Scotland

The bulk of the material from Scotland copied by the Foreign Copying Program consists of materials reproduced from the National Library of Scotland. The collection also includes materials duplicated from the Scottish Record Office (now the National Register of Archives), the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Dalkeith House. The reproductions focus on trade, military affairs during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and voyages and trips by Scots to the Western Hemisphere.

The following collection titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content, including finding aids for the collections, are included when available.

Robert Anderson literary correspondence, 1802-1826.
Correspondence of Anderson, editor and literary critic. Microfilm of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
Darien collection, 1699.
Collection relating to an attempt by Scotland to establish a colony on the Gulf of Darien (Gulf of Urabá, Colombia) in the 1690s.
Photostats of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
Charles Fullarton letterbook, 1763-1770.
Born Charles Strachan. Trader in Mobile, Ala., (1763-1770). Retired to Scotland in 1770 on the death of his grandfather to manage Kinnaber estates. Changed name to Charles Fullarton. Microfilm of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane papers, 1813-1815.
Microfilm of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
Hugh Frederick Bower Sharp Collection, 1791-1864.
Microfilm of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
Charles Cochrane papers, 1776-1777.
Microfilm of originals in the Stuart Stevenson papers, National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
Sir Robert and Henrietta Marchant Liston papers, 1795-1803.
Microfilm of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
George Combe papers, United States letterbooks, 1838-1840.
Microfilm of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
Alexander Houston and Company letterbooks, 1776-1781.
Microfilm of originals in the National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).
John Peebles journal, 1776-1782.
Microfilm of originals in the Cunningham of Thorntoun muniments, National Register of Archives (Edinburgh, Scotland).
David Laing collection, 1635-1676.
Photostats of originals in the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
William Hunter collection, 1718-1783.
Photostats of originals in the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland).
Charles Townshend papers, 1740-1767.
Microfilm of originals in the Buccleuch Muniments, Dalkeith House (Midlothian, Scotland).

Shelf List

Scotland (PDF, 459 KB)
A Shelf List to the collection in the Library of Congress.

Descriptive Guide

Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925.
v. 1. Manuscripts 1-1800, charters and other formal documents 1-900.
v. 2. Manuscripts 1801-4000, charters and other formal documents 901-2634.
v. 3. Manuscripts 4001-4940: Blackwood papers, 1805-1900.
v. 4. Manuscripts 4941-6405, charters and other formal documents 2635-6000.
v. 5. Manuscripts 6406-7529.
v. 6. Manuscripts 7530-8022, Scottish foreign mission records, 1827-1929.
v. 7. Manuscripts 8023-9500, charters and other formal documents 7637-8500.

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Scottish Trade with Africa and the West Indies in the Early 18th century, 1694-1709: 8 volumes in Scottish Trade with Africa and the West Indies in the Early 18th century, 1694-1709

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James Grant of Ballindalloch papers [microform], 1740-1819 (bulk 1760-1780).
British army officer, governor, and member of Parliament. Selected items including diaries; correspondence; maps and plans; military commissions; regimental returns; financial, land, and plantation records; parliamentary acts and speech; and lists. Relates to North America and the West Indies, including military service in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, participation in military expeditions against Cherokee Indians on the South Carolina frontier in 1760-1761, and his governorship of East Florida from 1763 to 1773.
Neil Jamieson papers, 1757-1789 (bulk 1760-1776).
Chiefly business correspondence (1760-1776) relating to Jamieson's role as a resident partner of the tobacco trading firm Glassford, Gordon, Monteath & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland; and to various mercantile enterprises in North America and the West Indies, especially Antigua. Acting on behalf of John Glassford and James Gordon's commercial interests which included Jamieson, Campbell, Calvert & Company distillery in Virginia.
Western Range Cattle and Other Industries Study papers, 1823-1947.
Western range cattle and other industries study papers, 1823-1947 (bulk 1880-1920), identified by Herbert Oliver Brayer in his survey of sources pertinent to American economic history in various American and European repositories. Includes incorporation agreements, stockholder lists, journals, correspondence, maps, photographs, and printed matter relating to the cattle industry in Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and other areas of western United States. Companies represented include the Matador Land and Cattle Company, Prairie Cattle Company, and the Swan Land and Cattle Company. Reproduced chiefly from the originals in the Registrar of Companies Office in Edinburgh, Scotland and the Registrar of Companies, Bush House, London, England.
Includes Moreton Frewen's ranch papers, 1823-1932, concerning his activities in conjunction with the Powder River Cattle Company, Johnson County, Wyo., reproduced from originals in the University of North Dakota Library Special Collections Division, Grand Forks, N.D.

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