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Account-book of Hew MacKail, one of the Keepers of Parliament House, containing his official record of income as a Keeper. Mention is made of some of the cases heard in the Court of Session, and sometimes a note of the sentence is given.
Account book of income and expenditure for the estate and family of Hugh Miller.
Some of the entries concern Hugh Miller's publications, but most are domestic and personal.
Account book of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice.
The entries are for both income and expenditure in personal, legal and estate affairs. Erskine adopted a different method of book-keeping in 1752.
Account book of James Wilson.
Accounts relate to Wilson's job as a stocking maker in Midlothian and his farm.
Account book of John Wylie detailing mostly dealings in brandy and tea.
Account book of Magdalen Nicolson, wife of Sir Gilbert Eliott, 1st Baronet, of Stobs.
The accounts relate to household expenses in the country and in Edinburgh and to estate expenses on the Border.
Account book of Mary Dudgeon, housekeeper to the family of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice.
The entries cover kitchen and general household expenditure in both the town and country houses. These are followed by separate accounts for wine (folio 112), laundry (folio 124) and other incidental expenses (folio 129).
Account book of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar.
Written in various hands, partly by the Earls themselves.
Account book of the Board of Ordnance, 1747-1752, for building and repairs at military establishments in Scotland, and particularly at Fort Augustus and Fort William.
Many of the entries are copies of tradesmen's accounts, and include a number from John Adam, then master mason to the Board.
Account book of the Church Treasurer of St Brice, Second Charge, Kirkcaldy.
Account book of the executors of Alexander McCrae, Kingston, Jamaica, who died in 1796, containing extracts from McCrae's will concerning a trust for his children, and abstracts of the trustees' accounts.
Account book of the Layman`s Missionary Movement, Scottish Branch.
Account book of the Progressive Review Publishing Company Ltd.
Account book of the Trustees of James Dundas of Dundas (died 1780).
The accounts are between the Trustees and tenants, employees, tradesmen, etc. A loose sheet, containing draft accounts relating to 1794-1796 has been placed at the beginning of the volume (folio i).
Account book of William Baillie, a wright in Edinburgh.
Baillie apparently owned a joiner`s shop and employed a number of workmen both there and on his clients` premises. His account book records the number of days per week worked by each man, with their wages and a few receipts. Mention is made of work in the University and the Tolbooth Kirk, as well as for private individuals.
The first few pages are missing.
Account book of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange.
The accounts, which consist of the main items of his personal income and expenditure for 1757-1763, are contained in a copy of the Edinburgh Almanack for 1757.
Account book of William Tough, a general merchant in the Stirling area.
The account book contains notes of William Tough’s dealings with tradespeople, mostly in St Ninians, Sauchie and Stirling. There are also notes, undated, of expenditure on and income from a mill (folio 62).