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\/,lD, Large and interesting Account-book, with entries from 1634­ ' i 1673, chiefly of groceries and small wares, sold by Mr. Law-' 1 rence Scott. . 11. Paper entitled "Informatione for the Earle of Aberdeen . against The Earle of Lauclerdaill and Sir Robert Millne ,: DIVISION II. in reference to their conduct' of the Mint. 1682-1683. Incomplete. 12.. Paper entitled "Paralipomena, or abridgment of some axioms !J[iscellaneous, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Scientific, Legal, 1Jfilita?'!J, f ,of law omitted out of Durie's Practiques which were in and otM?' Papers, chiefly 1Jfodern. . . Haddingtonnes aud Balmonoes Practiques," etc. [Last date 1631.] , .- 1. Four leaves, fi'agments of the "Auchinleck Manuscrip~," J: '~. ' / bound together for preservation; being portions of the I' , 13. Greek MS. entitled" SEO«PIAOT BA$IATKOT 7TpWTorr­ .. . 14 t ~ ~wv\' 7TaBapLOV Kat, aPXL7JTpOV 7Tept, rrepvryfLwv," from the Royal V poem called the" Life of Adam." t Library at Paris. . r J 2. Curious old Drapery Account against the" Lady Justice-Clerk" (Lady Lewis Bellenden of Broughton), with receipt. 1587. v; 4. Extract Commission by King James VI. to Mr. James Ander- . Minist~r .j3. " Nomina Commensalium in Collegio Leonardino Commoran­ son, of Stirling, to visit the churches in the diocese tium," being the Roll of the mensal students in St. Leonard's of Dunblane, etc.; and visitations following thereon. 1586.. College; St. Andrews,. 1587-1590 ; with accounts, 1592. [Somewhat·torn; 48 pages remaining.] V 4. Original Register of Oblations and Privy Ti~hes of the vicar­ 15. Three papers bearing on proceedings in Church Oourts, May age of Bosbury, from 1635-1641. 1599, July 1618, and 1643. 5. Eleven papers: three " ccounts of Rents from certain lands in 16.' Six papers: Original proceedings against Mr. Alexander Pit­ ',. Ireland belonging to the deceased Sir Claud Hamilton of I cairn, 1649, and Extract Proceedings in Synod of Fife v. , I ::3hawfield, Inventory of his goods, etc.; and seven very .Mr. Alexander Scrymgeonr, appointed Professor of Divinity curious Accounts of the Persunal Expenses of Sir Ueorge at St. Andrews, he not being in orders. 29th September 1713, etc. Hamilton and others of the family. 1613-1629. . ... 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; , . ',' \1" 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. . \1" -I '7. Two _pap'e~}~ Account of Rents, etc., paid to Lord Melville, (18. Large packet of papers of Ecclesiastical interest: Calls to· r' ,\( 1635-16~5, by Mr. Thomas Christie; another account re- Ministers, ~inutes of Presbyteries, proceedings about ne~"" '\ ;··t,.-·.': ~:' '. ",;~' t. "_~ ferring to the same la~ds, 1717. churches, stIpends, etc. 1705-1832. ' ~;., .-:~ I . . -!:.­ , j .. v 8. 'fI'wo Accounts of Money received for the Bishops of Edin- I19. MS. narrative of the rise and progress of the FundiPr'Relie~: "(. ",;~. 166~, r \ burgh, and of 1656. I of the Indigent Episcopal Clergy in Scotland; ~d:'. .;, <: :,:0 ntromi~sions \ \ 9.' Two Accounts, one'imperfect, of I with the Bishops' i 20. Curious account. by the Heralds for Proc'lamatiO~~ainst;::~~~ :,e' .... ~ Rents of Brechin, Dunkeld, Dunblane, etc. 1735 and 1756. \ Call1eron, Cargill, and other Covenanters. 1680-1683. "'~~:1£':. \ L£st of M£scellalleOUS'Papers £1t the Collectl'Oli of David Laing', LL .D. 8S 0/21. Original letter by Lieutenant George Hill, who was one or Latin Le,cture on the mode of electing German Emperors, .those present at Mr. Jflmes Renwick's ordination. Amster­ about 1727 ; and several other lectures and historical notes, dam, 18th June 1683. chiefly by Charles Mackie, sometime Professor of History I . / 22. Latin MS., small quarto, "Colloquii de Peccato Originali;" n.d. in the University of Edinburgh. 1719-1753. i 38. Portions of original MS. of "The Antiquities of Athens, by i 23. Pamphlet, on "Some things to be reformed in the Church of Messrs. Stuart and Revett." \., Scotland;" n.d., but probably early part of 17th century. , J \ 39' Notes of a Tour in Italy. 1718. 24. MS. of Discourse on State of. Believers. About same period. 40. Tract on the Danger of a Toleration to Episcopal Dissenters in Imperfect. Scotland. About 1712. .25. Pamphlet in reference to the Solemn League and Covenant.' { 41. Tractate in form of a letter, proposing a scheme to remedy Imperfect. 1650, etc. '. r. ,some grievances of Schoolmasters; n.d. ./ \.:6. "Sion's Vindication," a discourse by Mr. William Menzies 'I 42. "Chronological Catalogue of all the Editions of the Acts of'::". /J _ \-:1 [probably of Aberdeen]. 1652.. ./ i : the Parliament of Scotland," with notes by J ames. Chalmers, ... -" l. 27. A large packet of contemporary MSS. of Dying Speeches by···. .! nephew to the author of " Caledonia." I· James Guthrie, Donald Cargill, David Halkston, and other 43.• Three papers: Letter, the Town Council of Peith to the Town Covenanters; ecclesiastical and political essays and papers; of North Berwick, about Commissioner to Convention of religious meditations, papers on medicine, letters, and Burghs; two Minutes of Meeting of Freeholders, etc., at·· others, by members of the family of GOl'don of Earlston in v' Dumfries, to elect a member to the' Parliament of Great Galloway, some of which papers were in the possession of, Britain, 24th June 1708 and 9th N9vember 1710. if not autograph of, the Alexander GOl'don who suffered for 44. Memori~l for Opinion of Counsel as tofu,hether the eldest sons his adherence to Presbyterianism. ~~ A.JI:.- .. of Peers of Scotland have a right to ~lect or be elected to 28. Sermon by Mr. James Kirkton, author of a Ifistory of the Parliament for either Shires or Burghs in Scotland; 185 . Church of Scotland. October 13, 1698. '! .-'1 " . pages. About 1790. .-<," 29. A Personal Covenant, by Mr. Gabriel Semple, Minister of 45. Paper entitled" A short Discourse off the EarlE}..tf~~ut«e:dand ~edburgh. 1695. ~~ his precedencie in Parliament befor the Earleoff Caithnes. s, . 30. Treatise on the Abjuration Oath, after the Union. Imperfect. ,I A.D. 1617." . .'~;)Y ? ' 31. Sermon, appare~tlby.Rev. William Carlyle, Minister of Pres­ 46. Packet of letters and miscellaneous papers written by William tonpans, fat Dr. Alexander Carlyle. 7th June 1752. Guthrie, a political and historical writer of last century. . 32. Three Sermons; , l"by Rev. J. Brown, at Abercorn, and 47. "An Essay suggesting an important application of the High­ I another on the de .p. of William II!. 1702. land Music to the leading objects of the Highland Society of Scotland;" n.d. '. . I.. 33. Two Sennons, one imperfect, by Mr. Maclarin. July 1725. , 48. Collection of Notes, chiefly antiquarian, on a great variety of 34. Sermon on 1 Cor. ilL 10; n.d. I subjects-Alchemy, English Manners, Leathern Boats, and 35. French treatise, entitled "Plan Abregc du Gouvernement 'l~; other antiquities, said to be from the papers of Dr. Lort. 49. Economique de l'Etat Ecclesiastique;" n.d. ,\ .x An Essay on Barrows and other Tumuli of a sepulchral 36. Latin MS. entitled "Epistola Archimedis ad Regem Gelonem nature, by the Rev. John HorsIey, author of the" Britannia Allrre Groocre Reperta anno lErre Christianre." 1688. Romana." Said to be autograph.

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,. !'-".. 86 List of Miscellaneous Papers in i. the Collection 0/ Davzd La?'ng', LL.D. 87 Oricrinal Deed of Appointment of the Rev. John Walker as Professor of Natural History in the University of Edin­ 60. Volume, half-bound, containing a number of letters, chiefly..l..LL-. • bUl'England," proving that "English late Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Thomas Erskine, Lord seas and lande commodities doe serve to enriche and Chancellor, and others. strengthen other countryes against our owne, and how to 63. Portfolio containing a number of letters addressed to Mr. I.J",... _ , redress the same." Dated about. 1620, w.ith a modern copy: William Scot, Professor of Greek in the University of ITIfW 53. Curious paper, with diagrams, treating of various kinds of Edinburgh, chiefly as to his family affairs, with a number of Sun-Dials; n.d. . letters and other papers containing various autographs. 64. Two copies of a'" l)oem on the Day of Judgment." 54. "The Statuts and Ordinances of George Heriot his Hospitall, ~opies, made and done according to his Letter Will and Testament 65. FOUl; one imperfect, of "Appius, the Decemvir: ~.~ J~ MG\o'\'~ by WaIter Balcanquel, Dean of Rotchester, D.D. In the Tragedy." . year of our Lord God 1627." [Contemporary copy.] 66. Portfolio containi:q.g a large number of ~~tters addressed to David, fourth Viscount Stormont, with aut.ographs of the last . . 5'5. Inter~sting collection of autograph Themes, in prose and verse, Earl of Annandale.ofthe name of Murray, and 'others of the ~~ ~ chiefly Latin, w,ith a few in Greek, bearing the names of said David as Lord B,alvaird, the second Viscount Stormonth rl7\:::.~ many of the earliest graduates of the University of Edin­ and other members hf the Creichtoun, Johnstoune MUITa,," ;).: burgh. About the.years 1584-1590. and Hay families. ~. collection of Poems on the subject of Bruce and Wallace . Alexander Frasel' Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, the . meeting at the Catron, for the hest poem on which a prize . last Earl of Hyndford, and various other Peers and Peeresses. '. of ;£50 was offered in 1818; gained by Mrs. Remans. 68~Volume, half· bound, containing curious papers in old'hand­ writing, "Ane Epistle of a ryght vertuous woman to a' Abstract of, or extracts from, the first volume of the "Maha.­ ~?:-'~. wanso," a Historical Record [partly relating to Ceylon], learnyde man of late fallen from the truthe," apparently. ':;.. ;. by "Roland Taylor;" various religious pieces by John " .... J'" ."~ which was translated from the original Pali by the Hon.. Mabh of London, goldsmyth, 1573-1577. . . George Turnotn;. C.C.S. 69. Collection of Recipes for Preserves,' Acrostics, and other liEarl 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 John­ stone of vVesterhaU, autographs of first' and third Baronets, w'8 CloUU ~t:ru, lUlU u(;uer literary men. J~hnstone •vA.rJ and of Governor of Florida, with other members ~ ," 83. Co~~~tion of frag~ents of original poetry, also from the Cum- 11" " of the family. Also autographs of A[lexander] Dalrymple, g Papers, With a few Heraldic notes. Hydrographer to H. E. I. Co., brother to Lord Hailes. 17)'6. I 84. Packet of .Certificates of Character witl Packet of autograph letters by Lord Thomas Erskine the ' 1 numerous autographs .tr .,,} 4. of cI ergymell and others. 1670 d '. fr celebrated lawyer, Lord High Chancellor. dated 1700-10. an onwards, With packet Collection of valuable autographs, including those of Thos. 75. 85. Parts of Sermon in old hand 1 P Chalmers, D.D., Alexr. F. Tytler Lord Woodhouselee, the "Lives f '. on eter v. 2-4, and sketch of D' . I Professor Andrew Dalzel [1742-1806], the late Professor ..0 some anCIent Fathers and modern ,A_ t/fkJ who war emlllent lights in the Church of Christ" Alvbllles, fllrtIJ Pillans, and others. 1649. . out 76. Paper of 4:) folio pages entitled" Orders and !nstructions to 86. Collection of letters addressed to J h D George Johnstone, Esqr., Governor of West Florida," with L (T AIm 0 n rummond; Esq of . v signature of King George Third, dated 7th December 1763, 00le and. 1771 onwards. " t ." · and also two papers of oaths administered to officers of the 87. Coll ec t'IOn 0f papers."tA·"'" containing Accounts and Recei ts for' colony. ;O~k d~e ~n Holyrood Palace, and at Stirling an/Dum­ ~ ... ,nn ~\" 77. Paper by "Major Mackenzie" regarding the affairs of the arkon ast es, 1684-6; also Accounts affecting the Royal"" -. n " '\ East India Company. Date about 1770. P ar s. " 78. Two papers, with a draft letter signed" Geo. Johnstone," 88. Packet of Workme'n s A ccounts for repairin f1 the Abbe f ~ containing copies of Naval despatches and other interesting H olyrood. 1733-1736. " 0 y 0 " r'" - ... Naval documents, appareutly addressed to the said George 80. Collection of papers, Acts, Memorials Petitions bea/' ;/ J ohnstone, Esq., as Commodore. 1780-1781. .i. --0-­ the Pre.sbyterians and the'Covenant; v.d. fro~ 163;~1~;; <'~-'':).''''>' f 79. Collection of letters, Naval orders, despatches, and similar T( .. ).. ;~und l;,~ne volume, formerly in the possession of the lat: I documents in the yearli 1812-15, chiefly addressed to the I \ h:., "t'.: ...:: \ IOmas IOI11S011, Esq., President of the Bannatyne Olub. ,,',,-V' I . \.

.... ._. ,-..,.;::irZ . 88 List of Miscellaneous Papers in . tlte Co!!ectt'01z of Davz'd Laz'ng, LL.D. 89 Drummond of Ilawthornden. 6 8 d' 6!l in one' (Nos. an late Admiral Sir Philip C. Durham of Largo; with numerous volume.) . 't' and pensions autogmphs of distinguished Admirals, as Lord Keith, g 'i0. Collection of Certificates fo~' /rawm ~:~: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 large fff' 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. . ' I Holland, the tll1l'teenth aI O. ' . .J!k;'t'V 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 ":~ Thomas Campbell the poet, aro~ Tl' as Coutts & the Society of Antiqnaries, containing numerous queries as ~ late Professor Sir William HamIlton, lom to points of Heraldry, etc. 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. ftlnJ 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. H1{-v/ :

( (aMU' 5 ) I 8:; tA-""J:. 84. Packet of Certificates of Character, with numerous autographs IJ1- '. J '-'--Ti-' of clergymen and others. 1670 and onwards; with packet 11/1 r-I .. .\ dated 1700-10. Hcp.eU) / I er; () /l.~, /:La.. (. c. 1 I . 85. Parts of Sermon in old hand on 1 Peter v. 2-4, and sketch of tA_ 6 the "Lives of some ancient Fathers and modern Divines, 11 rrw who war eminent lights in the Church of Christ." About 1649..

t6/r 86. Collection of letters addressed to John Drummond, Esq. of .' ': 1.,.'( Logie Almond. 1771 onwards. ..:./A.v 87. Collection of papers containing Accounts and Receipts for work done on Holyrood Palace, and at Stirling and Dum­ ~. barton Castles, 1684-6; also Accounts affecting the Royal . Parks. 88. Packet of Workmen's Accounts ~?r repairing the Abbey of ~ Holyrood. 1733-1736. \/ O 11 ' ' • Naval documents, apparelltly ad d resse d to the said' Ge01'0 e 89. Collection of papers, Acts, Memorials, Petitions, bearing on C,:-~ .. Johnstone, Esq., as Commodore. 1780-1781. d' il the Pre.sbytel'ians and the'Cove~ant; v.d. fro~ 1634-1700, ...i /'~ d d patches an Slm 0.1' 1.1.r...)\79. e~s, ~s fl. ~. r I \ Collection of letters, Naval or 1 add'ressed to the bound 1ll one volume, formerly In t.he posseSSIOn of the late documents in the year!; 1812-1;>, c 11e y Thomas Thomson, Esq., President of the Bannatyne Club. 1'"11 .

.. \ , List of Jlliscellalleous Papers ill the Collectt"Oll Davzd Lal1zg, LL.D. 9° of 91 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~rite resigned 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.)V Aberdeen; 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..o f¥'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 ~ ~q~, ~ or.lgI~al M:::>. of a poem entitled" Prospect from a Hill in ~. '1 I r W Accounts. FIfe, and other papers belonging to George WalJace, Esq., 93. Autographs:' Mr. James Hidgway, senr., the lat.e well-known. ' • Advocate, son of the preceding Rev. Dr. Wallace. publisher in Piccadilly; letters by n~blemen and oth~rs, '­ :. ~ 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 of other ~. 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 Vl-_. Dundas, afterwards first Viscount Melville, as t.o the office L..... w...:Jc;,.I.Earl and Countess, second Earl, Admiral Sir Alexander l'f Vf v 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: ;~J ''.1. the Baillies of Leith, etc., upon the information given unto and chIefly to the dispute between it and Balliol College, "I ':'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. 0 U K'-J" isters' Widows' Fund, and Moderator of the Assemhly 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, wi~h c~rrectionsv l/;tv Dissertation on the Numbers. of Mankind, 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.

l ' .. ,- .~, List of Miscellamous Papers i1l the Collection Davzd Laing, LL.D. of 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, 103. twenty-three Warrants for Inspectors and Comptrollers and other literary men,-being letters, etc., addressed by . of Taxes, etc., in Scotland, containing autographs of the them to Mr. Thomas Brydson, author, or intended author, ~.) . Right Hon. Wm. Pitt, Prime Minister [1792-1800], and of a work on Peerages. other statesmen. Ill. Two quarto MSS., "An account of the order of Peeraae and Some autograph papers of Patrick Fraser Tytle~' ~he ., other distinctions of rank--Great Britain and Ir:lanu" 104. ~·/.f"""..Jand. Chivalry~" A1r~J historian, being his evidence before the Record CommISSIOn, .. a folio MS. fragment of a "Treatise on and letters thereanent. These are probably the introductory portions of the work 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 106. Collection of interesting papers, General Orders, Mlhtary .'i?r'.A.1 Harburn, W.S., Edinburgh. Heports, 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 Alex­ ander Young, Esq. 107. Eighteen papers, containing, among other interesting auto­ graphs, those of Henry Viscount Bolingbroke, John Duke 114. Uollection of papers, apparently Lectures and Sermons r of Buckingham, etc. [1711], the first Duke of Bedford, and writ.ten in a peculiar shorthand, by the Rev. WilliaU: 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\>. I .X/~) J ~ ~ 108. Packet of Receipts for Government Annuities, containing a i"", I f 15. Another packet of the same. number of interesting autographs: Sydney Earl Godolphin, 116. Small quarto MS. book in the hanflw1'iting of the late Henry f :""'¥\.~I the celebrated treasurer and statesman of King William lIT. .~ r\r,V Howal'd, Esq. of C01'by Castle, Cumberland, and described I 1 . and Queen Anne, Francis his son, J olm first Earl Gower, ,I by him as an "Account of some MS. letters from and to and others; v.d. the Baron de FOUl'queveaulx, Ambassado1' of Charles IX. .~ "',/-.j 109. Collection of notes, extracts from documents, letters to R. to Philip n.," etc. They are lette1's of Catharine de .\ 'i '\. \. Lemon, Esq., and others, relating to papers in State Paper Medicis. [This book seems to have belonged to the late Office. Pat1'ick Fraser Tytler, Esq., the historian, as a, memo in his - . handwriting is enclosed.] 1l0. Valuable collection of holograph letters and other papers by a number of the most prominent literary Scotchmen. 117 Biogl'aphy of Martin Luther, with unfinished preface. [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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. Y List of Miscellaneous Papers in 94 the Collectzon of Davld Laing, LL.D. 95 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 auto­ date-(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,

George Stuart Mackenzie, seventh Bart. of Coul; George, \I 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 1695: John, first Duke, as Lord Maitland; 'Anna Honle -'il;\A\;"\.J number of original letters and papers, facsi~iles, and por­ l- 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, a 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 fa~ily; the same v.d. of the letters are torn away, but they are evidently to persons - pap~rs, - 123. Packet of Culloden 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 ." 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 fine Ritson, and two others. Joh~Wesley, statues in a cave at Rome; (2.) Gilbert Stuart Newton, R.A., 125. Th; autograph letters: by Rev. 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 --:r with a packet of letters addressed to Matthew Miller of as .Lord Buckhurst, attached to a Treasury order; (3.) the Glenlie, apo.thecary, Kilmarnock, about 1670-80, apparently same, attached to an account for certain arms supplied for from patients. the Coronation of King James 1. [1603].

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List of Miscellaneous Papers in the Colledion of DaVld Laz"ng, LL.D. 97 Collection of autographs-·Scotch and English Architects: 147. Discharge to Burgh of Anst,ruther, signed by the Reformer 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, 136. Autograph letter by Simon Fraser, LhordfId·otva~t~~ ~~~eC~~~I~ while Professor at Sedan. 3d July 1612. Thomas Fruser, writer in Edinburg ,0 a e ~. 149. Autograph letter of the Rev. Thomas Boston, minister of Articles of Impeachment for High Treason against Lord Lo~at, Etlrick, dated August 16,1718, and refers to his book, "The 137. 1746. Print, with four holograph papers and letters, bemg Fourfold State." Also two unsigned letters, probably from. ! alm

: . 14:0. OriO'inal poem by Wl1ham.. C'·r:ug, L01 'd CraiO'0' one of the con- died 1803; Rev. Sir Henry MOllcreiff Wellwood, D.D., born o . tributors to the Mtr'I'Dr. 1750, died 1827; Rev. George Husband Baird, D.D., Prin­ ~ cipal of the University of Edinburgh, born ·1761, died 1840. 141 OriO'inal .poem by P 1'01essor Cheape, "Mrs . Cole 'N'a new song," • with0 a memoran d um attached , written by Lord eaves, as i 152. Collection of autographs of various clergymen and professors, to the political application of the song. 1 including Dr. GeOl'ge Campbell, author of "Dissertation ou lItter and a poem by Hector Miracles;" Dr. James Beattie, author of the" Minstrel;" 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; Bishop other Scotch poems; died 1818. Warburton, 1698-1779; Archdeacon Paley, And others. .d Vedder author of "The Oove­ 143 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 144. Two autograp h s. . (1). Letter by Thomas"b ~ Oampbellth the poet; Bill for the Toleration of the Episcopacy in Scotland in 1712. 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 Rochester I;len an h' 1 D Inverkeithing, and another. . to .a documen' t da te d 13th July 1627, the day on W SlCl t r. 156. Autograph letter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers: Balcanquall handed over to the Provost, etc., tl!e tatu es 157. Five papers: autographs of Dr. John Abernethy, Dr. John of Heriot's Hospital. Walker, sometime Professor of Natural History in the 146. DIscharge. slgue . d b y Mr . Robert Rollok , first 1 JProfessor 1578 and. College of Edinburgh, Sir William Hooker, and another. p' . al of the University of Edinburgh, 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 and two other Masters. Hunter, M.D., the anatomist. ;, . ." ~ .... ,"'~

8 List of Miscellaneous Papers in 9 the Colleet£on of Davld Lai1lg-, LL.D. 99 159. Auto~'aph letters and signatures of Major-General Sir John Mo~re, Cochran~, stet~'e{;;i~n'e~i' Ne" Gteyjriars/ Eqinb}lrghtJ~ Ir)ro­ Admirals Viscount Duncan, Sir Alexander fe SOl' f elle -Lrtres(in(tll({Universi(y, lrtrdressed to the and Sir Oharles Adam. a tho of (0 edonia." 160. Letter, in Spanish, dated from the Governor's Palae~ at 113. Two autographs of David Hume and Sir David Dalrymple, Oaraccas, 5th May 1814, and signed by Simon Bohvar, Lord Bailes. known as " the Li berator" of South America. , 174. Valuable autograph: a Requisition to the Dean of the . . f V It . I I.A ,. 1"',C',l,.' (tVJ' i~61. Two ol'lgmalletters 0 0 au'e. VV' lAM.:' v • If/D'" J Faculty of Advocntes for calling a meeting, dated Nove\ll­ 162. Two autographs: (1.) Johann Wolfgang voJ,l ~oethe,. a~thor bel' 12, 1825. Signed by Francis Jeffrey, afterwards Lord K"Jr'r.J of "Faust;" (2.) F. Schiller, dramatist. le>' ,~.(:.,~.:. ,~,;, .Teffrey; J ames Moncreiff, Lord Moncreiff; J olm Fullerton, Lord Fullerton; Henry Cockburn, and other Advocates. 163. Autograph letter by General George Washington, fi/,s~ Presi,- ( ~J dent of the United States, dated 9th June 1778. /<" ..,:;,(.;.. J,:' 17'5. Three papers: autographs of John Clerk, Esquire of Eldin, , './/('"'../ author of "Essays on Naval Tactics," and llis son, John 164. Royal autographs: two of King George Ill. ; .H.n.,H. Ernest Olerk, Lord Eldin. lh.~r-I AuO'ustus Duke of Oumberland, afterwards Kmg of Hanover; 176. Four papers: autographs of Sir George Mackenzie of Rose­ l"l f' H.RH. the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King Will~am IV. /i(" haugh; Sir David Home, Baron Orossrig; Alexander Bos­ ,~!J5' Fragment of Rev. John Home's" History of the Rebellion," ( wel, Lord Auchinleck, father of the biographer of Johnson, { autograph. ' and others. , 166. Two autograph letters of the Rev. James Gmhame, author of 177. Five papers: autographs of (1.) Francis Garden, Lord Garden­ ~·(lf·/ " The Sabbath," and other poems. ,. , '.' ;l stone-letter relating to certfl,in schemes for improvement of

67. Three autoO'raphs:0 two of Thomas Oampbell the poet, and Laurencekirk; (2.) Andrew Fletcher, Lord'Milton. .~) Oharl~s the other a humorous letter by Lamb, "Elia," to 178. Eight papers: autographs of Lord Gillies; Lord Boyle; Baron .~"-),, Thomas Hood. /'n'/,rr-,(.:.":, Hume, author of works on OriminalLaw; LOl'dNeaves; Henry pap~rs: .. to 168. Twenty collection of autographs of Dr. John Jamie­ Mackenzie, author of «The Man of Feeling;" and others. I,/ / if": , "'-.J son, compiler of Scottish Dictionary; ~r: Hew Scott, author 179. Five papers: autographs of Right Honourable James Aber­ l' .'­ of Fasti Ecclesire Scoticl,tnre; Dr. :Wllllam Robertson the , , ,~ ~ cromby, afterwards Lord Dunfermline; George Joseph Bell, historian, and others. . "T<:N - author of «Principles of Law of Scotland;" Sir Jalnes Well­ 169. Autograph letters of James Macpherson, author of "Ossian," , I wood Moncreiff, Lord Moncreiff. ~: , I and of Allan Ramsay, portrait-painter, SOIl of the poet. ¥' <. ' 180. Three autograph letters of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. ':2;<""'1. 70. Autograph letter of Lord Brougham. 181. Autograph letter of J ames Watt, the celebrated enoineer to .~}7l. Six papers: autog~ph letters of Dr. A. R. Oarsori, sometime 'f tY.'fL:~".jOharitrey the sculptor. Dated Heathfield, 'Dec;mber' 8, .. , Rector of t.he HIgh School, W. Jerdan, LL.D., Joseph ,n 1817. Ritson, collector of ballads, etc., and others; with a memo­ ',,(i'('" ) , )~ Au:togra~h S~Walter Scott: Receipt for £500, theprecePt\~ randum, autograph, of Lord Buchan. 0: \,' i\ / for whrch 18 SIgned by Robert Dundas of Arniston, Lord ~ 172. :Five papers: autograph letter, James Stuart, F.RS., F.S.A., I Ohief Baron, and J ames Clerk, afterwards Baron Rattray. t.. E. J,. anthor of "Antiquities of Athens;" holograph memorandum 1~j Auto~~ph .letters : (1.) George Ohalmers, the author of " Oale­ ~<~ ~-..) by William Tytler, Esquire of Woodhonslee; tluee letters o•• doma, WIth two enclosures; (2.) of Malcolm Laing, histo­ ~s \1c' . of antlqURliB:R i:atsFset, by tlHapeW Blown, D.D., rian; and (3.) Thomas AsUe, an. English antiquarian writer. '"'Tt"'d-..... ,~ J... ~~ Loo. .!t. tkS '1

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.'-.~. , . . , . ..-... "'_:"'_~ic"'~.'~"":;'''''' .•:~ . the Collection David Lat'ng, LL.D. IOI 100 List of Miscellaneous Papers I1l 0/ ~.tf\-.?JJ7. ~ holograph letters of Sir David Baird of Newbyth, another letter. . military commander, and autograph signature of Sir J olm 193. Autograph letter of Dr. Adam Ferguson the historian. Malcolm, of Indian political celebrity. [Four papers.] 194. Autograph of Professor Robert Whyte of Be~~ochy, M.?, : t~ f2d. Letter, h?lograph, of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, ,,' ~,.J sometime Profes.sor of the Institutes of Medwme at Edin­ , 2d Apnl 1846. . ~ r-.: bUrgh, and PreSIdent of the R.C.P.E. 209. Collection of letters and autographs by David Lord Buchan. 195. Two letters of Samuel Taylol' Coleridge. with part of an • eo. (' , Sixletters, etc., holograph of himself, and letters to him '. .,. account incurred by Oliver Goldsmith while a student ill .~~~ q,. from James Anderson, Esq., LL.D., agricultural writer; Mr. '\ I·· Edinburgh. 1753. '2 ~ 1;\ Gt-n{q,d·j.. r~"../ ... o../e. 1\ - 5'i~, J ames Cummyng, Secretary to Society of Antiquaries; Sir Four leaves of a Latin Critical Commentary on the Hebrew '.-::-- James Steuart Denham, political economist; David Do!g, 'Psalms, in the handwriting of the celebrated Hebrew and LL.D., Stirling; Monsignor Charles Erskine; John Gillies, Chaldee scholar, Johanues Buxtorf. LL.D., the historiographer; Bishop GIeig; John Gregory,

; ". .. t,J . , "~' ' <-. ";"~''!.. . .I • 102 List of Miscellaneous Papers -in the Collection of David Laing', LL.D. 1°3 M.D.;· William Guthrie, a historical writer'; Sir D~vid • ~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, ...~~rJI9. Letter and bill, both holograph, of the Rev. Robcrt Henry, William Richardson of Glasgow ; Lord Saltoun; Rev. James r. " D.D., author of " History of England," etc. 1777 and 1778. Scott, minister at Perth; Andrew Stuart, Esq., author of , .I'~ A . :(i\220.. utograph letters of Alexa~der Gordon, a historical and anti­ "Genealogy of the Stuarts j" Gilbert Stuart, LL.D.,; ·'Rev. I . qUl1rian writer. 20th October 1739. Thomas Tullideph, Principal of the University of St. An­ drews; vVilliam Tytler, Esq. of Woodhouselee; Horace ,,' \o$~l. Auto~raph letter of Dr. James Playfair, Principal of the Walpole; General George Washington, U.S.; and othel's. ;1. Ulllted College, St. Andrews. 24th 'February 1815. [Forty-fOUl' ,original papers, besides copies.] )1 ·~~2. Autograph letter of John Bruce, sometime rrofesRor of Logic ,. . . J 210. Autographs of Robert Burns: a MS. of six leaves l' notes on r... and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Gth songs, and a letter to James J01il'lS01?- the publi'sher; a letter November 1786. by Gilbert Bu~s to Robert Ainslie, Esq., and a 'facsimile .' '-1" /2b3. AutClgraph letter by John Robison, LL.D., Professor of Natural ,~ Philosoph~Edinburgh of another letter by the Poet. [Four papers.] V University j n.d. \~}4. . 211. A few autogJJphs of friends of the Poet: Gavin Hamilton, !, .!\" Autograph letter by Robert Hamilton, LL.D., Professor of i1f\"~ .' Natural Philosophy at Aberdeen. 13th November 1788. , ; John Laprai.k, WillianYAuld j and other scraps relative to IlW :. n ' Burns. [EIght papers.] 22.5. Th'1:ee letter\.: two holegrapb of Alexander Mouro, M,D., '1~ Cv-{. t:o ~, . \-3 pr.im.u.s~·ProfussofOf C.M.~ '212. Valuable collection of original poems and letters by Allan . I: L./ Anatomy i'ni:h'fiVefsifj"of'Effii'iliurg11, . ~ ~ .~ Ramsay, author of "The Gentle Shepherd," etc., viz.:­ ' and the third holograph of his son and successor, Alexander . ' \: ,J Original MS. (holograph) of "The Gen.tl~ She:p~erd," Monro, secundus. ~ ~1U.2.4t t~ ~ ~~/II<~ k.:n..q(. , n'\ t. l differing somewhat from the later verSIOns j wIth 0. . ',...- 'j.j.6. Receipt, holograph, of Mr. James Melvill the Reformer, as one , 'lo(b~~ duplicate Life of the author. [Three papers.] 1;... of the Regents of the College of Glasgow. 1577. " Q. ", Autograph letter by Allan Ramsay, an "Epitbalamium" . 227- Original Demission of the Parsonage of Forteviot by l\Jr. ,~ ~\J~. and other poems, holograph; with several copies, and Hobert Rollok, first Principal of Edinburgh University. 1L>'\ ~h,,,,,' (~ -. .... I one or two original rhyming epistles to him. [Twenty­ Dated lOth April 1586. four papers.] 228. Two papers: Thesis, entirely holograph of Mr. Robert Boyd Papers of, or refelTing to, the "Easy Club," by Allan of Trochrig, sometime Principal of the University of Glas­ ~ Ramsayand other members. [Fifteen papers.] gow, dated in 1605; also Diploma of M.A. degree con­ "/:~1("\{J 213. Original poem, entitled" Present Times, a Dialogue in Scot­ ferred on Hugh Mure (of Rowallan), signed by Robert Boyd 'co tish Verse," by Hector Macneil. of Trochrig, Mr. Robert Blair, etc. .' ,.:.' >.,...~ ...j 214. Two letters, holograph, of John Home, the author of the 2.29. Two certificates, holograph, of Mr. John Adamson, Principal ~. ;1 ~ \" "Tragedy of Douglas." 22d December 1772. T\A of the University of Edinburgh from 1623-1652. Dated . ~:~ KJ() 215. Three hologra~h letters by AllarrCunningham ~ v.d.1828. " . 3d November 1624 and 16th July 1641. " . ..1'11..._, 216. Poem, ~ubbsbed, by James Hog~, the" Ettl'lck Shepherd, 2.io. Letter, holograpb, of Robert Leighton, D.D., Principal of Edin­ . rv:~ on "Wallace" (not autograph). ~ e..lL-I' i't-n H0ctGeorge Buchanan. 1 .i \. ; Wi1.iiam Robertson; v.d. Three letters, holograph, of the Rev. Hobert 'Vodrow, 242. Three letters, holograph, of Adam :Ferguson, LL.D., Professor y/257. minister of Eastwood, historian of the Church of Scotland; successively of Natural and Moral Philosophy, Edinburgh; v.d.1720-1721. v.d. r 243. Note, holograph, of Hugh Elair, D.D., Professor of Rhetoric, V2 8. Letter, holograph, of Hev. RaJI'll Erskinc. 11th November .. -r...... # • to., 1738. -"1'1 t'. \ .' etc.; n.d. V 244. Original Diploma of M.D. conferred on Samuel Burd, signed Autograph certificate by President J onathall Edwarus. by GeOl'ge H. Baird, D.D., as PrinCIpal, ana •. : U'l.e~ous July 14, 1740. medical and other Professors, Edinburgh University. 2 Two holograph letters of Dr. Juhn Arbuthnot, "Martillus June 1809. Scriulerus." 1i 1i.

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,) v2'6l. Letter, Holograph, of Gavin Han~ilton, publisher 'ih Edill­ Letter, holograph, of Francis Lord Jeffrey. '11th' January ~\ ~ • 'burO'h. 29th April 1758. 1836. , 0 J 262. Letter, holograph, of John Campbell, author Of "The Lives' Letter of the Rev. Sydney Smith. 'Ai r/ of the British Admirals,". etc. September 29, 1759.. Copy of verses in the handwriting of the late Charles Kirk­ \~i263. Holograph letter of TobIas Smollett, M.D., novelIst amI patrick Sharpe, Esq. ; n.d. , historian. 19th August 1762. I • • , Holograph letter and MS. by William Laidlaw, poet. The 1 264. Letter, holograph, of William Creech, publisher. 20th April MS. contains the original narrative of his first meeting 1777. with Sir WaIter. , "0Y 265. Curious paper, apparently a contribution to the Mirror, ., , ,2e2. Original Recei'pt for the delivery of Surtees Publications, with %; holograph of William Craig, Lord Craig, one of its pro-' :.\~.\1 signatures of the late Dr. Trving, biogmpher of George i motel's; n.d. " ~ - , Buchanan, and others. Septembel' 24th, 1838. l,.--J 266. Two letters, aut~gI'aph, of J ohn Pi.nkert~n, referring to hi~ 283, Letter, holograph, of the Rev. Gem:ge Whi~efield, preacher, ~ ~ \\ " Ancient Scottish Ballads" and Ins "HIstory of Scotland., " ~I/i\ "l., with two letters to him from Edinburgh, signed "John 1778 and 1795. Traill." '. 1r~267. Autograph letter of Henry Mackenzie, author of "The Man ,. J2,~4. Letter, holograph, of Alexander Geddes, D.D., priest. ,r .' of Feeling." 30th April 1793. ~ ,285. Three letters and memorandum, holograph,' of Sir Robert __ I . 268. Letter, ilOlograph, of Sir James Stewart Denham of Coltpess. , 1/,(,/ Peel; v.d. .,.. I October 1780. 286. Two Receipts, holograph, of Sir George M'Kenzie, afterwards i" ,{ ,..1 269: Letter to the Lord Advocate, autograph of RobertHeroJl, ,'1 (,I first Earl of Cromartie. 166l. \f\' {.. author. 1798. . . . 287. Three paperfl.: ;~utograp~s'of Sir George Lockhart, Lord ' 270. Letter to a publisher, holograph of Malcolm Lamg, hist~)1'lalJ. J ! Oarnwath, 17l1; Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, 1727 ; and . December 19th, 1798. Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1753. ~~J71. ..., _ Letter, hologI'aph, of .Tames Anderson, LL.D., agriculturist. I For~es J( 288. Two Receipts by the Right Hon. Duncan of Culloden, :~~- 18th April 1799. . aftenvards Lord President of Session. 1735-1736. , \1. J 272. Autograph letter of Mr. John Smith, author of "Gaelic 289. TIll'ee papers: holograph letter of Baron Mure of Caldwell, ~ An~iquities." 7th June 'it90. , 1771; and two letters of Alexander Lord Abercromby, ./ ." -J273. Note, h~lo¥raph? of Dr. George Birkbeck,founde~ of 1780. ;,;(f(" Mechamcs InstItutes. 5th December 180l. Four letters, one with enclosure, holograph of Sir, Thomas ~ , , . 1 ~J 274. Letter, holograph, of the late Archibal9. Constable; pubhsher. Miller of Glenlee, Lord, Justice-Clerk; v.d. ')('(, ..,- 16th February 1803. Two letters: holograph of Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield; . , 275. Letter by William Blackwood, publisher. 15th August 1785, and Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord President of Session, /'7<'~J 1810. 1789. ,\ ~ 276. Letter by Sir John Sinc1air of Ulbster, Bart; n.d., .,...~_ !/2. Six papers: letters and autogI'aphs of John Campbell, Lord f ~~77. Two holograph letters and a fragment of original MS. by Stonefield, J ames Veil ch, Lord Elliock, and Alexander ,{l, ... - . John GaIt, the author of some novels. . Mltrray, Lord Henderland; v.d. ,,

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Packet of letters, holograph, of Sir David Dulrymple, Lol'L\\. Two papers, fragments of verse, holograph, of John Barclay, ~293 l\~.D., anatomist; born 1760, died 1826. Hailes; v.d. . . I\.;. '""TW.. elt. , verses~in ·,,~94. Packet of letters by and to the Right Hon. Robert Dundns of;\. T-we papers, halldwriting of James Hamilton, M.D., ~ I' Arniston, Lord Ohief Baron, while Lord Advocate; v.d. Edinburgh; born 1749, died 1835. Packet of letters, holograph, of Sir J ames Hall of Dunglass, ~ 295. Packet of letters, holograph, of the Hon. Henry Dundas, Bart.; born 1761, died 1832; v.d. ~'\" afterwards first Viscount Melville, while Lord Advocate i and Secretary of State; v.d. Letter, holograph, of John London Macadam, born 1756, died 1836, improver of road-making; n.d. ~ 296. Holograph letter and autograph of the Hon. Hemy Erskine, , . Deceuiber 27th, ] 804, with two letters by the Right Hon. Seven letters, holograph, of Mr. Robertson Buchanan, C.E., f". William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court, Glasgow, with diagrams, referring to the patent for a new 1837,referring to Mr. Erskille's letter. , propeller for boats, etc.; v.d. 1813. Letter, holograph, of Thomas Telford, C.E., engineer of the 297. Letter, holograph, of the Hon. Thomas Erskine, afterwards .,. . Menai Suspension Bridge, etc. 1st July 1801. Lord High Chaucellor, December 26th, 1820, with a·letter Letter, holograph, of Sir David Wilkie, RS.A. 28th July by his nephew referring to the same. 1823. Letter, holograph,. of David Hume, Baron Hnme, writer on :Four letters and receipt, holograph, of Sir William Allan, ~1m'ch Criminal Jurisprudence. 26th 1819. R.S.A.; v.d. Two lette~'s by William Erskine, Lord Kinneder, and one Two letters, holograph, of David Roberts, R.S.A. October holograph letter of the Right HOll. Charles Hope, Lord 3d, 1839. President; v.d. 1818-1823. . Autograph note by William H. Lizars, artist. Order, holograph, of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, Autograph letter of Thomas Bonnar, painter. Jacobite an~ poet. September 23d, 1714. Two leaves old MS., fragments of poem, .original, not identi­ Two letters, etc., of Andrew Michael Ramsay, called" The fieel. Chevalier Ramsay," tutor to Prince Charles Edward and his Three leaves MS. of early Scots poems. 1628. brother; v.d. Fragment of MS., Latin stanza, holograph, addressed by the poet William Drummond of :ijawthornden to the Ep~~isl~ 'J... ~ 302. Five letters, holograph, of Sir Andrew Mitchell, K.C.B., died poet Drayton. ~ ~ ~ to I~ • ~ itft~J 1771 ; v.d. \~' ,1~03. Original version of Psalm 145, translated from Buchanan by Letter, holograph, of George Cheyne, M.D., born 1671, died Robert Kerr, first Earl of Ancrum. ~rf 1743. March 9th, 1724. Two letters and poetical Epilogue, holograph, of J oseph 304. Five letters, autograph, of John Moore, M.D., born P30, Mitchell, poet, born 1695, died 1738, with MS. sketch of his died 1802, author of " Zeluco," etc. life. Three letters, holograph, of Sir William Hamilton, envoy to Two letters, holograph, of Lady Grisell Baillie, authoress of Naples; v.d. several popular songs. 1726 and 1729. Rill, with autograph of MlIngo Park, African traveller. Verses, holograph, of the Right Hon. DUllcan Forbes of 8th March 1805. Oulloden. Lord President of Session. ., /

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I 10 List Of Miscellaneous Papers in the Collection of David La£ng, LL.D. I I I .; 'h\ .. '325. Autograph note by David 'Mallet or Malloch, poet; born 1700, ,,( ~ 1-341. Original poem, "Lady Relen," said in a note by. C. K. .li died 1765. '..,.. Sharpe, Esq., tu be by Miss Margaret Tytler, daughter of ,~)326. Autograph letter by James Macpherson, author of "Ossinn,'" ' . Colonel Tytler. . ~, - etc. , . 342t\f:"0 other draft Bannatyne Garlands. .~.~ 43.~oem ~f ,trt.r1327. Ori~in~l MSS. of poe~ and dedication, by the Rev.•William by Sir Alexander Boswell Auchinlek, "The Brig's ~ '. WIllne, D.D., sometIme Professor of Natural PhIlosophy, ~lr I A:nswer." ~ C;W\f l~J . St. Andrews, author of a poem caned the" Epigoniad." 344. The song, "Logan Braes," and a letter, holograph, of John Letter, autograph, of the Rev. Robert Blail', Athelstanefortl, Mayne, author of the" Siller Gun," etc. author of" The Grave;" n.d. ~..r;f·!45. ,Autoi:,rraph letter of Robert Nicoll the poet [1814-1837] ; n.d. Two autograph signatures of William Falconer, author of the ~~t:":r16. Autograph letter and' poem by John Malcolm, Scot~p. poet. "Shipwreck," attached to ad vertisemellts of his "Marine /;~17. Note, holograph, of William Thom, poet~· 12,th"Oct!;r\ Dictionary." 1768. . , l-l 1844~, "" ".\ " 330. Letter and poetical stanza, holograph, of J ames Thomsou, 'f .Ilf'\48. Poem, "The Widow's Excuse," by William Finlay [1792-18~'7 ; .author of "The Seasons," etc.; also a packet of copies of .' ~~'-~4!). Poem on " Steam," by Alexander Rodger [1784-1846]. original letters by him to the Rev. Dr. Crallstoun, Ancrum. ~ '. J350. Original MS. of "The Cottar's Sunday," a poem by Peter 331. MS. copy of" Auld ~obin Gray." ~~l Still, Peterhead; born] 814, died 1848. ' 332. L~tter, holograph, of Alexander Wilson, ornithologist. August co~- ! :rrJ,351. Autograph letter with poem, by R. A..Smith, musical 22d,1798. 'I . " poser, addressed to the Rev. H. S. RIddell the poet, WIth \~. ,It"'; 33'3. Letter, holograph, of John Leyden, poet. 27th October ~ memo by the latter. 18th February 1826. . lf "'. /352. Note to the Rev. H. S. Riddell by the Rev't>.;I'homas 'k t' 1797. ~ ~. ~ ~ • 334. Song written for the" Cape Club" by Robert Fergn::;on, poet; i\ .. Brydson, minister of Kilmalcolm. . '"t.,;:"" v.d. 'I. r353. Letter to Rev. R. S. Riddell by Robert GilfiUan, styled ,e the , rJ 335. Original poem, holograph, of Jolm.B.rown, portrait-painter; \ Leith poet." Dated lOth August 1836. ""~ . t born 1752, died 1787; n.d. . f::.. 354. Letter, holograph, of the late Rev. George Gilfillan of . \ Dundee. 31st December 1864. . ~ f,} 3~6. ,Two autograph letters of th3 late Mr. Thomas AiI'd, poet. P ~. . uJ 355. Note, holograph, of James Redderwick, poet. 22d March r 1828-1863. '" 1865. i /f'Crl337. Letter, holograph, of l)eter .Buchan, poet, dated 12th 356. Packet containing a considerable number of original MSS~ ~'. February 1825, with two enclosures. I . . of poems, etc., contributed to the Rev. Charles· Rogers, . • J 338. -Lines addressed to the Rev. J ames Gra'hame; author of '! The LL.D., when compiling the" Modern Scottish Minstrel." ~ t'': Sabbath," holograph of Dr. John J amiesun, compiler of the t 357. Large packet of. poems, original autographs, and corre­ I Scottish Etymological Dictionary. 29th December 1825. spondence of Mrs. Anne Grant of Laggan. 339. Two letters, holograph, of William Tenuant, Professor of 358. Portfulio containing a large collection of MS. poems, ancient Oriental La!fi.geS, St. Andrews. and modern, consisting of moral and religious pieces, 34:0. Two poems [ Baunatylle Garlan~, holograJ?,!1 of the late poetical broadsides, ballads, squibs, personal and polit~cal, Patrick Fraser Tytler, historian, "t..j 4. ...,J ~ .... etc., a few, in I.atin ; all anonymous; v.cl. "". ~. \ \ t "

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1 I 2'" List of Miscellaneous Papers in the Collection of David Laing-, LL.D. 1'3 I , p'; ~ 'f I. 350. Notarial instrument in favour of Margaret Williamson, in· 0 I 372. Burgess-ticket of the town of Ruglen, only remarkable for IJ1 \ tended spouse of Alexander Sinclair, of certain of the latter's the peculiar illumination on the back. 1731. lauds in Kirkwall, holograph of Richard Holland [de 373. Diploma of the Speculative Society, Edinburgh, appointing' Holande], the reputed author of the" Buke of the Howlat." Mr. John Wilde, Professor of Civil Law, an honorary mem­ Dated at Kirkwall, 24th November 1457. ber, 1793, with seal. Autograph letter of J. Sinclair of Banks, addressed to Mr. 374. Small packet of letters, holograph of Mr. WaIter Scott, W.S., John Acheson of the Mint; n.d. .1 father of Sir WaIter. 1797. \'" rrrJ361. Autograph letter of Sir David Foulis, a courtier of King 375. Packet of MSS. and pamphlets bearing outside a note of con­ l~ , James I. an~ Charles I. 1628. tents, autograph of the late Thomas M'Crie, D.D., consisting of-(l.) A folio MS. "Supplement to the Ecclesiastical 362. Letter to Lord Laudel'dale, holograph of Lady Elizabeth History of Scotland, A.D. 1688-17R9," by the Rev. Norman Napier, widow of Archibald, second Lord Napier, in refer­ Sievwright, Brechin; (2.) "Miscellaneous Tracts, No. 2," by ence to her pension for her husband's services. 14th Feb­ the same; (3.)" The Church of England briefly defended," ruary 1670. by the same; (4.) a List of Subscribers for Dr. M'Crie's i. ~.'.~i 363. Autograph letter, apparently to the Earl of Lauderdale, from edition of the above History. '\\{ \ , Lady Anna Mackenzie, CoulJtess of Balcarres, afterwards 01' Four packets of original letters by various Episcopal clergy­ Argyll; n.d. men referred to in the preceding: No. 1. 1689-1725; No. 2. \ \'"~\\ ':'364. 'Letter, much injured by damp, holograph of "Peter Fea." 1726-1728; No. 3.1729-1736; No. 4.1737-1142; labelled :r. 1717. "Documents of the Schism of the Scots Episcopalians or Nollj urors." 365. Paper, four pages folio, "Alle Apologie for those of the \-"2. Qlergy in Scotland who doe not read the Act against Capt. " 377. Lar ae J1, :/Y ..~: '. Porteous Murderers," etc., dated Tweedside, January 2, mo' rles e errin r.Ma: ew Wre, isho l.~·;':: ',: i 738. Stated in a contemporary handwriting to be by Dr. '378. Two papers: \ragments of two Journals, one narratincr a I John Pringle. o • ./ :\rA ...i Tour on the Borders, the other a Sojourn in the Highlands, : /I j Rough draft of a poetical version of" The Siege of Ca~·laverock." .\ i-,I . 1802 and 1816, by A. M'D. and A. C. Autograph letter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan the dramatist; -, -1 \,,) /370. Two MSS. quarto : Journal and Extracts from a Naval Log­ ~. ~ n.d. .' ( I book for the years 1773-89, and other years. '368. Autograph letter of (apparently) Mrs. Sarah Siddons the 0.r1v :~80. Po.em (MS. apparentl/1mperfect) upon the Oath of AbjurB;­ \ . i actress; n.d. . ~<, tIOn; n.d. \yrv",J69. Autograph letter of the Rev. William E. Channing, Boston. l.i,J81. Poetical Elegy on the death of John, fifth Earl of Strathmore, ~ . 1832. -.: r' killed at Sheriff-muir, 1715. \.>-,l".~-A70. Autograph letter of Mrs. L. H. Sigourriey the poetess. 17th 382. Note-book containing a list of Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, ~. . July 1838. \ etc., entitled" Catalogue, Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, 1833." ....,. ,--1'/37 1. Interesting document: Burgess-ticket of the town of Dundee ..~ \)383. Small quarto MS.: Fragment containing what seem to be i I ~". l .. co.nf.erred upon the celchyatcd Rcv. Alexander Hendcrson,) \ Biographical Natices and An\'iquarian Notes of an Ecclesi­ \ mInister of Lcuchnrs, I 63R. ~ . nstical nature, in a haml of first. half of 17th centmy. " 1'1 { ,\

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, . ~--..J' 384-. Small octavo MS. containincr "New and Correct Solar and 398. "Valuatioune of the Stok and Teynds of the haill lands t7\ I'! L Tbl" ,'ld' b within tIle parochin of Sainct Cuthberts," etc., 1629. Small 1VI,-.',; t~Ilar a es, compI e III 1764 by H. Andres. . .quarto. I 385. Small quarto MS. entitled "Dissectionis' Ratio or Method' 309. Paper: "Extract Decreet of Locality, Linlithgow, 1637." .. ' ,...... of Anatomical Dissection," being a book of directions to ; \ tt·.. (Incomplete.). 11 . .. students; n.d. . . .::,;. MS. entitled "Rules and Directions to read and write the ,"'111,· .. ..+- 11 'i>,}86. Small quarto MS.: Portion of Session Records, apparently of 400. . Excheqner Hand," etc. 1729. / I t.. the New Kirk, now High Church, Edinburgh, 1671-1672. 401. Curious accounts between a ship captain and his owners, (~~ 387. "Calendarium Romanum:" fragment containincr an Almanac • b ~rading with France, etc., 1642-1648. _xrtrl·Wl.th Re~~d of Saints' days, said to be of date about 1510; '. J tT' Memoranda, in l!'rench, regarding the family of the Count. 402. Several leaves of a paper headed" Statuts of Session notes and observations gathered out of the Books of Sederunt- of !~-I."'~../ de Noyelle (Noailles 1), beginning 1621. ., ' l the Lords of Session." ·1537-1540. [MS. in more modem • "Jwv'!",' 388. Fragments of MSS., including'several leaves of Latin poems, cr handwritinb :] .ni'· dated 1637, etc. . . " 403. T~o lm:ge folio" Schedules of the Deeds and Effects of the -;hv-.. .' •• ~. 389. Protocol-book, mutilated [A.D. 1541-1547, etc.], of Mr. David Countess of Warwick," signed by Charlotte Addison. l .-y".. Spens, notary-pll blic. 404. Two p'apers: printed description and copy of tlle Roll of ~ .. i . . 300..Small quarto MS. of 219 pp. entitled" A Treatise of the ~ A~drcws," Taxatiolls called "Bagimont's Roll" in the Advocates' 1, WJ Metropolitick and Prilllitial See of St. from the Library; with a recent MS. copy ~f t.he origillal in the I v. . ~b.out ~ lJrr"v(.n~tJ/G/ ...1 time of the Druids. 1600. 7'''''T).4-.J '''>: . Archives of the Vatican. About A.D. 1287. i· l ~rv,~j 3H1. Small octavo MS. contalIlJllg two sermons.' About 1780. :((1::' , 405. Recent French copy of "Vidimus of the letters of gift i 302. Note-book, with memoranda of a narrative concernincr the ' made to Andrew of Nonneau of the office of Comptroller of I~. b ~xpenses Elea~or Scotlan~, lJ+N.'.. '/ "Connivance Qj the Clergie at that felloship which their of the Ladies Jean. and of i . ~ !' partie keep up with Papists," written in the f01'1Il of conver­ sIsters of the deceased Dauphmess Samuel Rutherford, and ... . \ 406. FoUl' papers: fragments of Church and Teind accounts, partJ,·f!:/I.r,J ~ .'. . i bearing his signature; n.d. . referring to St. Andrews. About 1437. / . .... Paper indorsed, "Lyhtoun's Account of the late Conference 407. Interesting letter, anollymous, addrel)sed to the Rev. IA-....LI. at, HolyrooJhouse, Jaily. 17, 1671," referring to efforts at \\Tilliam Carstares at Leyden, regarding a design to excfude t!r - - ., compromise .with the Covenanters. [Contemporary MS.] the Prince and Princess of Orange from,,~:English s4ces- .' Paper (ap.parently original) entitled" The Citation of Gilbert sion. 3d June 1688. . ;""".. Bm'net, D.D.," for High Treason, and" Letters by him on the 408. Petition by the inhabitants of Edinburgh to the Magistrates ~ subject," dated at the Hague, 1687. against· stage-plays, etc., 29th .Tanuary 1736, with signa­ ./. Pamphlet entitled" Ane ES;;llY upon T~inrls." 1i 40. tures [incomplete].

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40D.- MS. pamphlet, contuinil~g copies of "Letters from ,M I'. Portfolio also containing autographs of English liLerati. .' ',.\ Andrew Wellwoode when a.,.dying, to his mother and sisters," 424. Portfolio containing autographs of English divines, Church­ etc. 1700. A 'fv\~ j?~ . ~. men and Nonconformists, among others QiJ,'Qgrt :Btunet, Fragment of a Treatise on the history of .Ana omy; n.d. Bisftefl er SaJis13lH';Y, Dr. Calamy, Rev. William Jay, etc. Semi-political treatise entitled" The Anatomy of an Equiva­ 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(~ ~rl 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. also 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 auto­ grounds 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 \./ '('~.7 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 ,...YtC/". J20. Packet of papers 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

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Pa'pe1~s I 18 List 0/Miscellaneous in the Collecti()1t 0/ David Laz'ng, LL.D. I J 9 i' .• Historical and Critical Enquiry into the Evidence against 444. Two packets of copies of original letters for same period, a Mary Queen of Scots;" (7.) On the same; (8.) "Continua, ,portion of which are said to be " not published." tion of Annals of Scotland;" (9.) "A few remaI,:~{,§ on 445. Collection of papers: Printed copy, proofs, and originals of Laing's Queen Mary;" (10.) Notes and excerpts from "Letters between the Home Office, State Paper Office, and Calderwood's MS. History j (11.) "Postscript of the Por­ P. F. Tytler, Esq., as to the interdiction of the latter's traits of Petrarch and of Laura j" (12.) Biographical notes researches into English History." 1839. of historical personages in Scotland; (13.) Re'marks on . H6. Collection of various MSS., chiefly of a historical nature, Queen Mary's letter to Bothwell j (14.) Printed fragments; by the late P. F. Tytler, Esq. : Paper on the Norman "The Monk and the Miller's Wife, translated into Latin," Conquest, various historical and antiquarian d~sertations, with some other Latin poetry j (15.) Draft of letter, Lord proofs of reviews, etc. etc.; v.d. Woodhou~elee to Mr. Canning, 30th October 1812, on the inscription for Lord Melville's statue; (16.) Notes of -!4 7. A bound volume, containing scraps, historical notes, etc., by lecture on Greek Antiquities; (17.) Essay of a historical the late P. F. Tytler. nature; (18-20.) Three l.{SS. of notes on Buchanan ns It ~.4.48. Large collection of Notes and MSS. of the late George .. .historian, political writer, poet, etc. Chalmers, Esq., author of "Caledonia," in his own. hand­ writing. · ~'434. Bundle of MSS. by Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., the historian, · .': ,( -­ .­ , "J containing ­ (1.) "Dissertation on the ancient Feudal ,'. I tA'4'9. Another packet, with notes of a Glossary for Lindsay's Works Law of Europe;" (2.) Essays on Christian antiquities, and by J ames Chalmers. some historical notes; (3.) Prose Commonplace-book, 1809 ; 450. Another packet of Chalmers's papers ; biographical collections. (4.) Materials for a sketch of Early Scotch Literature, vo1. ii., April 1821, with some other notes and papers, fragment of 45l-1nother large packet: Notes and materials on various subjects. "l ~ . a poem, etc., "Materials for a History of the revival of . ~~ / Literature and Philosophy in Europe. January 31st, 1815," 452. Another packet: Miscellanea, Maps, etc.": by the same. 4/3; A packet ofletters to the late George Chalmers, Esq. · iJ'kJ ;0': .:;.' ···n~~~ 435. Volume of original MS. materials and draft of the History of ~ Y1Y454. Another of the same. Scotland, by P. F. Tytler, Esq., vol. i. ~J I ~. . I . . 455. Another of the same. :~. Or!g~al t~~ . '.. 4.36. MS. of same, vo1. ii. '0 -t-:'. ~ . ·Note.-Neither of the above collections of MSS. by P. F. .> . 437. Ol'lgmal :MS. vo1. lll. Tytler and George Chalmers are arranged for binding, ~, ". .j,38. Original MS. vo1. iv. the papers being only generally classified. "',.,j; !' . ~ . ' 39. Original MS. vols. v. and vi. ::. I _ . '.4:5 6. Thre~ letters signed" Patrick Ferguson," and copy of another, ';'.\ . 440. Original MS. vo1. vii. .--rr-'. giving sketches of the beginning of the war with America 441. Original MS. vo1. ix. I in 1776, etc. 442. Original MS. of article on "Scotlan~," written by Mr. Tytler t·'({,· :~57. Two Account-books belonging to a Mr. Clement Clerk, 165f. !..' ': for the" Encyclopredia Britannica," with proofs of the same .' ..."\.:'.'458. Proofs of the History of the Scotch Church at Rotterdam, by " ,.0.. ,_ as published for the use of schools. ~( / .. : \ I William Stevens; LLD., with author's own corrections. J , Ori/:,rinal MSS. : copies of letters, etc., of the "History of ','.' England, etc., uuder Edwarcl VI. and Queen Mary," by -.:. .if459. Packet of miscellaneous Memoranda, etc., in reference to the ( .... claim of the pretended Earl of Stirling in 1830-32. P. F. Tytler, Esq. , K

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t" •.. autographs [not arranged]. r--ji' er-t "" . :/I.. 482. Large bundle of papers relating to matters Ecclesiastical: ,j :.:'., j­ 467. Packet of letters entitled on originaV\vrapper, "E. H. Barker XK"'\....1 Calls to Churches, Colleges, Bishops' Rents, with a number ! I Mr. Allan's Letters;" from ,,~, Alien," Lynn, to E. H. .,' ~ or' letters. Dates chiefly of last· century. [Some of these ((1t'..... Barker, Thetford, referring apparently to some work oflocal . papers much injured by damp.] •. I history; v.a. le2B-~. l ~i.t:.-~'l 1"'·C't· .,\.,;~/483. Small bundle: Libel v. Dr. Carlyle of Inveresk, 1757; some 468. Notarial transumpt of original instrument at delivery of the i, t:' . Localities of Teinds, etc., with other papers. . I . Scottish Regalia to the Lord Treasurer, 1';'07; also scroll . 484. Collection of Receipts for Salaries, by Catecbists, Missionaries, ~--...J History of the Regalia (imperfect) by the late Thomas ..}t1{\-l . a.nd others employed in the Highlands and Islands, with • . Thomson, Esq. !( . \. . some Minutes of Committees on the same. Iv{j 469. Paper entitled "A Genealogy of the Campbells." Dat-ed ~~ If' 1743. • l I \.'485.' Packet of Receipts by various Professors of Aberdeen and , .J Glasg'. If) ~ the Small Stipend Acts. Dates previous to 1843. ~ ,I.; .... his son Dr. John J ardine, one of the ministers of Edinburgh. ! 487. Large collection of papers connected with the administration fJ' /472 MS. entitled "Monumens de la Monarchie Fran~aise, par of vacant stipends after the Revolution, including various . lh"~~\"" . ·,0~ ,"j! Rentals of Archbishops' and Bishops' Rents. (" Montfaucon, Index 1810." ~ I '-.( "v 473. Packet of papers relating to the family of Thomson of Dud­ ", 488. Large collection of Petitions to the Barons of Exchequer for \·t(~:.c.. r J\ dinoC'tston. ,i-i'~'( / .. the benefit of the Royal Bounty, many of them very inter­ [ 74. Papers relating to a Celtic Dictionary to be prepared by. the \iK.~. esting, with other petitions of a more special nature relating • I f. L '\ '\ . Highland Society, 1814, etc. ~ " \. to woollen manufactures, sugar-works, etc., with a number ~ ! .. ',I i. .', /i / \ '­

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122 Lt'st of Miscellaneous Papers in tlte Collection of Davz'd Laz'1tg, LL.D. 123 I of Contracts between the Lords of the Scots Treasury and , I4-:11 ,,501. Another packet of letters to him while Lord Advocate and their Officers. All dated since the Hevolution and duriug Chief Baron. the early part of the 18th century, with numerous interest­ 'J.J I,'502. A packet of letters connected with the family of Johnstone " ing autographs. lit' of Westerhall; letters of Governor George J ohnstone, and ~_~ p9. Packet of papers relating to Excise, Crown Hents and others. , ., J' . '/ " Hevenues, Salaries of Officials, etc. , ,. I :'. 503. A packet of letters to and by the celebrated Jacobite, the ; ,~ I : ~ ~J490. Larae collection of Custom-House papers relating to Scotch Hon. Alexander Mm'ray, of the family of Elibank. K7'f;''''- C~stoms, Imports, ~xports, etc. etc., chiefly about the time Packet of correspondence of Sir Robert Barclay of Peirston,' . • I, I, \ of the Union. la.,. I/'It.­) Bart., chiefly during his imprisonment in France under the ~, " '...1/ '­ Directorate, 1799, etc. _, . 0. J.. 491,' Collection of" Bullion Books," for Aberdeen, Leith, Montrose,.f, .. (r ~' Packet of papers belonging to Sir William Purves, Solicitor­ . Prestonpans, etc. 1696-1707. 505. ~.' . " 1492. Packet of Factory's Powers of Attorney, etc., with some papers' " General under King Charles n., etc. , "~\,l I " '. Sc~ t 1 d • 0' ,..I ' \ . relating to the Civil List III a,n . IJacket of letters, etc.: to General Simon Fraser, son of the ,'; . well-known Jacobite Lord Lovat, 1775, etc. (. .' 493. Papers: Petitions, etc. etc., relating 'to municipal matters j '~.: also a few relating to the Sanctuary and Precincts of the 507. Packet of correspondence between E,. Cole, Red Lion Square, VJ ~ :" Abbey of Holyrood; v.d. and Mr. J. W. Bennett. 1828. ; ..[ " fl,:94. Large packe~ of ~orrespond.ence b~tween the la~e.P. F. ~ytler, ,1,,; ../ 508. Packet of miscellaneous Receipts, etc. etc. ~, n 'r,' Esq., the hlstonan, and Ins pnblIsher, Mr. Wilham TaIt. , t jj'- ~ ~'p9. Large collection ofletters addressed to John Davidson, "\V.S., 't~" t "; ~ J 495. Packet of letters addressed" Il Cavaliere l'Abbate Tommaso Hugh Wan'ender, W.S., Alexander Young, W.S., and others. 1', I' \:' Stewart," chiefly in Italian. fJ10. Bundle of miscellaneous papers relating to Earl of Carrick \ 496. Packet of correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart, Esq., ,./t!'.J and his daughter, 1648; Marchioness of Douglas, 1660 j 'K~"'..\ author of "Genealogical History of Stuarts of Castlemilk," ¥t' Earl of Glencairn, Hepburns of Oldhamstocks; Pitcairns of ' .[ ~ including papers relating to his brother General Stuart and Forthar; and others. ~ ~ the H. E. 1. Co. 1784. III 1. Collection of miscellaneous letters, ancient and modern, '497. Small packet of papers and autogra-ph letters of Sir Robert. writers not identified, or the subjects of no great importance. Gordon, author of the" History of the Earldom of Suther-· Collection of Minutes, Memoranda, and miscellaneous papers] land," first Baronet of Gordonstoun. " ,1 and fragmimts-Legal, Political, Historical, Theological, and I . J 498. Collection of correspondence of the fourth, fifth, al}d sp:th \ others. " ,.'~<... Baronets of Gordonstoun, with a few other papers. l ~ ~J 1;""- .1513. Similar collection of Latin miscellanea. ' 1'~ I \.: ( 499. Large collection of letters addressed to the late Charles I l~ ,514. Large collection of fly-leaves of old books bearing autographs , I \ ' '" )' Gordon of Braid, W.S., chiefly from the late Duke of Gordon, '\ '. of celebrated persons. ~//'>.\ ,. >, l 1 Lord Adam Gordon, and other n;tembers of the Gordon '''\.,y ,\ : 515. Collection of scraps of Illuminated MSS.; also a packet uf , I family, with a few other Gordon papers. '/ ,scraps of Oriental MSS. 500. Large collection of letters addressed to Robert Dundas, Esq. G ..Gtc./l fo': of Arniston, while Lord Advocate; very interesting. fl.!:.-:

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. -- ... _...... -: " the Collection of David Lamg, LL.D. 12 124 List of Misccllalteolts Papers ill 5 526. Curious contemporary letter (anonymous) relating to the In­ fanta 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," ADDENDA. signed .by J olm [Stewart] Duke of Albany, Regent of Scot­ land after the battle of Flodden; n.d. Papers not discovered in time to be inse?'tcd in pl'cceding CatctlogllC. 528. Extract Decree of the Privy Council, presided over by Queen Margaret, settling the succession of heirs of those who fell 516. Requisition for levying money to pay expenses of war at Flodden to their lands or tacks, Stirling, 2d June 1514, against Scotland; with sign-manual of King Henry VII. . written and signed by Gavin Dunbar, afterwards Bishop of of England. December 1st, 1496. Aberdeen. 517. One letter (to Sir Lewis Bellenden) and a memorandum, both 529. A Receipt signed on behalf of theCommendator of Cambus­ holoO'raph of KinO' James VI. Letter dated 13th April kenneth by Lady Margaret Erskyne, mother of the Regent 1585."" '" Moray. 156%­ 518. Two papers: Warrant by King Charles 1. upon a judicial 530. A Receipt signed by Gilbert Browne, last Abbot of Sweet­ certificate, establishing the right of his Chaplain, Mr. Lesley, heart or New Abbey, excommunicated as a Jesuit. Dated Dean of Down, to certain Rectories in Ireland, 1628, with 1576.. said certificate. 531. Two papers: original and copy of Reasons by Messrs. Craig 519. vVarrant regarding money for the repairs of Holyrood and Pont for not subscribing the Acts of Parliament, etc. \ ' Palace, signed by King Charles 1. 3d September 1641. 1584. 520. Paper entitled "Additionall Instruction for Our Commis­ 532. InterestinO' oriO'inal confession obtained from Sir James sioner" autoO'raph of KinO' Charles n. 27th November Edmonstone'" of'" Dnntreath,. in regard to the second attempt 1669. '''' '" by Angns and Mar, etc., to secnre the person of James VI., 521. \Val'l'ant siO'ned by KinO' Charles n., appointing Sir James 8th February 1584, with original signatures. '" '" . Dalrymple of Stair President of the College of Justice. 7th 533. Two papers: original and copy of a MS. entitled "Mr. January 1671. Robert Bruce his Call to the work of the Ministry." 1587. 522. Letter by King Charles n. to the Duke of Monmouth, to put 53.1. Holograph letter by Sir John Maitland, Lord Chancellor down "disorderly assemblies." ~5th September 1678. of Scotland, dated at Lethington, 20th September 1588. 523. Treasury Warrant in favour of Mr. GeOl'ge Lauder, Minister [Address wanting.] of the Gospel, signed by King William Ill. 28th Feb­ 535. Copy of a Receipt, authenticated by the autograph of George ruary 169l Gladstane, Archbishop of St. Andrews. 1609. 524. Two French documents, both dated in 1557. One of them 53G. Order for payment of £600 due to him, holograph of Gavin refers to the preparations for the marriage of 1\fary Queen Hamilton, Bishop of Galloway. 29th May 1610. of Scots to the Dauphin of France. 537. Three papers: Commission to uplift certain taxation [17th 525.' Curious and interesting account of work done for King February 1601], signed by Lord Treasurer Mar and Lndovic, James 1. hy his jewellers setting his jewels, and with second Duke of Lennox; with two letters, holograph, of the signatures of Lords of the Tl'easlll'Y· 1(i0 1. latter; [n.d.]

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538. Warrant to the Comptroller to reimburse the price of a horse 'j~\~'/549. Two 'paper$: autograph letter of Robert, fourth Viscount killed while conveying the Chiefof the M'Gregors to Berwick. Kenmure'[l658]; and a scroll copy agreement between him 1604. Signed by the Scots Privy Council. " and General Monck [1654].

A draft letter to KinO' James VI. in reference to the Re­ 1\ 550. Petition by Mr. Robert Traill, minister, remonstrating against 539. . l:> I nunciation by the Duke of Lennox of the Priory of St. I, his imprisonment. [1661.] Andre\ts, etc.; n.d. 551. Fragment of a deed, signed, intc1' alios, as witnesses, by Mr. 1. J ames \Rowe, author of the "Pockmanty Sermon," Mr. 540. Letter to;···KiI\O' >Ja~, :holograph of the Earl of Me1rose, interest~g;lli[ITl.ting o;.... ;..·L·b ) Robert Row, Mr. Samuel Row, and others, who were among very the proceedings against the Scots . .,. printers for publishing a "libell against the Assemblie at: . , the "Protesters" in 1651, etc.; n.d. Perth j" n.d.. [about 1619.] ~ 552. Autograph letter of Sir John Home of Renton, sometime Lord Justice- Clerk, a staunch loyalist. December 1663. 541. Extract Act of Parliament authorising Sir George Hay of Kinfauns to transport and dispose of any iron manufac­ , I' J553. Letter (imperfect) to the Earl of Lauderdale from the Earl of tured by him to and in any place within the kingdom. c;' • Lothian. 16th October 1663. Signed by Sir John Hamilton of Mflgdalene, Clerk Register. 554. Long and curious letter from Mr. Alexander Pitcairne, June1621.· minister at Drone, to Lady Stormonth. 20th 'January 1664. 542. Holograph letter of Sir Henry Carey, first ViSCOllnt Falk­ 555. Three papers: ReceiptR, etc., signed by John Earl of Middle­ land, while Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, to the Earl of ton, Scrimgeour E. of Dundee, and General Thomas Dalzell Nithsdale. 25th May 1624. ~ of Binns. 1661, 1666, etc. 543. Two aut..9graphs of Sir David Cunninghame [of Robertland], 556. Original Commission and Instructions by James Earl of L Master of Works to King James VI. 1625 and 1643. Perth and James Earl of Tullibardine to Sir John Drum­ 544. Certificate of the death of Colonel Sir J olm Swinton, drowned mond, as their representative at the Privy Council. 30th on his way from Amsterdam to Venice, October 1630. November 1666. ~ Signed by Sir James Livingstone, afterwards first Earl of 557. Two letters, one being to the Earl of Linlithgow, both signed , Callendar. April 1632. by Lord Chancellor Rothes. 1669 and 1670. 545. Interesting tetter, in Latin, by Sir Jolm Scot of Scottis­ 558. Scroll letter, unsigned, by King Charles n. to the Provost, JI tarvet, to Caspar Barlreus, Professor, Amsterdam. 20th etc., of Edinburgh, regarding factious practices in that City. I I Oct~ber 1643. 18th September 1673. ·1,. '/' W._ ~49' Two MSS.: Receipts signed by Sir Archibald Johnston of , .; .f 559. Autograph letter by ,e Sir Alexander Fraiser," apparently the t ~ n1('VV Warriston, and paper indorsed by him, "Minutes of 301 • )"\" I ;"...) physician to King Charles n. 16th August 1670. Assemblies ... fO'l' State observations." 560. Letter by the Privy Council of Scotland to King Charles n . . i Military Order addressed to Sir J olm Drummond, signed by regarding measures against disorder, 15th July 1675, signed \.-. the Earl of Leven. 25th August 1651. by Chancellor Rothes and twenty-three others. .f. 548. Holograph letter, Sir Charles Erskine, Governor of Dum­ Letter by the Duke of Lauderdale to Sir William Purves as ~ . barton Castle, to the Magistrates of Glrtsgow. 15th Oclober to proceedings against a certain George Dreddan, apparently .t 1651. It Quaker. 30th March 1676. t, ,. .,' I'

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128 List of Miscellaneous Pape1's i1t tile Colledion of David Laing, LL.D. 129 575. Hesignation by Charles Duke of Lenox and Hichmond. into 562. Roll of the third session of the second Scots Parliament held I' by King Charles IT. [1672], bearing signatures of cert,ain i' r~; the hands of the Crown of his office of Heritable Admii'al of i I • ~ Scotland. 8th June 1704. deponents thereto. 2d July 1678. t"r / Paper containing certain charges made against the Duke of r I" :R7'G. Last Will and Testament of Sir William Bruce of Kinross, ~/563. ,~ Lauderdale's Administration, addressed to the Killg; n.d. Bart., the enlillent architect. 13th January 1709. [About 1680.] 577. Packet of t\venty letters addressed to the Rev. Principal 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. Lord 1683, 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. ~567. Autograph letter from the Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor to 581. Letters by Principals and Professors.of Glasgow University: 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. Five papers: Heceipts, etc., bearing the signatme of :Marie 583. Letters by Principals and Professors of Edinburgh University: I*'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. 16 19­ "; \ l,; 1688. John Robison, Dl1gald Stewart, and John Wilson; v.d. 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., ; . 574. Holograph letter to Queen Anne, from Lord Tal'ltnt, on the Bishop of Salisbury j .Tohn Douglas, D.D., Bishop of Carlisle, .~. .-.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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588. Packet of Correspondence of David Steuart Erskine, Earl of' '/f.159f. Autograph letter, Mr.' David Macpherson, editor of "Wyn­ ~))\ Buchan: consisting of three holograph letters, and a curious 'rJ . toun," to his publisher. 16th January 1805. 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~~eous ler; 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 "The John Dalrymple; GeOl'ge Dempster, the eminent agricul- .r . ,,'.j General Biographical Dictionary," chiefly in reference to turist; R.ev. John Erskine, D.D. ;1I. Fletcher of Saltoun; -, )"- Dr. Ogilvie's poems. Rev. William Hamilton, Dublin;. J olm Knox, surveyor of. I' Scotch Fisheries; Tobias Lear, secretary to General Wash­ 597. Collection of letters, and one or two MSS., holograph of John 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 .~he 589. Packet of autograph letters, etc., some of them very interest': '600. 'Packet of letters, etc., referring to claim made to the ,( / 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 lklil,ytd) P il~ and Rear-Admiral George Murray. ~, J. Home, author of" Douglas" [about D. l-Iumc]; l\1alcolm Dated in 1761 [referring to David Hume]. Laing, historian; Henry Mackenzie [" Man of Feeling "J; 602. Lawyers and Statesmen, etc.: autograph letters of the first fJoseph Ritson [about the Auchinleck MS.] j and John Lord President Dundas; Sir Gilbert Elliot and his son, also, Mackay Wilson [Tales of the Borders]; v.d. .Sir Gilbert, second and third baronets of Minto; Lord ~ ' ./, {590. Autograph letter by James Bruce of Kinnaird, the Abys­ .. Woodhouselee, Lord Chancellor Erskine, Lord. Brougham , r.-' _~ sinian traveller, in reference to engravings of his book. [with caricatures], Henry Glassford Bell, Sir WiUiam rV...... ,24t.h April 1789. Hamilton the diplomatist, with a letter by J oseph Hume, 591. Four letters addressed to Sir William Dl'Ul11mond of Logie­ M.P., the well-known political reformer. Almond, by Madame de Stael, Professor John Playfair, 603. Letter, Sir David Dalrymple [Lord Hailes] to James Boswell, Francis J effrey, and Henry Brougham [Lords J effrey and ~ Esq., the biographer of Dr. Johnson. . Brougham]. \ 604. Miscellaneous letters: Sir John Erskine of Alva [1738], Sir Interesting letter, holograph, of Captain Robert Knox, Alexander Ramsay qf Balmain [1749], Archibald M'Aulay, author of "History of Ceylon," to his cousin Strype the 'vP\YJ I~ Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and others. historian. 4th January 1710. r\ Two autograph letters addrcssclI to John Arhllthnot, M. n., 605. Fragment of a :MS. poem, said to be by Drmhmond of Dalloch. (l\1a.rtinns 8crihlenl.~), hy thc celehratcd Lord Chcstcrfielll , . ., and Hprman Doerhaa \'8. 1i" 2fi allfl 1i 31.

' .. --,:', .' . \ .. "'" .",.,..,.,.. ' List 0/ Miscellaneous Papers in the Collection 0/ David Laing, LL.D. 606. Recent transcript in MS of the "Relatione d' Inghilterra del .623 . MS. report made to the Trustees of the Scotch Fisheries, etc., Clarissimo Daniel Barbaro ritornato dalla sua legatione .. I" . i of the state of the Highlands. 1755. I..' e.-... I,~ ~ . \ /' ' r d'Inghilterra fatto nel Senato Velleto a di ] 4: di Maggio i' . 624. Packet of seventeen MS. books; being the public and priva:te 1550. [Biblioteca Marciana Cod. XCIV.] letter-books of General Goddard, Bombay, 1778-1782, the 607. Packet of Genealogical Notes and Heraldic Memoranda, letters being chiefly addressed to Warren Hastings 011 ~<.Jts:rJ, apparently by a Mr. W. H. Blackie, Edin.burgh. . political and other matters. . / 608. MS. entitled "Notes of copies of the Regiam Majestatem 625. Collection of papers relating to the Record Commission, and t,(f~ f" preserved in the Advocates' Library." 1800. yr./\. ~.J Supplement to Rymer's "Fcedera," by the well-known Dr. , " ', ... i 609. Portion of a Nantical Journal on board a vessel from Leith .J Adam Clarke. 1812-1816. ~\ (, . to Gambia. 1763. 626. Large collection of Deuchar MSS.: Genealogical. Notes and . ',',. I 610. MS. Sermon on John i. 29. August 4th, 177fJ. Searches regarding the families of Bellenden, Borthwick, '\ \ . 611. MS. Sermon on Numbers xxiii. 10. 30th September 1752. !. K;' / Campbell, Crichton, Cunningham, Dunbar, Henryson, Kin­ . I <.A ~\ .' • near, Kinninmont, Montgomery, Napier, and Purves; also , \;, \. 612. MS. discourse " n.d. " " . of " Ossian's heroe~," by the late Alexander Deuchar, gene­ ~ ,: 613. MS. Sermon on Matthew xviii. 11; n.d. alogist, Edinburgh. Fragmen~ ~ • I ;>t\;' '614. of Religious Diary; n.d. , .627. Collection of Original MSS.: "Life of Sir Thomas Craig of ...... 615. Packet of MS.. Sermons (one or two imperfect), part of a l ~.y/,'--..J Riccarton," "Life of Sir WaIter Raleigh," and "Lives of series preached to the Associate Congregation of Jedburgh \ Scottish Worthies," by the late Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq. by ·Mr. Alexander Shanks. 1787. 628. Two papers: Decreet of Modification, Presbytery of FOl'l'eS v. 616. Copy in hand of last century of a treatise "De ConservandiL Heritors of Dallas, 1751; and Decreet of Modification, etc., Bod Valitudine Libel' Schola Salel'Uitanm." Minister of Crawfurdjohn v. Heritors, 1760. 617. Pal't of a Medical Treatise. 629. Packet of letters and papers of Baron Macdonald of Sleat 618. MS. treatise [mutilated] On Chemistry, Mineralogy, and t.··) referring to the title. 1775. . Natural Philosophy [old hand]. Large collection of papers relating to the affairs of Charles, , 619. Recent French' MS., "FamilIes de plantes indigenes de sixth Duke of Lennox and his Duchess. .J \.;.... France," as arranged in the "Jardin des Plantes a Paris," It la methode de M. de Jussieu; n.d. Original order in regard to Commissioners on the Forfeited Estates in Scotland during the Commonwealth, signed /1\ ...., 13 20. Packet of original autograph MS. Sermons and Treatises by ~L' "Broghill, President." 13th February 1655. .... f· Rev. Robert Wallace, D.D., Edinburgh. 1697-1771. " V1l32. Interesting contemporary' document, in French, giving } 621. Original autograph M§~ of " A System of the Principles of the m- .'\J account of the death of Mary Queen of Scots. 1587. Law of Scotland,'~~D.d it poem by GeOl'ge Wallace, Advocate, 1 son to the preceding. 622. Original MS. [apparently holograph] of "Elements of English Autographs. .1('.. Astronomy," etc., by David Gregory, the eminent matlle­ .;"· I' '(; J Autographs of Thomas Lord Wriothesley and other Statesmen L,.-'"I \ . matician. Abont 1702. under King Henry VIII. and Edward VI.

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'134 List of Miscellaneous Pape1's in 13.5 .v{34. Autographs of William Pa~let, Marquis of Winchester, amI the Colleeti()1Z of David Laing, LL.p. " , .. ~ others of the Privy Council of Philip and Mary. 1553-4.., '" "\ .' ...650. '~arge packet of papers, some old, relating to families of . 635. AutoO'raphs of the most distinguished Statesmen in the time ;'::-". j Hack-ett, Langford, etc., in England. o .. . ,'.. ~/l:'J of Queen Elizabeth, with one or two mterestmg papers. 1560-1602. I ...... Foreign Autograplzs. 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. 651.' Iuteresting collection: Autograph letters and signatures of ",;YJ>37. Autographs: Lord Herbert of Ohm'bury, and other distin­ Heury Il. of France [1547], the Emperor Oharles V. [1530], guished 'men in the reign of King Oharles 1. ,Alfonso VI., King of Portugal [1697], and other royal personages. nis. Autographs of chief Parliamentarians, and several papers of .;: '.' U considerable interest-time of Oommonwealth. 652. Autographs of foreign Statesmen, etc.: Oardinal de Lorraine [1567], Gabriel Oomte de Montgomery [1561], Duke 'of li:,~, Autographs: Buckingl~am, Arlington, etc. etc., and other J39. Alva [156S], Oardinal de Retz, Oardinal de Bernis, etc. .lJ\\f. [ Statesmen of King Oharles II. , . '·1 653. Interesting, collection of foreign literati, etc.: Hoondius, \' ~~·O. Oollection of papers, Exchequer Warrants, etc., more or less Guicciar . i [Francis], Theodore Beza, Alting, Ulhoorn, ,{... ,\ ' historically interesting-time of J ames IL, William Ill, Baron H mbold£, Baron Liebig, 'Hans Ohristian Andersen; ",! Queen Anne, George 1., etc. etc. etc., ot arranged chronologically. "'~I' · '. '/641. Oollection of autograph ~etters, etc., by vario,:s English noble­ ';;~ ,''''... (' men of same period down to present time, with a number 654. Large colI ction of miscellaneous papers, autographs, etc., of Oommissions, etc., signed by King George Ill. some It ian, the rest chiefly French; both preceding, dur­ ing, an after the R!3volution. , 42. Oollection of English Military and Naval autographs: Duke , \. l.;r'f>.-- ... of Wellington, Oommodore Anson, etc..etc. / j.{ h J .1 ·. ~ 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. Ji . G45. Oollection of autographs of English literati before 1700: M. ~· I h l :;.\ ' Oasaubon;.Thomas Gale, and ot ers. . ("! ~~. f " '., .J646. Oollection of autographs-literary men-modern, up to prc­ FINIH. ,.... , " sent time. j' \ • .. ';.~,J 647. Another of the same. . \ . j'~.l / \ 64S. Oollection of autographs: English artists, sculptors, engravers, ~ etc. r , 649. Oollection of autograph letters, signatures, etc., with carica­ .I , { ture& of Members of Parliament. Recent. "),'­ / I \" ,..../. L

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