packet of Declarations required of Parish Ministers under l,>'. If) ~ the Small Stipend Acts. Dates previous to 1843.

Large collection of papers connected with the administration of vacant stipends after the Revolution, including various Rentals of Archbishops' and Bishops' Rents.

Large collection of Petitions to the Barons of Exchequer for the benefit of the Royal Bounty, many of them very inter­esting, with other petitions of a more special nature relating to woollen manufactures, sugar-works, etc., with a number

to be prepared by. the

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~--...J History of the Regalia (imperfect) by the late Thomas . Thomson, Esq.

Iv{j 469. Paper entitled "A Genealogy of the Campbells." Dat-ed If' 1743. r,':.~ /470. MS. notes of a Tour from Edinburgh to Italy. 1741. ," {' . .. \. 471. Packet of papers: Notes of Sermons, etc., relating to the

....'r'.!<.!~ Rev. R. Jardine, minister of Lochmaben, 1732-1749, and ,I.; .... ~ his son Dr. John J ardine, one of the ministers of Edinburgh.

fJ' /472 MS. entitled "Monumens de la Monarchie Fran~aise, par . lh"~~\"" .(" Montfaucon, Index 1810."

'-.( "v 473. Packet of papers relating to the family of Thomson of Dud­\·t(~:.c.. r J\ dinoC'tston. / .. ~

[ 74. Papers relating to a Celtic Dictionary • I'\ '\ . Highland Society, 1814, etc.

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460. Small packet of letters and memoranda as to the right of ~hePrince on,Vales to vote as Duke of Rothesay in the electiOn

of a Scots Peer. Larcre collection of letters addressed to Francis, seventh' Lord

N:pier, from 1783 to 1816, chiefly as to Peers' ElectionR, forming a series of autographs of Scots Peers and Peeresses.

:.l ••vrr}462. Large packet of autograph l~tters of Scottish N,o~leme:,~1" I \ ' I 1700-1799, arranged alphabetIcally. it' C.... l' ,,''Ytt-) 463 A similar packet. 1800-1845.rI" .fI 1.,1464. A packet of- autograph letters of various English and Irish~/j( Peers and Peeresses. 1796-1844.

,. "i r, J465. Packet of autographs: Scotch Peeresses and other ladies of 1di.. t.. rank; v.d. '.' i /466. Large packet of letters to John Murray, W.S., agent for :he

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467. Packet of letters entitled on originaV\vrapper, "E. H. Barker Mr. Allan's Letters;" from ,,~, Alien," Lynn, to E. H. Barker, Thetford, referring apparently to some work oflocal history; v.a. le2B-~. l ~i.t:.-~'l 1"'·C't·

468. Notarial transumpt of original instrument at delivery of the . Scottish Regalia to the Lord Treasurer, 1';'07; also scroll

tlze Collection of Davld Laillg, LL.D. 121

J;.arge packet of letters and some curious papers by John~75 ,Wilde, sometime Professor of Civil Law in Edinburcrh . 0

University.

J476. Portion of a Protocol-book kept by David Callender, Writer~"I .' in Edinburgh. 1700.

, . 477. Packet o.f papers: original letters and other documents of~'v) the family of Sempill of Beltries; v.d.

• " 478. Small packet of interesting papers regarding the' mines in 'ft{f(' ~ J . Scotland, with a letter on " Mettalls " in Orkney; v.d. from -­I 1592-1661.

I "~479. Large packet of letters by the family of Cranfurd of Carts- '" '.

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of Contracts between the Lords of the Scots Treasury and their Officers. All dated since the Hevolution and duriug the early part of the 18th century, with numerous interest­ing autographs.

~_~p9. Packet of papers relating to Excise, Crown Hents and '/ " Hevenues, Salaries of Officials, etc.

: ~ ~J490. Larae collection of Custom-House papers relating to Scotch K7'f;''''- C~stoms, Imports, ~xports, etc. etc., chiefly about the time • I, I, la )\ of the Union. .,. I/'It.­

'...1/ '­_, . 0.(r J.. 491,' Collection of" Bullion Books," for Aberdeen, Leith, Montrose,.f, ~' Prestonpans, etc. 1696-1707. .

~.' . " 1492. Packet of Factory's Powers of Attorney, etc., with some papers' " , " ,l I " '. S 1 d

~\ ' \ . relating to the Civil List III c~t a,n . .' 493. Papers: Petitions, etc. etc., relating 'to municipal matters j(.

'~.: also a few relating to the Sanctuary and Precincts of the VJ ~ :" Abbey of Holyrood; v.d.

; .. [ " fl,:94. Large packe~ of ~orrespond.ence b~tween the la~e.P. F. ~ytler,

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J 495. Packet of letters addressed" Il Cavaliere l'Abbate Tommaso Stewart," chiefly in Italian.

496. Packet of correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart, Esq., author of "Genealogical History of Stuarts of Castlemilk," including papers relating to his brother General Stuart and the H. E. 1. Co. 1784.

'497. Small packet of papers and autogra-ph letters of Sir Robert. Gordon, author of the" History of the Earldom of Suther-· land," first Baronet of Gordonstoun. "

498. Collection of correspondence of the fourth, fifth, al}d sp:th \ Baronets of Gordonstoun, with a few other papers. l ~~J

499. Large collection of letters addressed to the late Charles Gordon of Braid, W.S., chiefly from the late Duke of Gordon, Lord Adam Gordon, and other n;tembers of the Gordon family, with a few other Gordon papers. '/

500. Large collection of letters addressed to Robert Dundas, Esq. of Arniston, while Lord Advocate; very interesting.

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Hugh Wan'ender, W.S., Alexander Young, W.S., and others.

Bundle of miscellaneous papers relating to Earl of Carrick and his daughter, 1648; Marchioness of Douglas, 1660 j

Earl of Glencairn, Hepburns of Oldhamstocks; Pitcairns of ' Forthar; and others.

Collection of miscellaneous letters, ancient and modern, writers not identified, or the subjects of no great importance.

Collection of Minutes, Memoranda, and miscellaneous papers] and fragmimts-Legal, Political, Historical, Theological, and others. "

Similar collection of Latin miscellanea. '

Large collection of fly-leaves of old books bearing autographs of celebrated persons.

Collection of scraps of Illuminated MSS.; also a packet uf ,scraps of Oriental MSS.

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, I4-:11 ,,501. Another packet of letters to him while Lord Advocate and Chief Baron.

'J.J I,' 502. A packet of letters connected with the family of Johnstone " lit' of Westerhall; letters of Governor George J ohnstone, and

others. . ,., J'

, ,. I :'. 503. A packet of letters to and by the celebrated Jacobite, the ; , I~ Hon. Alexander Mm'ray, of the family of Elibank.

Packet of correspondence of Sir Robert Barclay of Peirston,' . Bart., chiefly during his imprisonment in France under the ~, " .. Directorate, 1799, etc.

Packet of papers belonging to Sir William Purves, Solicitor­General under King Charles n., etc.

• 0' ,..IIJacket of letters, etc.: to General Simon Fraser, son of the ,'; .

well-known Jacobite Lord Lovat, 1775, etc.

Packet of correspondence between E,. Cole, Red Lion Square,and Mr. J. W. Bennett. 1828.

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, t jj'- ~~'p9. Large collection ofletters addressed to John Davidson, "\V.S.,

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Papers not discovered in time to be inse?'tcd in pl'cceding CatctlogllC.

516. Requisition for levying money to pay expenses of war against Scotland; with sign-manual of King Henry VII. . of England. December 1st, 1496.

517. One letter (to Sir Lewis Bellenden) and a memorandum, both holoO'raph of KinO' James VI. Letter dated 13th April

"" '" 1585. 518. Two papers: Warrant by King Charles 1. upon a judicial

certificate, establishing the right of his Chaplain, Mr. Lesley,Dean of Down, to certain Rectories in Ireland, 1628, withsaid certificate.

519. vVarrant regarding money for the repairs of Holyrood Palace, signed by King Charles 1. 3d September 1641. \

520. Paper entitled "Additionall Instruction for Our Commis­sioner" autoO'raph of KinO' Charles n. 27th November

' ''' '" 1669.

521. \Val'l'ant siO'ned by KinO' Charles n., appointing Sir James '" '" .Dalrymple of Stair President of the College of Justice. 7th January 1671.

522. Letter by King Charles n. to the Duke of Monmouth, to putdown "disorderly assemblies." ~5th September 1678.

523. Treasury Warrant in favour of Mr. GeOl'ge Lauder, Ministerof the Gospel, signed by King William Ill. 28th Feb­ruary 169l

524. Two French documents, both dated in 1557. One of themrefers to the preparations for the marriage of 1\fary Queenof Scots to the Dauphin of France.

525.' Curious and interesting account of work done for KingJames 1. hy his jewellers setting his jewels, and withsignatures of Lords of the Tl'easlll'Y· 1(i0 1.

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526. Curious contemporary letter (anonymous) relating to the In­fanta l\faria of Spain, the intended bride of King Charles 1. Madrid, 28th June 1623.

..52'1. Letter, in French, addressed to "Le Visconte de Thurenne," signed .by J olm [Stewart] Duke of Albany, Regent of Scot­land after the battle of Flodden; n.d.

528. Extract Decree of the Privy Council, presided over by QueenMargaret, settling the succession of heirs of those who fellat Flodden to their lands or tacks, Stirling, 2d June 1514,written and signed by Gavin Dunbar, afterwards Bishop ofAberdeen.

529. A Receipt signed on behalf of theCommendator of Cambus­kenneth by Lady Margaret Erskyne, mother of the Regent Moray. 156%­

530. A Receipt signed by Gilbert Browne, last Abbot of Sweet­heart or New Abbey, excommunicated as a Jesuit. Dated1576..

531. Two papers: original and copy of Reasons by Messrs. Craigand Pont for not subscribing the Acts of Parliament, etc.1584.

532. InterestinO' oriO'inal confession obtained from Sir James'" '" .Edmonstone of Dnntreath, in regard to the second attempt by Angns and Mar, etc., to secnre the person of James VI., 8th February 1584, with original signatures.

533. Two papers: original and copy of a MS. entitled "Mr.Robert Bruce his Call to the work of the Ministry." 1587.

53.1. Holograph letter by Sir John Maitland, Lord Chancellorof Scotland, dated at Lethington, 20th September 1588.[Address wanting.]

535. Copy of a Receipt, authenticated by the autograph of GeorgeGladstane, Archbishop of St. Andrews. 1609.

53G. Order for payment of £600 due to him, holograph of GavinHamilton, Bishop of Galloway. 29th May 1610.

537. Three papers: Commission to uplift certain taxation [17thFebruary 1601], signed by Lord Treasurer Mar and Lndovic,second Duke of Lennox; with two letters, holograph, of thelatter; [n.d.]

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538. Warrant to the Comptroller to reimburse the price of a horse killed while conveying the Chief of the M'Gregors to Berwick. 1604. Signed by the Scots Privy Council. "

539. A draft letter to KinO' James VI. in reference to the Re­. l:>

nunciation by the Duke of Lennox of the Priory of St. Andre\ts, etc.; n.d.

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540. Letter to;···KiI\O' >Ja~, :holograph of the Earl of Me1rose, very interest~g;lli[ITl.ting the proceedings against the Scots printers for publishing a "libell against the Assemblie at: Perth j" n.d.. [about 1619.] ~

541. Extract Act of Parliament authorising Sir George Hay of Kinfauns to transport and dispose of any iron manufac­tured by him to and in any place within the kingdom. Signed by Sir John Hamilton of Mflgdalene, Clerk Register. June1621.·

542. Holograph letter of Sir Henry Carey, first ViSCOllnt Falk­land, while Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, to the Earl of Nithsdale. 25th May 1624.

543. Two aut..9graphs of Sir David Cunninghame [of Robertland],

L Master of Works to King James VI. 1625 and 1643.

544. Certificate of the death of Colonel Sir J olm Swinton, drowned on his way from Amsterdam to Venice, October 1630.

~ Signed by Sir James Livingstone, afterwards first Earl of

J , Callendar. April 1632.

545. Interesting tetter, in Latin, by Sir Jolm Scot of Scottis­I tarvet, to Caspar Barlreus, Professor, Amsterdam. 20th I

Oct~ber 1643.I

·1,. '/' W._ ~49' Two MSS.: Receipts signed by Sir Archibald Johnston of t n1('VV Warriston, and paper indorsed by him, "Minutes of 301

Assemblies ... fO'l' State observations." . i Military Order addressed to Sir J olm Drummond, signed by \.-. the Earl of Leven. 25th August 1651. .f. 548. Holograph letter, Sir Charles Erskine, Governor of Dum­~ . barton Castle, to the Magistrates of Glrtsgow. 15th Oclober

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'j~\~'/549. Two 'paper$: autograph letter of Robert, fourth ViscountKenmure'[l658]; and a scroll copy agreement between himand General Monck [1654].

550. Petition by Mr. Robert Traill, minister, remonstrating against 1\ I,

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his imprisonment. [1661.]

551. Fragment of a deed, signed, intc1' alios, as witnesses, by Mr. J ames \Rowe, author of the "Pockmanty Sermon," Mr.

o;.... ;..·L·b ) Robert Row, Mr. Samuel Row, and others, who were among. .,.

. , the "Protesters" in 1651, etc.; n.d.

552. Autograph letter of Sir John Home of Renton, sometime Lord Justice- Clerk, a staunch loyalist. December 1663.

, I' J553. Letter (imperfect) to the Earl of Lauderdale from the Earl ofc;' • Lothian. 16th October 1663.

554. Long and curious letter from Mr. Alexander Pitcairne, minister at Drone, to Lady Stormonth. 20th 'January 1664.

555. Three papers: ReceiptR, etc., signed by John Earl of Middle­ton, Scrimgeour E. of Dundee, and General Thomas Dalzell

~ of Binns. 1661, 1666, etc.

556. Original Commission and Instructions by James Earl of Perth and James Earl of Tullibardine to Sir John Drum­mond, as their representative at the Privy Council. 30th November 1666.

557. Two letters, one being to the Earl of Linlithgow, both signed by Lord Chancellor Rothes. 1669 and 1670.

558. Scroll letter, unsigned, by King Charles n. to the Provost, etc., of Edinburgh, regarding factious practices in that City. 18th September 1673.

, .; 559. Autograph letter by ,e Sir Alexander Fraiser," apparently the .f

• )"\" ;"...) physician to King Charles n. 16th August 1670. I ~

560. Letter by the Privy Council of Scotland to King Charles n . regarding measures against disorder, 15th July 1675, signed by Chancellor Rothes and twenty-three others.

Letter by the Duke of Lauderdale to Sir William Purves as to proceedings against a certain George Dreddan, apparently It Quaker. 30th March 1676.

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575. Hesignation by Charles Duke of Lenox and Hichmond. into 562. Roll of the third session of the second Scots Parliament held i' I' r~; the hands of the Crown of his office of Heritable Admii'al of by King Charles IT. [1672], bearing signatures of cert,ain

i I ~ Scotland. 8th June 1704.•deponents thereto. 2d July 1678. t"r /r I" :R7'G. Last Will and Testament of Sir William Bruce of Kinross, Paper containing certain charges made against the Duke of ~/563. ,~ Bart., the enlillent architect. 13th January 1709. Lauderdale's Administration, addressed to the Killg; n.d.

577. Packet of t\venty letters addressed to the Rev. Principal[About 1680.] I~ ,.) Cm'stairs, on ecclesiastical and other matters. 1707-1715.

1~564. Letter signed by George, eighth Earl Marischal, to Sir William "tir [See also No. 407 of 2d Division, ante, p. 115.]1'Y 1\ .- Purves. May 7, 1683. .... 5'78. Military Pass written and signed by the Duke of Perth, the

565. Original Decreet by the Presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil for ) " Jacobite leader. Preston, 27th November 1745. " bigging ,9f the manss of I3anchorie 1'ernan,'" 2d August ""579. Packet of letters, etc., written by the Right Hon. Lord1683, approved by the Bishop of Aberdeen [with signatures]. President Forbes of Culloden, 1747, etc.

Urn ~ 566. Three papers: Extract Report of the Committee of Exchequer 580. Two papers: Document signed by the Rector and Pr~fessors'r\ 11 ~ .. regarding the sugar-works of Glasgow, signed by Sir GeOl'ge ~~! . J of St. Andrews, authorising Mr. James Gregory to provide

Mackenzie of Tarbat, with petition of the manufacturers " instruments for use of the College, 1Oth June 1673. Also and information thereon. 1684. . letter of Dr. Thomas Gillespie, 1843.

Autograph letter from the Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor to 581. Letters by Principals and Professors.of Glasgow University: ~567.King J ames VII., 29th December 1685, relating to political \.,; ~t~' Mr. Neil Campbell, Alexander Dunlop, William Richardson, .. matters. r~ Robert Simpson, and Josiah Walker; v.d.

J,.r~68. Two autograph letters by Robert, the last Lord Colvill of />f32. Letter by Dr. John Chalmers, Principal of King's College,i· t Ochiltree. Dated at Utrecht, 1686 and 1687. Aberdeen. 25th July 1786.

583. Letters by Principals and Professors of Edinburgh University: Five papers: Heceipts, etc., bearing the signatme of :MarieI*' J 569. Professors Ballingall, Chalmers, Dalzell, Adam Ferguson,I1fJ" Stewart, second wife of Lord Trensmer Mar, as" Cuuntes of . ,'." ( /

.. ·:f :---1 \Villiam King, John Lee, John Leslie, James Robertson, Mar," and other ladies of the El'skine family j v.d. 1619­ "; \ l,; John Robison, Dl1gald Stewart, and John Wilson; v.d.1688.

584. Letters of Publishers, etc.: Messrs. Archibald Constable,/.r?,....j570. Autograph letter of Sir James Stewart (of Goodtrees), Lord Foulis of Glasgow, William Smellie, and two others. Advocate. 14th February 1694.

585. Autograph letters and poems by various minor poets: Miss "V...·l(~ 57 I. Autograph letter of Hobert, fourth Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Joanna Baillie, Mrs. Grant of Laggun, Dr. Jolm Black, . . to the Moderator of Fife Synod. 17th August 1697. author of "Life of Tasso," Rev. George Gilfillan, Willison

: 572. Two papers: Letter by tIle Earl of Gallo\vay [1699], and Glass, Alexander Laing, Robert Nicol, Thomas l'ringle, and ~I.;r\ / Receipt by the Earl of Leven [1692]. GeOl'ge F. Graham, musical composer; v.d.: • I 573. Interesting original letter from the Duke of Hamilton, the Autograph letters of Sir William Allan, historical painter;

Marquis of Atholl, etc., to William Lord Nairne, pressing Sir Robert Strange, engraver; and Sir David Wilkie; v.d. him to attend Parliament. Dated at Holyrood, 3d Noyem­ Autographs of Divines: Rev. Alexander Carlyle, D.D., Inver- .' bel' 1700. esk j Hev. John Erskine, D.D.; Gilbert Burnet, D.D.,

Bishop of Salisbury j .Tohn Douglas, D.D., Bishop of Carlisle, ; . 574. Holograph letter to Queen Anne, from Lord Tal'ltnt, on the .~. .-.J etc., a leamed critic; nnd ·Hev. .Tohn HOl'sley, author of political situntion in Scat.land. 18th.T 11 ly 1i 03.

" Britannia Romana."

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{590. Autograph , r.-' _~rV..... .

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'/f.159f. Autograph letter, Mr.' David Macpherson, editor of "Wyn­588. Packet of Correspondence of David Steuart Erskine, Earl of'~))\ 'rJ . toun," to his publisher. 16th January 1805.Buchan: consisting of three holograph letters, and a curious

paper by himself; with letters to him from John Balfour,.... V595. Packet of letters and MS. poems by the Rev. John Ogilvie, bookseller, Edinburgh rJames Bruce, the Abyssinian travel­ ,>,,_) D.~., m~ister of :Midm.ar, a minor poet. and mi.scell~~eousler; Professor James Buchanan, Glasgow; Principal Camp­ :~ wi'Iter, chIefly to the edItor of the" PoetIcal RegIster; v.d. bell, Aberdeen; Rev. Charles Cordiner; Lord Hailes; Sir 096'1 Packet of letters by Alexander Chalmers, author of "TheJohn Dalrymple; GeOl'ge Dempster, the eminent agricul- .r

. ,,'.j General Biographical Dictionary," chiefly in reference toturist; R.ev. John Erskine, D.D. ;1I. Fletcher of Saltoun; -, )"- Dr. Ogilvie's poems.

I'Rev. William Hamilton, Dublin;. J olm Knox, surveyor of. 597. Collection of letters, and one or two MSS., holograph of JohnScotch Fisheries; Tobias Lear, secretary to General Wash­

J Pinkerton, miscellaneous writer; v.d.ington; Rev. G. I.ow, Orkney; General Hobert l\Ielvil j

Hobert M'Kinlay, M.D., Newmains; David Macpherson, , 598. Collection of letters from Robert Anderson, M.D., the .bio­"..editor of " Wyntoun j" Dr. WaIter Minto; George Paton, i •

~j grapher of the British Poets, to J oseph Cooper Walker, bookseller, Edinburgh; John Pinkerton; Principal James .f' Esq., histotian of the Irish Bards; v.d. 1797-1806.Playfair; Professor GeOl'ge Stuart; Dr. William Thomson 599. Small packet of letters to the said J. C. Walker, Esq., by (historian of Philip n.); and two other letters. Many of I David Irving, LL.D., biographer of GeOl'ge Buchanan the these are very interesting, and all bear notes or memoranda ~

~_,~ .' historian, etc.; v.d. 18015-1809.

in Lord Buchan's own handwriting. I i '600. 'Packet of letters, etc., referring to .~he claim made to the 589. Packet of autograph letters, etc., some of them very interest':

,( / Earldom of Perth. Dated 1822. ing: by James Beattie, LL.D., Aberdeen [to W, Creech] j

'x, lJl1,1o Ale~ander Dalrymple, hydrographer to H. E. 1. Co. ; vJohn .. J -601. Military and ,Naval : ~tograph letters ef ?liE !lBuja Paipfl of t-a.i1·'Lc.i ' GaIt the, novelist;"John Gillies, LL.D., the historian; Rev. J. Home, author of" Douglas" [about D. l-Iumc]; l\1alcolm

~, Laing, historian; Henry Mackenzie [" Man of Feeling "J; fJoseph Ritson [about the Auchinleck MS.] j and John Mackay Wilson [Tales of the Borders]; v.d.

letter by James Bruce of Kinnaird, the Abys­sinian traveller, in reference to engravings of his book.

,24t.h April 1789.

591. Four letters addressed to Sir William Dl'Ul11mond of Logie­Almond, by Madame de Stael, Professor John Playfair, Francis J effrey, and Henry Brougham [Lords J effrey and Brougham].

Interesting letter, holograph, of Captain Robert Knox, author of "History of Ceylon," to his cousin Strype the historian. 4th January 1710.

Two autograph letters addrcssclI to John Arhllthnot, M. n., (l\1a.rtinns 8crihlenl.~), hy thc celehratcd Lord Chcstcrfielll and Hprman Doerhaa\'8. 1i" 2fi allfl 1i 31.

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J lklil,ytd) Pil~ and Rear-Admiral George Murray. Dated in 1761 [referring to David Hume].

602. Lawyers and Statesmen, etc.: autograph letters of the first Lord President Dundas; Sir Gilbert Elliot and his son, also,

.Sir Gilbert, second and third baronets of Minto; Lord ~ '.. ./, Woodhouselee, Lord Chancellor Erskine, Lord. Brougham

[with caricatures], Henry Glassford Bell, Sir WiUiam Hamilton the diplomatist, with a letter by J oseph Hume, M.P., the well-known political reformer.

603. Letter, Sir David Dalrymple [Lord Hailes] to James Boswell, ~ Esq., the biographer of Dr. Johnson. .

\ 604. Miscellaneous letters: Sir John Erskine of Alva [1738], Sir 'vP\YJ Alexander Ramsay qf Balmain [1749], Archibald M'Aulay, r\ I~ Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and others.

605. Fragment of a :MS. poem, said to be by Drmhmond of , . ., Dalloch.

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the Collection 0/ David Laing, LL.D.

MS. report made to the Trustees of the Scotch Fisheries, etc., of the state of the Highlands. 1755.

Packet of seventeen MS. books; being the public and priva:te letter-books of General Goddard, Bombay, 1778-1782, the letters being chiefly addressed to Warren Hastings 011

political and other matters.

Collection of papers relating to the Record Commission, and Supplement to Rymer's "Fcedera," by the well-known Dr. Adam Clarke. 1812-1816.

Original order in regard to Commissioners on the Forfeited Estates in Scotland during the Commonwealth, signed "Broghill, President." 13th February 1655.

624.

626. Large collection of Deuchar MSS.: Genealogical. Notes and Searches regarding the families of Bellenden, Borthwick,

!. K;' / Campbell, Crichton, Cunningham, Dunbar, Henryson, Kin­near, Kinninmont, Montgomery, Napier, and Purves; also of " Ossian's heroe~," by the late Alexander Deuchar, gene­alogist, Edinburgh.

Collection of Original MSS.: "Life of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton," "Life of Sir WaIter Raleigh," and "Lives of Scottish Worthies," by the late Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq.

628. Two papers: Decreet of Modification, Presbytery of FOl'l'eS v. Heritors of Dallas, 1751; and Decreet of Modification, etc., Minister of Crawfurdjohn v. Heritors, 1760.

629. Packet of letters and papers of Baron Macdonald of Sleat t.··) referring to the title. 1775. .

Large collection of papers relating to the affairs of Charles, sixth Duke of Lennox and his Duchess.

623.

English Autographs.

Autographs of Thomas Lord Wriothesley and other Statesmen under King Henry VIII. and Edward VI.

625.

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V1l32. Interesting contemporary' document, in French, giving m-1.'\J account of the death of Mary Queen of Scots. 1587.

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606. Recent transcript in MS of the "Relatione d' Inghilterra del Clarissimo Daniel Barbaro ritornato dalla sua legatione

I..' e.-... r. \ /' ' d'Inghilterra fatto nel Senato Velleto a di ] 4: di Maggio 1550. [Biblioteca Marciana Cod. XCIV.]

607. Packet of Genealogical Notes and Heraldic Memoranda, ~<.Jts:rJ, apparently by a Mr. W. H. Blackie, Edin.burgh. .

. / 608. MS. entitled "Notes of copies of the Regiam Majestatem t,(f~ preserved in the Advocates' Library." 1800.f"

, " ',... i 609. Portion of a Nantical Journal on board a vessel from Leith ~\ (, . to Gambia. 1763.

. ',',. I 610. MS. Sermon on John i. 29. August 4th, 177fJ. '\ \ .<. .' 611. MS. Sermon on Numbers xxiii. 10. 30th September 1752.

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, \;, \. 612. MS. discourse " n.d. " " . ~ ,: 613. MS. Sermon on Matthew xviii. 11; n.d.

;>t\;' '614. Fragmen~ of ~ Religious Diary; n.d.

615. Packet of MS.. Sermons (one or two imperfect), part of a series preached to the Associate Congregation of Jedburgh by ·Mr. Alexander Shanks. 1787.

616. Copy in hand of last century of a treatise "De ConservandiL Bod Valitudine Libel' Schola Salel'Uitanm."

617. Pal't of a Medical Treatise.

618. MS. treatise [mutilated] On Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Natural Philosophy [old hand].

, 619. Recent French' MS., "FamilIes de plantes indigenes de .J \.;.... France," as arranged in the "Jardin des Plantes a Paris," It

la methode de M. de Jussieu; n.d.

/1\ ...., 1320. Packet of original autograph MS. Sermons and Treatises by ~L' f·.... Rev. Robert Wallace, D.D., Edinburgh. 1697-1771.

" } 621. Original autograph M§~ of " A System of the Principles of the Law of Scotland,'~~D.d it poem by GeOl'ge Wallace, Advocate, son to the preceding.

622. Original MS. [apparently holograph] of "Elements of

L·.1('.. J Astronomy," etc., by David Gregory, the eminent matlle­.;" I' '(; matician. Abont 1702. ,.-'"I \ .

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.v{34. Autographs of William Pa~let, Marquis of Winchester, amI" .., '" ~ "\ .' others of the Privy Council of Philip and Mary. 1553-4..,

. 635. AutoO'raphs of the most distinguished Statesmen in the time o . .

of Queen Elizabeth, with one or two mterestmg papers. ~/l:'J1560-1602.I

636. Autographs of the chief Statesmen and Advisers of King , .f r .-- J'f.. I( r James 1., 1603-1620, and other papers of interest.

",;YJ>37. Autographs: Lord Herbert of Ohm'bury, and other distin­guished 'men in the reign of King Oharles 1.

nis. Autographs of chief Parliamentarians, and several papers of .;: '.' U considerable interest-time of Oommonwealth.

li:,~, J39. Autographs: Buckingl~am, Arlington, etc. etc., and other.lJ\\f. [ Statesmen of King Oharles II. , .

\' ~~·O. Oollection of papers, Exchequer Warrants, etc., more or less ,{...,\ ' historically interesting-time of J ames IL, William Ill,

" ,! Queen Anne, George 1., etc.

· '. '/641. Oollection of autograph ~etters, etc., by vario,:s English noble­';;~ ,''''...(' men of same period down to present time, with a number

of Oommissions, etc., signed by King George Ill.

, 42. Oollection of English Military and Naval autographs: Duke \. l.;r'f>.-- ... of Wellington, Oommodore Anson, etc..etc. j.{ h J · . ~ P""'<643. Oollection of autographs of scientific men, astronomers,· ) f ....}\ engineers, medical men, etc.

:: 'l.. ,.)44. Large collection autograp~s of English divines, both Episco­,:,,'\ " palians and Nonconforlll1sts.

. G45. Oollection of autographs of English literati before 1700: M. ~· I hl:;.\ ' Oasaubon;.Thomas Gale, and ot ers.

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" '., .J646. Oollection of autographs-literary men-modern, up to prc­,.... , " sent time.

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. \ . j'~.l / \ 64S. Oollection of autographs: English artists, sculptors, engravers, etc.

, 649. Oollection of autograph letters, signatures, etc., with carica­~r , { ture& of Members of Parliament. Recent..I "),'­

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...650. '~arge packet of papers, some old, relating to;'::-". j Hack-ett, Langford, etc., in England.. ,'..

....... Foreign Autograplzs.

651.' Iuteresting collection: Autograph letters and signatures of

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Heury Il. of France [1547], the Emperor Oharles V. [1530], ,Alfonso VI., King of Portugal [1697], and other royal personages.

652. Autographs of foreign Statesmen, etc.: Oardinal de Lorraine [1567], Gabriel Oomte de Montgomery [1561], Duke 'of Alva [156S], Oardinal de Retz, Oardinal de Bernis, etc. '·1

653. Interesting, collection of foreign literati, etc.: Hoondius, Guicciar . i [Francis], Theodore Beza, Alting, Ulhoorn, Baron H mbold£, Baron Liebig, 'Hans Ohristian Andersen; etc. etc., ot arranged chronologically.

"'~I'654. Large colI ction of miscellaneous papers, autographs, etc.,

some It ian, the rest chiefly French; both preceding, dur­ing, an after the R!3volution.

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