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[Missouri]. [Scotland]. Ballingall George DBiblio.com

Manuscript Diary Kept by Scottish Businessman George D. Ballingall During a Visit to Missouri in the Early 1890s

1891Best.-Nr. 2638Various locations in Missouri: May to June 1891. Very good. 54pp. rectos only. Small quarto. Contemporary limp dark brown leather thin gilt borders and gilt lining on spine. Minor wear spine head a bit tender. Clean internally. An interesting collection of observations on American business politics and more from the standpoint of a Scottish lawyer and businessman working in the American Midwest in 1891. According to an 1891 Scottish directory George D. Ballingall was one of three partners in Fraser Stodart and Ballingall of 16 Castle Street in Edinburgh which matches the address he records on the front free endpaper of the present diary. Ballingall and his partners were managing secretaries for a few companies including the Missouri Land and Live Stock Company Limited which provides easy justification for why he was visiting Missouri here. Ballingall himself is listed in the same directory as a member of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet a private society of notable Scottish solicitors. The present diary covers Ballingall's time in various locations in Missouri in May and June 1891. He discusses politics real estate farming mining prospects and most intensely the law. He records his experiences in St. Louis Joplin Pierce City and other locations visiting mines taking meetings and providing consultations gathering his own legal advice and more. Ballingall devotes the last several pages of the diary to various legal acts in the Missouri legislature and ponders how they will affect his business interests in the state the affairs of corporations foreign reporting requirements and so forth. He also discusses the evergreen topic involving the struggle between federal and state powers. He concludes by discussing how Missouri farmers organized as did the farmers in Kansas and how this new faction of the "people's party" controls the legislature now. May to June unknown

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The acts made in the second Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles

1641Best.-Nr. 237181641 LAWS SCOTLAND Scottish Churches & Edinburgh Book Printing Elections FOLIO From the 16th-century through the 18th-century numerous examples of Scotland's "Laws and Acts of Parliament" were published. This particular tome contains the political theological and governmental discussions and letters discussed in the Second Parliament. Notable acts include laws and acts through 1646: · Admission of ministers to Scottish kirks churches and the establishment of churches · Favors for archbishops and bishops who held land · Oaths given in Parliament · Scots commissioners articles given · Election of clerks and counselors · Ratification of Articles of the Treatie · Abolishment of monuments of idolatry · Acts concerning printing and reprinting books Item number: #23718 Price: $950 Scotland The acts made in the second Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641-1646. First edition. Details: · Collation: 3 parts in 1 o 2nd Parliament – 160 20 o 3rd Parliament 1st session – 2 104 6 o Triennall Parliament 2nd-5th sessions – 2 102 4 · Language: English · Binding: Leather; tight and secure · Size: ~11.75in X 7.75in 29.5cm x 19.5cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 23718 Photos available upon request. Robert Young and Evan Tyler hardcover

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(Scotland) [Scott, Sir Walter]Biblio.com

A Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal from Malachi Malagrowther Esq. on the Proposed Change of Currency and Other Late Alterations as They Affect or are Intended to Affect the Kingdom of Scotland With: A Second Letter . And: A Third Letter .

1826Best.-Nr. 229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621. "In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB. A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown

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Scotland; Acts; Charles I, King; Charles II, KingBiblio.com

The Acts Made in the Second Parliament with 5 Other Volumes of Acts

1641Best.-Nr. 729301641. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Acts of Charles I and II 1640-1649 Scotland. The Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden at Edinburgh in the Severall Sessions Thereof According to the Dates Therein Mentioned. Acts Past and Done in This Present Session of Parliament The Eleventh of June 1640. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641. 160 20 pp. Bound with Five Other Volumes of Acts Covering June 4-July 29 1644 November 3 1646-March 27 1647 March 2 1648-June 10 1648 January 4 1649-March 16 1649 and May 23 1649-August 7 1649 Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler 1644-1649. Folio 10" x 6-1/4". Recent period-style calf blind fillets and corner fleurons to boards gilt-edged raised bands gilt-stamped decoration to compartments and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. A few small scuffs and scratches to boards larger scratch to rear board light rubbing to extremities corners lightly bumped. Moderate toning to interior trimming to head and foot with slight loss to running title and catchwords in a few places but no loss to legibility occasional faint dampstaining with no loss to legibility light soiling in a few places gutter of leaf N1 pp. 145-146 of first title and fore-edge of leaf A2 pp. 1-2 of fifth title mended small tears to edges of folding table which is mended on verso small hole to text block of final three leaves without loss to legibility. An appealing volume. $1000. First collected editions. This volume contains Scottish acts from 1640-1649 spanning the reigns of Charles I and II and the first and second English Civil Wars. English Short-Title Catalogue R33336 R12952 R11735 R21983 R19064 R19030. unknown

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Handcoloured Map Art of 18th century Scotland - [Millar, William] / [Grant, John] / [Leslie, William] Forsyth, Isaac / [Hugh HoBiblio.com

A Survey of the Province of Moray; Historical Geographical and Political. Inscribed and dedicated by scottish Mapmaker William Millar / Including the amazing large Map of Moray and the Nairn Shires by William Millar 51 cm x 49 cm and the engraving of "Elgin Cathedral" also by William Millar.

1798Best.-Nr. 29839AB1798. First Edition. Aberdeen Printed for Isaac Forsyth Bookseller Elgin 1798. Octavo 14 cm x 215 cm. Folded hand-coloured Frontispiece-Map by William Millar Frotispiece-Engraving of the "Elgin Cathedral" VIII 353 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 18th or early 19th century leather with original spinelabel. The large hand-coloured Map with a minor tear only. Corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly starting but overall in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Interesting Provenance and signed manuscript dedication by the Cartographer and Mapmaker William Millar: From the library of Aberdeen Highlander Major Hugh Houstoun with a dedication: "April 27th 1798 - To Major Hugh Houstoun - from his Much obliged and Humble Servant William Millar". The fantastic Map in this publication was produced by William Millar who is identified inside the publication in the text of an Advertisement placed verso the titlepage and in which the Publisher Isaac Forsyth of Aberdeen gives thanks: ".For the very handsome manner in which the two first chapters were furnished by the Revd. Mr.Grant of Elgin and the other two by the Revd. Mr.Leslie of Darkland he offers this testimony of his grateful remembrance. Nor can he omit expressing his sense of obligation to Mr.William Millar Engineer of the Sutherland Coal Work for the Most accurate Map of the Province of Moray ever offered to public notice." The publication includes for example stories about the "First Inhabitants Celts Picts Scots Surnames in Moray Thanes Earls of Moray Family of Gordon Family of Grant Family of Shewglie Family of Innes Family of Brodie Family of Calder Family of Kilravock Family of Dunbars Family of Grangehill and Durn Family of Comyn of Altre Family of Fraser of Lovat Family of Mackintosh Family of Macpherson Family of Macdonalds of Glengary Family of Duff Earl of Fife Family of Gordonstown Family of Lethin Family of Findrassie Family of Murreffs of Duffus Population of Moray Antiquities of the Province with Roman Progress in Moray Vitrified Forts etc. etc. hardcover

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Scotland; Statutes; Charles I, King; Charles IIBiblio.com

The Acts Made in the First Parliament With 7 Other Volumes of Acts

1633Best.-Nr. 775121633. A Volume of Scottish Acts 1633-1649 With a Notable Australian Association Scotland. Statutes. Charles I 1600-1649 King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Great Britaine France And Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With His Three Estates At Edinburgh Upon the Twentie Eight Day of Iune Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young 1633. 66 10 pp. Bound with 7 Volumes of Acts of Charles I and II. Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler second volume printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641-1649. Folding table of consanguinity and affinity lacking from 7th volume Acts Done and Past in the Third Session of the Second Triennall Parliament. 1649. Folio 10-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary speckled calf blind rules to boards raised bands and blind fillets to spine lettering piece lacking gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks scratches and stains to boards front board starting at head but secure chipping to head of spine moderate rubbing to joints spine ends and corners which are bumped pastedowns loose and lightly soiled upper outside corner of rear pastedown lacking later armorial bookplate of John Adrian Louis Hope 7th Earl of Hopetoun to inside of front board faint offsetting to endleaves. Moderate toning to interior light soiling faint staining and tiny spark burns in a few places corners of several leaves folded and untrimmed clean tear to gutter of leaf C4 pp. 21-22 of third work affecting text without loss to legibility ink staining to title page of sixth work mended tears to leaves Q1-2 of seventh work with loss to text early ink marks and one brief annotation to a few leaves recent pencil annotations to title pages. $1200. These volumes of Scottish acts cover the tumultuous reign of Charles I and the beginning of the reign of Charles II touching on important topics such as military affairs religious practice and freedom or lack thereof and the complex relationship between Scotland and England. Hope 1860-1908 was an English statesman who served as the first governor-general of Australia 1901-1902. Before that he was Governor of Victoria 1889-1895. English Short-Title Cat. unknown

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[CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]Biblio.com

A collection of Confessions of Faith Catechisms Directories Books of Discipline &c. Of Publick Authority in the Church of Scotland. Together with All the Acts of Assembly which are Standing Rules concerning the Doctrine Worship Government and Discipline of the church of scotland.

1719Best.-Nr. AQ33177Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson 1719. In two volumes. clxvii 1 458 26; 16 815pp 1. Vol. II dated 1722. A third volume is called for in the advertisement to Vol. II; no more published. The various parts have separate title pages pagination and register are continuous. The preface was published separately in 1720 as A preface to an addition sic of the Westminster confession. Handsomely bound by Henderson and Bisset of Edinburgh in nineteenth century panelled black morocco richly tooled in gilt A.E.G. Marbled endpapers later pencilled ownership inscription to foot of p. cxliv trimmed contemporary inked ownership inscription of Archibald Stewart to head of first divisional title page later naive paper repairs to second divisional title page ownership inscription of Archibald Denham dated 1770 to Vol. II half- title brocade paper strip pasted to head of p.21 Vol. II. very small holes to leaves H1 and H4 Vol. II later paper repair to lower corner of leaf T8 short tears to leaves Z7-8 without loss paper repair to lower corner of leaf Ss1 inked ownership inscriptions of James Noble to FFEPs. A remarkably handsome copy of a monumental work on the confession of faith in the Church of Scotland edited by Church of Scotland minister and university teacher William Dunlop 1692-1720. This valuable collection sponsored by the General Assembly contains - in addition to the Westminster Standards - the Confession of Faith of the English Congregation at Geneva the Scotch Confession of 1560 the Scotch Confession of 1580 the National Covenant of 1638 Calvin's Catechism and the Heidelberg Catechism. Intriguingly material relating to the Solemn League and Covenant - the attempt by covenanters to secure Presbyterianism across Britain - is entirely excluded. This omission prompted complaints at the 1723 Assembly though no action was taken. The matter was raised once more at the 1725 Assembly by prominent Evangelical members of the synods of Fife and Perth and Stirling. In the subsequent debate it was argued that the Solemn League could be included in the projected third volume. The Kirk ultimately refused to sanction publication conscious that a 1661 statute condemning the oath remained in force. The third volume never materialised and in 1725 the General Assembly went so far as to officially refute responsibility for the omission. Provenance: Sir Archibald Steuart Denham sixth Baronet of Coltness and Baronet of Denham of Westshield 1683-1773; James Noble 1800-1848 Scottish minister antiquarian geologist and fossil collector. ESTC T78533. 8vo. Printed by James Watson unknown

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[Enslavement - Free Church of Scotland - Frederick Douglass - Presbyterianism] MacLeod, Mary; et alBiblio.com

1845 Scottish Presbyterian Letter Condemning the Free Church's Acceptance of Money from American Enslavers Written before Frederick Douglass's "Send Back the Money" Campaign

1845Best.-Nr. BK0036Isle of Mull Scotland 1845. Autograph letter signed by a female member of the MacLeod family with an additional message signed "Mary McLeod" to the Rev. John Neil MacLeod in New York. 4pp measuring 9 x 7 inches. Addressed to "The Rev'd J. N. Macleod D.D. Presbyterian Minister New York United States North America." Postmarked at Tobermory prepaid "1/-" with London transit markings and intact black wax seal. Folded with very small holes at folds; excellent. A Scottish family and ecclesiastical letter containing an early direct condemnation of the Free Church of Scotland's acceptance of donations from slaveholding Presbyterians in the American South. Written in March 1845 the letter predates Frederick Douglass's arrival in Scotland and the public campaign urging the Free Church to "Send Back the Money." It demonstrates that criticism of the church's American fundraising was already circulating privately within Scottish Presbyterian networks before Douglass helped transform the controversy into a major transatlantic abolitionist cause. Following the Disruption of 1843 the newly established Free Church sent representatives to the United States to raise money. Contributions from southern churches and slaveholding ministers generated growing criticism particularly because the Free Church presented itself as a purer and more principled form of Presbyterianism. The writer identifies what she regarded as the central contradiction: the church refused communion with ministers who remained in the established Church of Scotland while recognizing slaveholding American ministers as Christian brethren and accepting their money. She writes: "What can you think now of their disclaiming to hold communion with any of their Bretheren in the Establishment and avowedly & publicly countenancing and holding communion with the Slave holding Ministers in your Southern States. Their coffers have been largely augmented by donations from these States and the leaders of the Free recognize them as Bretheren and write and speak of them with the greatest respect." Her criticism is directed as much at the church's financial expediency as at its inconsistency: "This has opened the eyes of some as to what they will resort to get money-this Church that professed to be a pure Church. Oh does it not clearly show the inconsistencies of man nay even of Christians what a different view these leaders may take of Slavery from what your respected Father had." Douglass began his Scottish campaign the following year when he and other abolitionists repeatedly challenged the Free Church to return the money received from American slaveholders. Writing to William Lloyd Garrison in April 1846 Douglass declared "Scotland is a blaze of anti-slavery agitation-the Free Church and Slavery are the all-engrossing topics."1 The present letter records essentially the same moral argument a year earlier made from within the church's own extended religious and family networks: that accepting southern funds compromised the Free Church's authority and exposed the limits of its professed purity. Addressed to the Rev. John Neil MacLeod in New York the letter places the dispute within a transatlantic Presbyterian context. The writer invokes the antislavery views of MacLeod's father and questions whether the recipient understood that a minister whom he had permitted to preach from his pulpit "advocated the course of the Southern Slave State Ministers so much" remarking "I should think not." The letter also contains news of a bereavement and other family and church news about Scotland and America. An important private response to the Free Church's American fundraising campaign written before the controversy reached its fullest public expression through Frederick Douglass's "Send Back the Money" campaign. The letter documents the early moral opposition of Scottish Presbyterians who believed that a church claiming spiritual independence and purity had compromised both by accepting the support of American slaveholders. . unknown

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[Scotland - History of Higher Education - Ontario - Farming] Macfarlane, Alexander; Macfarlane, JamesBiblio.com

Archive of Letters with Some Photographs of Scottish-Canadian Farmer James Macfarlane and His Nephew Dr. Alexander Macfarlane With Much Concerning Farming in Ontario and the Founding of the University of Dundee

1903Best.-Nr. List2990Dover and Chatham Ontario; Edinburgh and Blairgowrie Scotland 1903. Seventy-eight pieces: seven 2.5 x 4" photographs mounted on heavy cardstock; with seventeen letters from Alexander to James Macfarlane fifty-two from James to Alexander Macfarlane and two from others to Alexander Macfarlane. Fourteen from 1853-1882; eleven from 1883-1885; thirteen from 1886; twelve from 1887; thirteen from 1888; eight from 1889-1903. Sorted chronologically. Envelopes good to very good; letters generally near fine. Alexander Macfarlane 1851-1913 was a Scottish physicist mathematician and logician. He earned a D.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh in 1878; following this he would teach at the University of St. Andrews the University of Edinburgh the University of Texas at Austin and Lehigh University. Macfarlane earned a number of accolades including elections to many scientific and mathematical societies and an honorary doctorate from the University of Michigan. After his retirement in 1894 Alexander Macfarlane moved to a farm in Ontario left to him by his uncle James who is his correspondent herein. Much less is known about James Macfarlane; born in Scotland in 1806 he immigrated to North America by way of New York in 1835. He purchased land in Dover Township now Chatham Ontario in 1853 and was elected the town's reeve in 1879. At the time of this correspondence he was a farmer by occupation. The photographs in the collection-portraits of unknown individuals-are likely his as they are from photography studios in the Brantford and Toronto area and seem to date from before Alexander Macfarlane's arrival in the colony. James Macfarlane's letters to his nephew mainly written between 1886 and 1889 give detailed descriptions of farm life and logistics in 19th-century Ontario. He grew corn wheat beans clover and hay raised pigs and cows and kept a number of workhorses alongside a few seasonal employees. The elder Macfarlane describes the state of his crops the health of his animals and especially his finances taxes and employees' wages; he writes of "a constant fear of running aground" March 17 1887. However he also occasionally discusses academic or political affairs - it is unclear what education Macfarlane had or what political experience besides his reeveship but from his writing it seems not insignificant. One prohibition-related incident in 1887 especially stands out: "During the night between last Saturday & Sunday there was a dynamite explosion in front of the handsome residence of H. Cummings Esq. of Chatham - damage but no one hurt. It is believed it was the doing of the Chatham grogocracy - Mr. C. favours prohibition - Tories do not". August 10 1887 This letter dates the incident to late on the 6th or early on the 7th of August 1887; we do not find the explosion mentioned in local newspapers from the time. Alexander Macfarlane's letters which comprise most of the earlier letters in the group focus on his burgeoning academic career. In 1882 when the majority of his letters were written he had applied and was waiting to hear about a position as Chair of Mathematics at University College Dundee now the University of Dundee which was then just being formed. Besides occasional discussions of work in which he is currently engaged Macfarlane writes about his tactics for bettering his chances at the Chair; for example: "I have just received some information which indicates that I shall have an excellent chance of being successful. Rev. Mr. Tait who was our minister before he left Blairgowrie for Newport opposite Dundee happens to be a very intimate friend of the founder of the College Miss Baxter of Balgavies. I saw from the first that it would be important to secure his cooperation; he has been very active in his support. Recently he was staying at Balgavies and when the College was discussed he spoke highly in my favour. He has persuaded Miss Baxter to take some active steps in my favour. Copies of all the applications etc. are sent to her which seems to indicate that a proposed appointment is submitted to her for approval." September 19 1882 The wait is difficult for Macfarlane and he frequently comments with displeasure on related workplace politics. For instance he is upset by the choice of William Peterson-whom he describes as "a fop" October 3 1882-for Principal of the new university: "Peterson had this advantage that many of the electors had a bias in favour of a Classical man for the office of Principal. He got only a second class at Oxford. I say nothing on the subject but I have heard others express an opinion that a mistake has been made." August 13 1882 And later: "Most people express themselves as greatly surprised at the choice the Dundee Council made of a Principal. My theory of the matter is that Professor Donaldson with the view of furthering his own candidature wished to ingratiate himself with Professor Sellars after he saw that Mr Porter would not be accepted by the Council. I feel that the Council may do anything as they seem nearly incapable of forming an independent opinion." September 27 1882 When he does not receive the Chair Macfarlane shares his thoughts with his uncle about the state of Scottish Universities especially that they "have no reputation for scholarship" and that the Scottish people "need not expect learning to flourish at their Universities" November 23 1882. Of course Macfarlane's career turned out fine despite this setback; in 1895 he tells James not unfairly that "I am considered one of the foremost thinkers of the day in the field of exact science" March 21. Overall a look at the lives and activities of an uncle and nephew with extremely different careers; of interest both to scholars of Ontario history and farming and to historians of science and higher education. unknown

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