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Reference NoDD78/2
TitleBound manuscript "Copies of Letters to and from Robert Barclay the apologist also letters to and from his son Robert Barclay 1659 to 1742 – Robert Barclays journal of a tour to France in 1752"
DescriptionOpens with an index to the letters.
Pages 1 – 92: copies of letters of Robert Barclay and Robert Barclay Junior.
Page 95-103: Journal of Arthur Kett Barclay (1806-1869) on the occasion of his attending the funeral of the last Laird of Urie (Robert Barclay Allardice) in 1854.
At reverse "R. Barclay’s Journal to Paris &c 1752", with pencil notes about authorship opposite (8 sheets).

Binding has Barclay of Ury crest on cover.

Letters to and from Robert Barclay, the Apologist:
Page 1: William Earl Marischal at Bervie to Colonel David Barclay, 12 March 1659
Page 2: Robert Barclay to Wrosne, a Burgomaster of Rotterdam, 11 Jul 1675
Page 3: George Fox at Swathmore, to Robert Barclay, 16 Dec 1675
Page 5: David Barclay of Ury, imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth, to his son Robert Barclay, 12 May 1676
Page 6: From George Keith, imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth, to Robert Barclay, 12 May 1676;
Page 6: From Elizabeth Princess Palatine of the Rhine to Robert Barclay, 21/31 July 1676
Page 7: From Elizabeth Princess Palatine of the Rhine to Robert Barclay, 6 Oct 1676 and 1/11 Dec 1676
Page 8: Robert Barclay from London to Princess Elizabeth, 24 Jun 1676
Page 9: Robert Barclay from Edinburgh to Princess Elizabeth, 6 Sept 1676
Page 11: Robert Barclay from Urie to Princess Elizabeth, 28 Oct 1676
Page 11: Robert Barclay, from Aberdeen Prison, to Franciscus Mercurius Van Helmont, 17 Nov 1676
Page 13: Robert Barclay , from Aberdeen Prison, to Princess Elizabeth, 24 Dec 1676
Page 15: Elizabeth Princess Palatine to Robert Barclay, 9/18 Feb 1676
Page 16: Robert Barclay, from Aberdeen Prison, to “Ad Gaalum”, Magistrate of Rotterdam 5 Mar 1677 [in Latin]
Page 19: Robert Barclay, from Aberdeen Prison, to Princess Elizabeth, 5 Mar 1677
Page 21: Robert Barclay, from London, to Princess Elizabeth, 15 Jun 1677
Page 21: Elizabeth Princess Palatine to Robert Barclay, 6/16 July 1677
Page 22: Princess Elizabeth to Benjamin Furley, 6/16 July 1677
Page 22: Robert Barclay, from Aberdeen Prison, to David van den Enden, merchant in Cullen upon the Rhine, 17 Mar 1677
Page 24: Elizabeth Princess Palatine to Robert Barclay 1/11 Mar 1677
Page 24: Robert Barclay, from Theobalds near London, to Princess Elizabeth 12 Sept 1677
Page 25: Elizabeth Princess Palatine at Ruden, to Robert Barclay, 25 Nov 1677
Page 25: Robert Barclay, from Ury, to Princess Elizabeth, 28 Dec 1677
Page 27: John Durie at Cassel to Robert Barclay, 25 Nov 1677
Page 29: John Durie at Cassel to Robert Barclay, 17/27 Feb 1678
Page 31: George Fox to Robert Barclay
Page 32: Sarah Fell, Swathmore, to Robert Barclay 21st 11 mo. 1676
Page 33: From George Fox, Swarthmore, to the Prisoners, 5 1st mo. 1679
Page 34: From George Fox, Swarthmore to Robert Barclay,29 1st mo 1679
Page 34: Robert Barclay, from Rotterdam, to Princess Elizabeth, 6 5th mo. 1679
Page 35: George Fox, Swathmore, to Robert Barclay, 8th of 2nd mo. 1679
Page 36: George Fox, Swathmore, to Robert Barclay, 18th of 11th mo. 1679
Page 37: Sarah Fell, Swathmore, to Robert Barclay, 4th 12th mo. 1679
Page 38 : Robert Barclay to Ad Gaalum, Magistrate of Rotterdam Mar 1680 [in Latin]
Page 39: Robert Barclay, Ury, to T. Collians, March 1680 [In Latin]
Page 40: James Duke of York to Robert Barclay, 27 Jun 1680
Page 40: George Fox, London, to Robert Barclay, 31st of 4th mo. 1680, with additional note from Thomas Dockrey
Page 41: Earl of Perth, at Edinburgh, to Robert Barclay 12 Oct 1680
Page 42: George Fox, London, to Robert Barclay, 2 Nov 1680
Page 42: Earl of Perth, at Edinburgh, to Robert Barclay, 7 Nov 1681
Page 43: Roger Langworth, Amsterdam, to George Fox, 7 Dec 1685
Page 43: George Fox, Kingston upon Thames, to Robert Barclay, 19 of 10th mo. 1685
Page 44: George Fox, Edmuntoun, to Robert Barclay, 19 of 5th mo. 1686
Page 44: John Osgood and Francis Camfeild to Robert Barclay, 22 5th mo. 1686
Page 44: James Stuart Advocate, Amsterdam, to Robert Barclay, 20 May 1687

Copies of letters to and from Robert Barclay Junior, son of the Apologist:
Page 45: David Wallace to Robert Barclay, 19th of 12th mo. 1691
Page 46: Alexander Seaton to Robert Barclay, 9 Nov 1692
Page 46: Sir Hugh Calder to Robert Barclay, 25 Sep 1692
Page 47: Jean Mollison to Robert Barclay. 14 Nov 1690
Page 47: John Barclay, from East New Jersey, to his nephew Robert Barclay, 5th of 3rd mo. 1691
Page 47: Sir John Rhodes to Robert Barclay, 10th of 1st mo. 1693
Page 48: William Penn to Robert Barclay 31 Oct 1693
Page 48: Viscount Arbuthnot to Robert Barclay 14 March 1694
Page 48: Robert Barrow and Robert Wardel to Robert Barclay , 12 Oct 1694
Page 49: Alexander Seaton to Robert Barclay , 24 Nov 1694
Page 50: Anne, Countess of Erroll to Robert Barclay, 17 Jan 1694
Page 50: Peter Gardiner to Robert Barclay, 28 of 11th mo. 1694
Page 50: Peter Gardiner to Christian Barclay, 28 of 11th mo. 1694
Page 51: George Fox to Christian Barclay, 28 Dec 1690, post script by George Whitehead
Page 52: Anne, Countess of Erroll to Christian Barclay, 27 Feb 1692
Page 52: Christian Barclay to Friends in and about Aberdeen, 15 of 6th mo. 1693
Page 53: Christian Barclay to Friends At London, 29 of 6th mo. 1693
Page 55: Women’s Meeting at London to Christian Barclay, 1st mo. 1694
Page 56: William Penn to Robert Barclay 7 of 12th mo. 1694
Page 56: Peter Gardiner to Robert Barclay, 8 of 12th mo. 1694
Page 57: Henry Goldney to Robert Barclay, 28 of 12th mo. 1694
Page 58: Andrew Jaffray to Robert Barclay, 2 of 12th mo. 1694/5
Page 59: James Forbes to Robert Barclay, 17 of 12th mo. 1694/5
Page 59: Alexander Seaton to Robert Barclay, 29 of 2nd mo. 1695
Page 60: George Knipes to Robert Barclay, 7 of 3rd mo. 1695
Page 61: Robert Gerard to Robert Barclay, 17 of 12th mo. 1695/6
Page 62: Samuel Walenfield and others to Robert Barclay. 22 Dec 1696
Page 63: James Forbes to Robert Barclay, 1 of 3rd mo. 1697
Page 64: Robert Barclay to Robert Cummin, 7 of 8th mo. 1697
Joshua Middleton to Robert Barclay, 7 of 10th mo. 1697
Page 65: Sir Ewen Cameron to Robert Barclay, 7 Jan 1697
Page 65: Anne, Countess of Erroll, to Robert Barclay , 4 Aug 1705
Page 65: Anne, Countess of Erroll, to Robert Barclay , 19 Dec 1705
Page 66: Robert Barclay to Lord Balhaven, Dec 1706
Page 66: William, Earl Marischal, to Robert Barclay, Dec 1706
Page 67: Robert Barclay to Lord Pitsligo 11 Sep 1707
Page 68 Lord Pitsligo to Robert Barclay, 2 Oct 1707
Page 68: Viscount Arbuthnot to Robert Barclay
Page 69: Viscount Arbuthnot to Robert Barclay
Page 68: Henry Goldney to Robert Barclay
Page 69: James Dickinson to Robert Barclay
Page 70: Sir Peter Fraiser to Robert Barclay
Page 70: to Robert Barclay to Sir Peter Fraiser
Page 71: Robert Barclay to Charles Young
Page 75: Sir David Dalrimple to Robert Barclay
Page 72: Countess of Sutherland to Robert Barclay
Page 72: Robert Barclay to Countess Sutherland
Page 72: Lord Grange to Robert Barclay
Page 73: Robert Barclay to George Whitehead
Page 73?: Robert Barclay to Quarterly Meeting at Aberdeen
Page 73: George Whitehead to Robert Barclay
Page 75: Robert Barclay to George Whitehead
Page 76: Robert Barclay to the Earl of Marr
Page 76: George Whitehead to Robert Barclay
Page 76: Robert Barclay to the Duke of Argyll
Page 78: Robert Barclay to George Whitehead
Page 85: Robert Plumsted to Robert Barclay, 23 Jan 1741
Page 86: Robert Barclay to Robert Plumsted, 3 Feb 1741
Page 88: Robert Plumsted to Robert Barclay, 11 Mar 1741/2
Page 91: Robert Barclay to Robert Plumsted, 22 Mar 1741/2
Date19th century
Extent1 volume
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