Collectanea Scotica
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1130
Scope and Contents
This bound volume contains copies of letters, these being:
- - copy of letter by Sir George McKenzie to the Lord Balcarres, 1684
- - copy letter from Sir George Mackenzie to the Earls of Moray and Middleton
- - copy letter John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1680
- - copy letter Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart, after Duchess of Lauderdale
- - copy letters Field Marshall Keith to Mr John Drummond, 1747
- - copy letter, James R
- - copy inventory, signed G.R.K
- - copy letters relating to the Family of Gray of Fowlis - 1547-1601
- - copy of 'The Descent of the present Earl of Panmure [...]
- - copy letter Dr. Archibald Pitcairn to Dr David Gregory
- - copy, 'The Clachnabrattich of Strowan'
- - copy, 'Forestry of Coldinghame'
One letter, written in a different hand, may be original. It begins, 'Omnibus hane cartam visuris vel audituris Jacobus Redheuch de Tulichliddill [...]' and is signed James Redheuch de Tullycheddil.
On the inside of the front board, the volume bears the bookplate: Ex Libris / J. L. Weir. The volume contains more than one composition of paper, and the watermark on one is dated 1828.
On the inside of the front board, the volume bears the bookplate: Ex Libris / J. L. Weir. The volume contains more than one composition of paper, and the watermark on one is dated 1828.
Dates
- 1820-1829
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
A collection of copied letters, mainly from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and probably written in the 1820s by G. E. Kinloch, and entitled Collecteana Scotica.
Extent
1 bound volume
Physical Location
E2008.08
- Title
- 'Collecteana Scotica', written by G. E. Kinloch (fl.1820-1829)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk