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Copies of letters of William Porteous to James Linn.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7461
Scope and Contents

Mostly on personal matters.

Dates: 1860-1863.

Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15001-15195
Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1757-1934, undated.

Letter book of Charles Ormston.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6974
Scope and Contents

Comprising copies of over 1000 letters by him, mostly on commercial matters and also concerning Quaker affairs.

Dates: 1720-1730.

Letter-book of John Russell of Braidshaw, Writer to the Signet (adrnitted 1711), started in 1700 and continued until 1712, with an almost complete gap between December 1704 and January 1707, and another between November 1707 and May 1709.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.9
Scope and Contents

The volume contains copies, drafts and summaries of his outgoing letters, and copies of legal and financial documents concerning himself and his sisters. Several letters are addressed to merchants and officials in Rotterdam (where his father had been a merchant) and in other parts of Holland.

Dates: 1700-1712.

Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).

 File
Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso). (ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates: 1804-1817.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates: 1805-1845.

Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.3.26-23.3.30
Scope and Contents The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...
Dates: 1639-1789.