"Collectanea Scotica" by G. E. Kinloch
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.
Dates
- Creation: 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".
Full Extent
1 bound volume
Physical Location
E2008.08
Subject
- Kinloch, G E, fl 1820-1829 (Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- 'Collecteana Scotica', written by G. E. Kinloch (fl.1820-1829)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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