Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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233
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Repository
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National Library of Scotland
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Reference
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GB233/MS.1036-1037 and Ch.670-707
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Title
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Sheriff J R N Macphail Collection
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Dates
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c1177-1877
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Access Status
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Open
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Description
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Letters and papers of: the Dukes of Hamilton, 1651; the family of Forbes of Culloden, 1699-174; Lord Gardenstone, 1749-1787; Allan Ramsay, father and son, 1734-1771; Sir Walter Scott, 1802-1832; and Lord Brougham, 1820; plus single letters from various people including Cardinal Beaton, Adam Ferguson and others, 16th cent-1877; "A Short Account of the Lord?s way of Providence towards me in my Pilgrimage Journey", the religious memoirs of a lady, 1724. Miscellaneous charters, c 1177-1681, including charters of various families of Menzies (c 1296-1675) and deeds of the Earls of Menteiths and various Grahams (1371-1681).
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Level
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Fonds
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Finding Aids
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Summary guide to contents of items within 'National Library of Scotland: Catalogue of Manuscripts acquired since 1925, Volume I' (Edinburgh, 1938) (detailed persons and places index within volume)
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Language
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English Latin
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Associated Persons
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NA11944 | James Robert Nicolson Macphail |
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