Accounts concerning Sir John and Sir Charles Gilmour.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Apothecary's account for 1666-1667, presented by James Borthwick to Sir John Gilmour (folio 1);
(ii) Account of the household expenditure of Sir Charles Gilmour in 1742 (folio 7);
(iii) Account of expenditure in London during the winters of 1745-1746 and 1747-1748, kept, apparently, by a Scots official at the Board of Trade (folio 56).
Dates
- Creation: 1666-1667, 1742, 1745-1748.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
68 Leaves ; Small folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Custodial History
The accounts were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Lyon and Turnbull’s, September 1947, lot 220.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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