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National Museums
Scotland Library Special
Collections Manuscript Papers William
Smellie F.R.S.E., F.S.A. (Scot) (1740-1795) Compiled, edited and annotated by Stephen W. Brown in July 1998 with
revisions made in 2011. The papers were
originally bound in three volumes (SAS MS 592-4) but have subsequently been
removed from their binding and arranged by subject. The original order was restored in
2011. The listing by Stephen W. Brown
is by broad subject (shown below), with references to their volume and item
number added in 2011. The papers were
microfilmed in 1988 - in their subject order - and a copy is held in the
library collection (Accession No. 159107).
A listing with transcripts by Stephen Brown is also held in the
library collection (Accession No. 186864). Acknowledgements
Work on the project was
much assisted by Fionna Ashmore, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland and by the library staff at National Museums of Scotland. Funding for the project
was received from the National Museums of Scotland, the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada Various, mostly one-time
or limited familiar and business correspondence Extended correspondence
with friends and family: Lord Buchan; Dr William Buchan; Samuel Charteris;
Lord Kames; Robert Burns and Maria Riddell; Robert and Walter Riddell;
Alexander Smellie; John Smellie; William Tod Extended business
correspondence with Robert and William Auld; John Balfour; Andrew Bell;
William Creech; John Murray; Gilbert Stuart; Andrew Strahan; William Strahan;
Strahan and Cadell Note: Some minor booktrade items are to be found under Correspondence
General Manuscript Works: Natural History (1780-1800) Manuscript Works:
Other writing Includes reviews,
pamphlet satires, essays, prefaces, etc. Various, mostly one-time or limited familiar
and business correspondence. Alexander Allerdice
to William Smellie. 15 October 1773. (about MS 592
no.29 James Anderson to William Smellie. 10
October 1773. (about MS 594
no.32 Anonymous (from (about Smellie's Philosophy
of Natural History) MS 592
no.66 (from (about Betty’s
health) MS 594
no.29 Henry Bateman to William Smellie. 11
January 1790. (about Buffon
translation) MS 592
no.67 Rev.
Dr Thomas Blacklock to William Smellie. Five letters, one in
Latin; one signed Cosmophilus. 25 May 1775 (declines
to write a review for Edinburgh Magazine and Review) MS 593 no.63(2) n.d.,probably December 1779 (talks
favourably about Smellie's Preface to Buffon) MS 593 no.63(1) 18 April 1790 (describes
intended book on educating the blind) MS 593 no.2 21 October 1790 (seeks Smellie's
assistance with An Essay on the Education of the Blind) MS 593
no.67 n.d. (Latin letter: translation - Having just
read your letter and preparing my reply when some twelve youths interposed
and carried hapless me by fraud and force imprisoned in a vehicle to Dunbar's
domicile. Farewell) MS 593
no.1 Hugh Blair to William Smellie. 16 June
1780. (about Buffon
translation; two additional pages suggesting corrections to Buffon proposal
sent under separate cover) Letter:
MS 592 no.44. Additional pages: MS 592 no.11 2 October 1786. (corrections to
Lord Kames biography). On reverse, in
Smellie’s hand, Figures for the cost of paper for printing part of The
Statistical Papers MS 594
no.3 Dr Gilbert Blane to William Smellie. 1780. (about printing
his medical society paper) MS 592
no.12 George Brooks to William Smellie on behalf
of the Bishop of Durham. 2 December 1786. (about Philosophy
of Natural History proposal) MS 592
no.56 William Smellie to the Rev. Mr Brown. 1774.
(Four letters about controversy arising
from article in the Edinburgh Magazine and Review) MS 593
nos 37-9, 41 Count de Buffon to William Smellie. 18
February 1780. (translated by
William Smellie; about Natural History) MS 592
no.43 William Smellie to Rev. Dr George Campbell.
25 April 1765. (about Hume and
religion) MS 594
no.19 Patrick Clason to
William Smellie. 6 July 1790. (personal and
financial) MS 593
no.83 James Cummyng to
William Smellie. 21 May 1791. (professional
matters) MS 592
no.73 William Smellie to John Dalrymple. 6 May
1788. (about John Smellie's
naval career) MS 593
no.71 John Dalrymple to William Smellie. 30
January 1771. (about William
Smellie printing JD's Memoirs of MS 593
no.58 John Dalrymple to Thomas Dundas. 22
February 1776. (supporting
Smellie's pursuit of the Chair in Natural History) MS 592
no.20 Robert Dick to William Smellie. 26 August
1791. MS 592 no.75 William Smellie to Lord Dreghorn. Late November 1776. (Smellie explains his part in the Lord Monboddo incident, with Robert Kerr's notes about Charles
Elliot) MS 593
no.6 Lord Dreghorn to
William Smellie. (about the Lord Monboddo incident which effectively finished the 17 November 1776. MS
593 no.65 19 November 1776. MS
593 no.7 William Smellie to Henry Dundas. 30
November 1787. (about John
Smellie's naval careers) MS 593
no.69 Thomas Dundas to William Smellie. 6 March
1776. (about Chair in
Natural History at MS 592
no.35 John Edgar to William Smellie. 19 September
1788. (personal) MS 592
no.63 Robert Faulder to
William Smellie. 4 July 1793. (declining to
reissue Volume One of the Philosophy of Natural History). Letter
on reverse by William Smellie to newly elected Fellows of the Society of
Antiquaries of MS 592 no.89 William Smellie to Alexander Fergusson. 19
March 1794. (personal; also
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland) MS 593
no.95 Earl of (both letters
about Natural History) 19 December 1786. MS
592 no.57 4 January 1787. MS
592 no.58 William Forbes to Captain John Hay of the
Lord Maccartney Indiaman. 18 February 1788. (about John
Smellie's naval career) MS 592
no.62 William Forbes to William Smellie. (two letters about
John Smellie) 4 February 1788. MS 592
no.61 n.d., 1790 ? MS 592
no.65 See also, William
Smellie to William Forbes. 1 February 1795 (included with Alexander
Smellie's papers: MS 592 no.47) John Reinold
Foster to William Smellie. 26 August 1779. (about Natural
History) MS 592
no.41 William Fullerton M.P. to
William Smellie. 2 May (no
year indicated) (about Count de
Buffon) MS 592
no.3 William Smellie to Lord Gardenston.
June 1791. (about Lord Kames
and proposing to write biography of Lord Gardenston) MS 592
no.74 William Smellie to Dr John Gardiner. 31 May
1794. (personal; about
declining health) MS 592
no.94 Cosmo Gordon to William Smellie. 9 February
1786. (Natural History) MS 592
no.55 Ralph Griffiths to William Smellie. 17
September 1783. (about Smellie's
essay for the Monthly Review) MS 593
no.10 Lord Hailes to
William Smellie. (both letters
about Smellie's printing of the Annals of Scotland) 19 January 1779. MS
592 no.39 4 February 1779. MS 594
no.36 Dr John Hope to William Smellie. 7 February
1764. (about Smellie's
prize in Botany) MS 593
no. 51 Henry
Hunter (medical student) to William Smellie. n.d. (personal) Fragment. MS 592
no.2 William Smellie to Henry Hunter. November
1761. (personal) MS 594
no.7 Samuel Hunter to William Smellie. 18
September 1762. (personal) MS 593
no. 16 William Smellie to James Hutton. (both letters
personal, about health and finance) 20 June 1793. MS
592 no.88 26 August 1793. MS
593 no.92 James Hutton to Alexander Smellie. 1792. (about printing
the Dissertations) MS 592
no.1 William Smellie to Robert Kerr. 22 May 1774. (personal, refers
to financial troubles) On reverse of letter: Dr John Rotheram to William Smellie. 12 May 1794 (about his edition
of Dr William Cullen's First Lines) MS 593
no.98 28 February 1795. (personal; about
money owed to Smellie by William Creech) MS 593
no.101 Robert Kerr to William Smellie. 2 March
1795. (appears to lack
middle pages about William Creech) On address of this letter, fragment in
William Smellie's hand, of letter concerning Crochallan
Fencibles. It reads: " ...this damned world. I
hope my dear Major is well; and will be [able] to take the field; against
what! his oppon ..." MS 593
no.99 James Laing to Alexander Kincaid. 12
December 1773. (for William
Smellie about MS 592
no.30 William Smellie to John Macniven.
20 March 1795. (professional
matters – booktrade) MS 593
no.100 William Smellie to John Milman.
10 April 1794. (about publishing
second volume of Philosophy of Natural History) MS 593
no.96 Dr Alexander Monro
to William Smellie. (both letters
about Natural History) 20 March 1794. MS
592 no.92 13 April 1794. MS
592 no.93 Robert Morrison to William Creech. 26
January 1774. (about MS 594
no.33 Robert Morrison to William Smellie. 6 April
1774. (about MS 592 no.40 Rev. Dr James Muirhead
to William Smellie. Late 1780. (about Buffon
translation and other matters of Natural History) MS 592
no.19 William Smellie to John Neaves.
3 April 1792. (about a libel by
William Smellie: see explanation of episode in Alexander Smellie's hand on
reverse of letter) MS 593
no.90 Robert Nicoll to William Smellie. 4 January 1773. MS 592 no.27 2 April 1774. (about MS 592
no.28 William Smellie to William Nicol. (personal
correspondence. Note: William Nicol of the 20 August 1790. MS 592 no.71 1790. Cover
sheet only. MS 592 no.64 Thomas Pennant to William Smellie. Three
letters. 14 January 1780. (about Buffon
translation) MS 592
no.42 31 July 1785. (on Natural
History) MS 592
no.54 1 June 1793. (about Robert Faulder
reissuing the Philosophy of Natural History (see Faulder
letter). On this letter, Smellie has
made notes about the 1790 publication of his Philosophy of Natural History)
MS 592
no.87 George Ridpath to William Smellie. 7
February 1774. (about MS 592
no.31 Principal William Robertson to William
Smellie. 28 April 1789. (about Smellie's Philosophy
of Natural History) MS 592 no.16 29 September 1789. (about Smellie's Philosophy of Natural
History; includes one page of suggested corrections MS 592
no.17 John Robison to William Smellie. 23 June
1783. (about Smellie's
election to the Royal Society of Edinburgh) MS 592
no.50 John Rotheram to
William Smellie. 4 May 1790. MS 592 no.68 23 November 1791. MS 592 no.76 William Smellie to John Rotheram.
27 June 1790. (personal:
correspondence refers to controversy surrounding the sexuality of plants and
resulting private tensions) MS 592
no.70 See also: Rotheram's letter to William Smellie. 12 May
1794, on reverse of letter from William Smellie
to Robert Kerr. MS 593 no.98 See also: William Smellie's rewriting of
Rotheram's Preface to William Cullen's First
Lines under MANUSCRIPT WORKS William Smellie to Peter Sandilands. 10
January 1791. (about John
Smellie's naval career) MS 593
no 87 William Smellie and Alexander Fergusson to
Sir John Sinclair. 31 January 1794. (about the Society
of Antiquaries of MS 594
no.37 George Stuart to William Smellie. 28
November 1791. (professional
matters - booktrade) MS 593
no.3 John Stuart to William Smellie. 2 October
1781. (about Natural
History) MS 592
no.46 John Thomson to William Smellie. 14 February
1793. (about purchase of
property for Society of Antiquaries of Scotland) MS 592
no.85 William Smellie to Professor Charles
Wilson. 13 December 1793. (about the
printing of (Note: on reverse of this letter, another
letter about the booktrade and unpaid bills). 19 December 1793. MS 593 no.91 Patrick Wilson to William Smellie. 23 May
1775. (about William
Creech) MS 592
no.33 FAMILIAR CORRESPONDENCE Extended correspondence with friends and
family: Lord Buchan; Dr William Buchan; Samuel Charteris; Lord Kames; Robert
Burns and Maria Riddell; Robert and Walter Riddell; Alexander Smellie; John
Smellie; William Tod. LORD BUCHAN CORRESPONDENCE All related to Society of Antiquaries,
especially the various crises over the Charter, Smellie's lectures, and the
publication of the History of the Society. Lord Buchan to William Smellie. 12 February 1783. (about Buchan's
resignation from the Philosophical Society)
MS 593
no.68 21 September 1781. MS
592 no.45(2) 5 December 1783. MS
592 no.51 24 June 1790. MS
592 no.69 Rev. Dr John Walker to Lord Buchan. 14
September 1781. (includes notes by
Robert Kerr and William Smellie) MS 594
no.8 William Smellie to Lord Buchan. 20 September 1781. (Note: this letter
includes letter from Buchan in reply to Smellie dated 21 Sept 1781, on
Society of Antiquaries crisis) MS 592 no.45 2 April 1793. MS 592 no.86 DR WILLIAM BUCHAN CORRESPONDENCE All contain material about medical matters.
Many case histories from Buchan's practice, all suppressed by Robert Kerr. The "Proposal" and partial
Scottish subscriptions for his Family Physician (Domestic Medicine) as
printed and circulated in MS 593
nos 24-25 Three letters. William
Smellie to William Buchan. All without dates; however, one appears to
date from early 1760 and two from 1762. MS 593, no.47(2); MS 594, no.1 (1-4);
MS 594 no.13 Eleven letters. William
Buchan to William Smellie. First letter early 1760. MS
593 no.42 20 August 1761. MS
593 no.47(1) 7 November 1761. MS
594 no.1(5) 18 January 1762. MS
593 no.48 10 March 1762. MS
594 no.30(1) 10 July 1762. MS
593 no.49 16 October 1762. MS
593 no.50 29 February 1764. MS
594 no.34 15 December 1765. MS 593
no.54 1768.
MS 594 no.30(2) Unsigned letter to William Smellie. 26 November
1766. (about William
Buchan's wife) MS 594
no.29 SAMUEL CHARTERIS CORRESPONDENCE Personal correspondence, much candid
discussion of religion and belief and of philosophical matters, especially
concerning the activities of the Newtonian Society, Samuel Charteris to William Smellie. Letters, 1760-1786. Agreeing to correspond with Smellie, [early
1760s] MS 593
no.15 Concerning Edward Young’s Night Thoughts, [early 1760s?] MS 593
no.11 Concerning the “Speculator” (the Man in the Moon periodical), [early
1760s] MS 593
no.13 Letter of 1763 (cover only) MS 592
no.22 (insert) “Your first page made me serious”, [1763?] MS 592
no.8 Mentioning the Man in the Moon periodical, [1763?] MS 592
no.9 In praise of snails. [1763?]
MS
592, no.10 Concerning Jewish law. Fragment.
MS 594
no.2 Referring to Smellie and Creech's
publication of Charteris's Sermons in 1786. MS 592
no.5 William Smellie to Samuel Charteris. Letters covering 1760-1768. (Most are undated sequential pages from
Smellie's letter book) Concerning Smellie’s marriage, [1763]. MS
593, no.12(1) “Dear Kalents”
summoning the Newtonian Society MS 592
no.8(2) Concerning The Man in the Moon periodical.
MS 593
no.12(2) “Letter 6” and two letters numbered 7. MS 593
no.14 “You know that the Great Knack of being
happy”. MS 593
no.36 Concerning dreams. MS 594
no. 22(2) Concerning salt. MS 593
no. 45(2) “Letter 4th.” MS 594
no.20 “Letter 8”.
MS 594
nos 23 and 28 Prayer written by Smellie. MS
594 no.21 LORD KAMES CORRESPONDENCE
All letters personal; Smellie seeks Kames
as patron, and both men discuss their writing careers. William Smellie to Lord Kames. 25 April 1765. MS
593 no.52 23 April 1774 (published as two letters by Robert Kerr,
1811). MS 593 no.61(1) n.d.
Two
letters. MS 593 nos 8, 66 Lord Kames to William Smellie. 28 May 1774.
(about Bond of Surety for Smellie, and
other matters) MS 593 no.61(3) See also: Lord Kames
Surety Bond on Behalf of William Smellie under BOOKTRADE DOCUMENTS BURNS - RIDDELL CORRESPONDENCE ROBERT BURNS William Smellie to Robert Burns. 4 March
1794. Note: on reverse - draft of a letter to
Madam (likely Maria Riddell, concerning Riddell family scandal with Burns) Madam I am at a loss to know what you meant by
the conversation you had last night. If you think the Gentleman you alluded
to would be guilty of the fault you imputed to him, I am bold enough to
inform you that you are in a most egregious mistake. All the acts you alledge are ill founded. I urge you this in passing that
you may keep a better tongue in your heid and avoid
a great & insolence. See: William Nicol under
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE MS 592 no.91 MARIA RIDDELL TO WILLIAM AND ALEXANDER
SMELLIE Personal correspondence with many
references to contemporary political and literary events Letter of introduction with compliments of
Robert Burns. March 1792. MS 592 no.102 Maria Riddell to William Smellie. 7 March
1792. (see pencil
notation by William Smellie on address) MS 592
no.80 Maria Riddell to William Smellie. 10
September 1792. MS 592 no.81 MS poem to William Smellie from Maria
Riddell, on a passage from Rousseau. September 1792. MS 592 no.15 Maria Riddell to William Smellie. 16
October 1792. MS 592 no.82 Maria Riddell to William Smellie. 22
November 1792. MS 592 no. 84 Maria Riddell to William Smellie. 17
November 1793. MS 592 no.90 Maria Riddell to William Smellie. 9
February 1795. MS 592 no.95 Maria Riddell to Alexander Smellie. 7 April
1796. MS 592 no.72 Maria Riddell to Alexander Smellie. 5 July
1796. MS 592 no.101 ROBERT AND WALTER RIDDELL Robert Riddell to William Smellie. n.d.
probably 1794. (Antiquaries Society) MS 592
no.14 William Smellie to Robert Riddell. 5 March
1794. (Antiquaries Society) MS 593
no.94 Walter Riddell to William Smellie. 1791. (about Society of
Antiquaries of MS 592
no.79 ALEXANDER SMELLIE CORRESPONDENCE Personal and professional. Most items involve Alexander Smellie's
pursuit of information for Robert Kerr's biography of William Smellie. John Anderson to Alexander Smellie. 19
August 1797. (IOU for Alexander Smellie) MS 594
no.38 Henry Blaine to Alexander Smellie. 15 June
1810. (about the
biography) MS 592
no.106 Edward Bruce to Alexander Smellie. 30 June
1795. (condolences) MS 592
no.34 Dr Andrew Duncan to Alexander Smellie. 1
August 1810. (about the
biography) MS 592
no.107 Alexander Fergusson to Alexander Smellie.
26 June 1795. (Antiquaries Society) MS 592
no.98 Charlotte Hall to Alexander Smellie. 22
December 1799. (Alexander Smellie's sister-in-law; about
her marriage crisis) MS 592
no.104 Alexander Keith to Alexander Smellie. 10
March 1797. (Antiquaries Society) MS 592
no.103 Robert Kerr to Alexander Smellie. 28 June
1795. (about writing
William Smellie's biography) MS 592
no.99 Charles Mckinnon
to Alexander Smellie. 3 July 1795. (condolences) MS 592
no.100 Thomas Miller to Alexander Smellie. 13 July
1810. (about biography;
important source for William Smellie's life) MS 593
no.102 Dr
Alexander Murray to Alexander Smellie. 12 September 1810. (about the
biography; important source; includes MS 593
no.103 Patrick Neill to Alexander Smellie. 1810 (about the
biography) MS 592
no.105 Principal Playfair, St Andrew's. Two
letters to Alexander Smellie. 14 November 1810. MS
592 no.108 5 October 1813. MS 592 no.109 William Scott to Alexander Smellie. 25 June
1795. (death of William
Smellie) MS 592
no.97 George Thomson to Alexander Smellie. 15
December 1820. (indentures for
Alexander Smellie's son as an architect) MS 592
no.110 Obituary for William Smellie. Written by Alexander Smellie. 24 June
1795. MS 592 no.13 Fragment of original draft of the obituary.
24 June 1795. MS 594 no.5 Death announcement for William Smellie
printed by Alexander Smellie. 24 June 1795. MS 592 no.96 Alexander Smellie's notes
about William Smellie, provided to Robert Kerr for biography. 42 pages. Includes letter
of William Smellie to William Forbes. 1 February 1795 (pp. 7-10). MS 592
no.47 (See also, JOHN
SMELLIE CORRESPONDENCE and MARIA RIDDELL CORRESPONDENCE) JOHN SMELLIE CORRESPONDENCE All correspondence related to John
Smellie's pursuit of a career as a naval officer. John Smellie & James Mackenzie to
William Smellie. 23 February 1788. MS 593 no.70 John Smellie to William Smellie. 1 March 1789. MS
593 no.74 26 March 1790. MS
593 no.76 12 June 1790. MS
593 no. 80 24 June 1790. MS
593 no.82 11 October 1790. MS
593 no.85 26 November 1790. MS
593 no.86 n.d. (probably sometime
in 1790). MS
593 no.88 William Smellie to Captain Christian of the
Colossus. 25 May 1790. MS 593
no.77 William Smellie to John Smellie. 26 May
1790. (two
copies: second copy with draft of letter from Alexander Smellie to John
Smellie. 26 May 1790; also,
portion of William Smellie’s letter to Captain Christian) MS 593 nos 78-79 Alexander Smellie to John Smellie. 4
October 1790. MS 593 no.84 John Smellie to Alexander Smellie. 4
October 1791. On reverse: Elementary French language
exercise MS 593
no.89 WILLIAM TOD CORRESPONDENCE Tod was William Smellie's fellow apprentice
with Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, who settled for a
while in William Tod to William Smellie. 29 November 1759. MS
593 no.44 26 May 1760. MS
593 no.46 17 November 1761. MS
592 no.21. (Cover only) n.d., probably 1758. MS
593 no.17 Possibly from
William Tod, n.d. MS 592 no.7 William Smellie to William Tod. 26 March 1761. MS
593 no. 55. BOOKTRADE CORRESPONDENCE Extended business correspondence with
Robert and William Auld; John Balfour; Andrew Bell; William Creech; John
Murray; Gilbert Stuart; Andrew Strahan; William Strahan; Strahan and Cadell) Robert Auld to William Smellie. 10 October 1769. MS 529 no.23 18 October 1770. MS 592 no.25 28 October 1770. MS 592 no.26 William Auld to William Smellie. 30 April 1768. MS
593 no.56 3 October 1769. MS
529 no.22 19 January 1770. MS
592 no.111 William Auld to John Balfour. 16 October 1770. MS
592 no.24 William Smellie to William Auld. 20 February 1771. MS
593 no.60 n.d. probably January 1771 MS 593 no.40 William Smellie to Robert Auld. 20 February 1771 (includes letter to William Auld written on
same date) MS 593
no. 59 John Balfour to William Smellie. 4 September 1782. MS
592 no.48 Andrew Bell to William Smellie. 4 October 1784. MS
592 no.52 WILLIAM CREECH CORRESPONDENCE Alexander Smellie to William Creech. 1792. MS 592 no.77 William Smellie to William Creech. 6
February 1783. MS 592 no.49 William Creech to William Smellie. Fragment. August 1788. (about his Deacon
Brodie text) MS 592
no.6 13 November 1792 (on reverse: fragment of letter by
Alexander Smellie replying to Creech, 14 November 1792) MS 592
no.83 List of books returned by William Smellie
to William Creech. 15 June 1775 MS 593 no.64 JOHN MURRAY & GILBERT STUART
CORRESPONDENCE John Murray to William Smellie. 25 June 1776. MS
592 no.36 19 October 1787. MS
592 no.59 William Smellie to John Murray. 15 June
1790. MS
593 no 81 John Murray to Gilbert Stuart. 3 August
1774. (includes note by
Robert Kerr on Gilbert Stuart's love of Burton Ale – 1810) MS 593
no.62 Unsigned letter to Gilbert Stuart. 22 May
1775. (about MS 594
no.35 Gilbert Stuart to William Smellie. 1775.
MS 593 no.5 n.d. MS
593 no.4 Draft of proposal for Edinburgh Magazine
and Review. 1 November 1771 (with note by
Robert Kerr) MS 594
no.6 STRAHAN CORRESPONDENCE William Smellie to William Strahan. 1781. On reverse: notes on the preservation of
birds MS 593
no.9 William Smellie to Strahan & Cadell. October 1785 (about MS 592
no.53 n.d.
(probably sometime in 1787). MS 592 no.18 Andrew Strahan to William Smellie. 20
December 1787. MS 592 no.60 BOOKTRADE DOCUMENTS William Smellie's contract with the Scots
Magazine, signed by Alexander Murray and James Cochran. 6 September 1759.
MS 593 no.43 Surety Bond on behalf of John Balfour and
William Smellie signed by MS 593 no.61(2) Draft Contract for Edinburgh Magazine
and Review in names of William Creech, Alexander Kincaid, William Kerr,
William Smellie and Gilbert Stuart. 4 pages. MS 594
no.31 Legal Papers relating to the libel action
brought by Walter Jardine against the Edinburgh Magazine and Review;
two documents: 18 July and 2 August 1776. MS
592 nos 37-38 Headnote for William Smellie's pamphlet
letter "To the Journeymen." (on
reverse: a note about bills relating to Donald Smith, MS 593 no.93 For further Booktrade items, see under GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE:
Alexander Allardice
James Anderson Dr Thomas Blacklock Dr Gilbert Blane Rev. Mr Brown John Dalrymple Robert Dick Lord Dreghorn Robert Faulder Lord Hailes James Laing John Macniven Robert Morrison Robert Nicoll Patrick Wilson MANUSCRIPT WORKS: NATURAL HISTORY (1780-1801) 1. William Smellie: General System of
Natural History. Title +2 pages. MS 593
no.33 2. "On the
Boundaries Between Animals and Vegetables." 4 pages. MS 594 no.4 3. "On the
Methodology of the Philosophy of Natural History." 2 pages. MS 594 no.17(2) 4. "A Critique of
Certain Natural Historians." 2 pages. MS 594 no.14 5. "On Growth in
Plants." 2 pages. MS 594 no.25 6. Notes for an
"Essay on Instinct." 4 pages. MS 594 no.15 7. "On
Distinctions Between Plants and Animals." 20 pages. MS 594 no.24 8. Notes and Observations on the systems
of Buffon and Linnaeus MS 594 no.11 An account of Brissons'
classification of Birds, Quadrupeds and Cetaceous Animals MS 594 nos 12, 22(1), 26 Buffon on Birds (part of intended translation) MS
594 no.16 Thomas Pennant MS 594 no.16 An Essay on the Anomalous Productions of
Nature. 32 pages. MS 594
no.25 9. William Smellie. Directions for
the Preservation of Large Birds (a motion presented to a meeting of the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland, 1784). 8 pages. MS 593
no.57 10. William Smellie's Bibliography of
Works on Natural History (199 titles; 11 pages). MS 593
no.29 11. William Smellie. "Proposal for
a General Plan of Natural History." 1 page. MS 593 no.21 12. William Smellie. "Prospectus for
A General Natural History." 5 pages. MS 593
no.22 13. Alexander Smellie. "A
Subscription Proposal for a General Natural History by the Late William Smellie,"
1801. 4 pages. MS 593
no.20 14. William Smellie. “General Plan of a Natural History proposed to be published by W.
Smellie.” 1 page. MS 593
no.34 MANUSCRIPT WORKS: OTHER
WRITING Includes reviews,
pamphlets satires, essays, prefaces, etc. 1. "Behold yon pair"; An
Address to the Citizens of MS 593
no.18 2. The Cobbler of Cripplegate:
a satire on moral character. 2 pages. MS 593
no.19 3. On MS 593
no.31 4. A Defence of Thomas Reid's Inquiry
into the Human Mind, written for the Monthly Review, 1765.
(See letter from Ralph Griffiths under CORRESPONDENCE). 3
pages. MS 593
no. 53 5. Notes for the review of Harris's Philosophical
Arrangements, published in the Edinburgh Magazine and Review.
4 pages. MS 593
no.32 6. Notes for a review of Buffon's Natural
History for the Edinburgh Magazine and Review. 3 pages. Also notes
for subjects and reviewers for the Edinburgh Magazine and Review and
editorial speculations for contributors and articles for the early volumes of
the Magazine and Review. 2 pages. MS 594
no.17(1); MS 594 no.18 7. "Essay on the Life of Alexander
Monroe." 4 pages (incomplete). MS 594
no.10 8. Prospectus for the Scottish Chronicle,
a newspaper proposed by Smellie and to appear Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. September 1788. 3 pages. MS 593
no.73 9. An earlier version of the Prospectus
for the Scottish Chronicle. 3 pages. MS 593
no.72 10. Smellie's advertisement for Rotheram's edition of Dr William Cullen's First Lines
of the Practice of Physic, printed by Smellie for William Creech, and
one page of the manuscript of Rotheram's Preface,
corrected and rewritten by Smellie. 3 pages in total. MS 593
no.26; MS 594 no.1(6) 11. William Smellie's "Preface"
to the History of Man. 7 pages. MS 593
no.35 12. "Countrymen Beware":
Smellie's advertisement for his pamphlet An Essay on the Nature, Powers and Privileges
of Juries. 1784. 1 page. MS 593
no.28 13. "Dedication" of the Philosophy
of Natural History to the Prince of Wales. 1790. 1 page. MS 593
no.75 14. "Advertisement" for
Deacon Andrew Brodie, printed by William Smellie. 1 page. MS 593
no.23 15. William Smellie. "Tree of
Passions." 1 page. MS 593
no.30 16. De Moivre's
"Method for Calculating Annuities" printed by Smellie. 2 pages.
MS 594
no.1(7) 17. List of books on Natural History
borrowed by Smellie from the MS 593
no.27 LEGAL PAPERS 1. Disposition of William Smiton to Isobel Binney. 1650. MS 594 no.27 2. Lottery ticket, State-Lottery Office.
January 1775. In name of
William Smellie. MS 592 no.32 See: BOOKTRADE DOCUMENTS for further legal papers. |