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Anecdotes of Oliver Cromwell's visit to Glasgow and dealings with Scotland. Probably notes for a lecture at the Literary Society of Glasgow.

Contains a detailed account of the Roman conquest of Britain, description of the Antonine Wall and the Roman artefacts excavated there. Anderson refers to the ongoing building of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the antiquities discovered by the builders at Castlecary and elsewhere along the route of the canal. Some of the essays were delivered as papers to the Literary Society of Glasgow College, possibly in 1771 and 1773.

Personal items; letters; writings on scientific, military, antiquarian and other topics; material relating to Anderson's involvement with the University of Glasgow.

Lecture notes, notebooks and operator's books for experiments; lists of scientific instruments; financial receipts and correspondence; legal documents relating to Anderson's disputes with University of Glasgow.

Papers relating to Professor Anderson's law suit with Glasgow College.

Correspondence together with Anderson's accounts of his meetings with Ordnance Board officials and trials of his Field Piece, with calendar of documents.

Anderson carefully documented all his dealings with the Duke of Richmond, Master General of the Ordnance and Ordnance officials at Woolwich. Having failed to convince the British Government of the value of his invention, Anderson had his Field Piece accepted by the French Government, for which he was later criticised.

The volumes list the apparatus required for each experiment, which Anderson's laboratory assistant or 'operator' would be expected to set out for him. One volume (MS 30.4) has also been used for notes on astronomy.

Lists room preparation and apparatus required for experiments in somatiology, electricity, magnetism, gravitation, mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics and astronomy. The same notebook has been used to record notes on astronomy.

The first of three proposed volumes. Includes index of contents. Contains correspondence and transactions, 10 March 1789-January 1790, including that with the Duke of Richmond; essays on field artillery since the use of gunpowder in war, 1788 [a version of this work was printed by Chapman and Duncan, Glasgow and circulated privately]; quotations concerning artillery and war; letter by PW Glasgow, 12 April 1797, with transcript, endorsing this volume and defending the late Professor Anderson against criticism for giving his Field Piece to the French.

Manuscript catalogues reflecting John Anderson's interest in fossils, natural history subjects and antiquities; diary of a tour to the Western Isles; account of the Antonine Wall.

Manuscript letter, with photocopy and transcript. Thanks Anderson for the books he has sent and is pleased with Anderson's Institutes [of Physics]. Franklin's health is not good.

Commonplace books, writings on religion, literature, Scotticisms and catalogues of books.

Contains comments on books he has read and his thoughts on contemporary issues. Volume 3 includes observations on life in France written at Montaubon in 1754.

56 lines. Refers to the Reverend John Anderson, 1688-1726, grandfather of John Anderson, 1726-1796, natural philosopher.

Discourse read to the Literary Society in Glasgow College, November 1781, with extensive notes in support of his argument. Anderson proposed the erection in Buchanan Street, Glasgow, of an obelisk to George Buchanan, 16th century poet, political writer and historian. In fact, an obelisk was built in Buchanan's birthplace, Killearn, in 1788.