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SP1
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Royal letter books
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1505-1631
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Other Scottish royal letter books are in the National Library of Scotland and the British Library
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SP2
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Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine
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1543-1588
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SP3
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Letter Book of James Johnston, Joint Secretary
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1692-4
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SP4
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Warrant books of the Secretary for Scotland
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1670-1709
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Entry books of warrants of instruments under the Scottish great and privy seals, commissions in the army, instructions to officials and other documents passing through the office of the secretaries of state.
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SP6
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Treaties with England
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1328-1605 63 items.
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Including the Treaty of Edinburgh/Northampton, 1327/8 and the Treaty of Perpetual Peace,1502.
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SP7
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Treaties with France
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1326-1612
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51 items. Including the Treaty of Corbeil, April 1326, documents relative to privileges extended to Scottish merchants in France and to the marriage of the Dauphin Francis to Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1558.
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SP8
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Treaties with Norway, Denmark and Sweden
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1312-1589
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8 items. Including the treaty for the marriage of King James III of Scotland and Margaret, daughter of King Christian of Denmark in 1468, as a result of which the Orkney and Shetland Islands became part of Scotland and the contract for the marriage of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark in 1589.
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SP9
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Treaties with the Empire, Burgundy, The Low Countries and Friesland
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1427-1552
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8 items. Including James V's oath on his investiture with the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1532.
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SP10
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Oaths of sovereigns at their succession
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1689-1952
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SP11
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Royal proclamations
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1736-1847
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Mainly relating to public thanksgivings and calls for a general fast.
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SP12
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Regalia papers
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1704-1953
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Mainly relating to the deposit of the Scottish regalia in the crown room at Edinburgh Castle in 1707 and the opening of the room in 1817.
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SP13
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Miscellanea
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1292-1740
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Including the letter of the barons of Scotland to Pope John XXII, 6 April 1320, the 'Declaration of Arbroath' (SP13/7); act of settlement regulating the order of succession to the Scottish Crown, 4 April 1373; copies of the National Covenant, 1638-1639; the Treaty of Union, 1707; letters of King James V, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth I, King James VI and others.
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