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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Last Letter: Mary, Queen of Scots
Digital facsimile, with transcriptions in English and French, of the last letter written by Mary, Queen on Scots. Addressed to Henry III, the French king, it tells of her impending execution, just hours away.
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Scotland's Pages
Timeline of Scottish history over the one thousand years from AD 1000 to AD 2000 includes citations to events happening elsewhere in the world and embedded documents and manuscripts related to particular events and particular times.
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Robert Louis Stevenson
Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson, including childhood, career, travels, and information on the creation of his most famous works.
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Illuminated Sonnets
Manuscript of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese," illustrated by Scottish artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Scottish Science Hall of Fame
Biographical and scientific information about discoveries and technological advances credited to ten Scots, Lord Kelvin (Kelvin scale), Alexander Graham Bell (telephone), James Watt (steam engine), and Alexander Fleming (penicillin),...
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National Library of Scotland: Churchill
A resource produced by the National Library of Scotland. It is dedicated to the life and work of Sir Winston Churchill. Students can study his life through narratives, pictures and primary documents. There are lesson activities geared to...
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Robert Burns, 1759 96
A wealth of information about the life and times of Robert Burns. Learn about his family, every stage of his life, legacy, and more.
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: The Murthly Hours
Browse pages from the Murthly Hours, a kind of prayer book popular in medieval Europe, with many, many illuminated illustrations depicting scenes from the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Golf in Scotland: 1457 1744
Overview of the history of golf in Scotland provided by original documents and texts highlighting equipment, techniques, rules, and social applications.
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National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: The Write Stuff: J. K. Rowling
Plot lines and characters for the first few Harry Potter books and biographical information about J. K. Rowling.