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Account and letter books of W Green and Son Ltd, and of their predecessors, Bell and Bradfute, law publishers, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.193
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-522
Scope and Contents
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-2002, undated.
Letter book and accounts, 1805-1835, of Ilay Burns, writer in Bo'ness.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14249-14252
Dates:
1805-1835.
Letter-book of Field-Marshal George Wade, when "Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces, Castles, Forts and Barracks in North Britain".
Item
Identifier: MS.7187
Scope and Contents
The first half of the volume contains Field-Marshal George Wade's orders to various officers concerning troop movements from his arrival in Edinburgh in June 1725 to September 1726, first in connection with the Malt Tax riots, then with movements into summer and winter quarters. This portion also includes records of two courts-martial for desertion, and of a reprimand of an absent officer. This is followed (folio 81) by thirteen letters from Wade to Henry Pelham, Secretary at War, and Lord...
Dates:
1725-1732.
Letter-book of Richard Coren, Lieutenant-Governor of Edinburgh Castle.
File
Identifier: MS.8027
Scope and Contents
The letter-book, 1751-1762, includes correspondence of Richard Coren and General Humphrey Bland, Governor of the Castle and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Scotland, the Board of Ordnance, and various army agents in London. The letters concern the financial affairs of the garrison, the repair and improvement of the structure of the Castle (including the construction of the Esplanade), and relationships between the garrison and the town. At the end, inverted, is a series of...
Dates:
1751-late 18th century.
Letter books and papers of the Lorn Furnace Company founded by Furness ironmasters, with works at Bunawe.
Series
Identifier: MSS.993-995
Dates:
1752-1813, undated.
Minute books and other records of the United Incorporation of Mary`s Chapel, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.302
Dates:
1755-1949.
Miscellaneous manuscripts formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1879-1887
Dates:
1623-19th century.
Office records of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.301
Dates:
1726-1888.
Papers concerning estate management in the highlands.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5639
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. letter book, 1806-1824, concerning the Glenlyon Estate
2. accounts and papers, 1896-1914, concerning Barcaldine
3. ledger, 1848-1854, of Sir Alexander Campbell
4. index, 18th century.
Dates:
circa 1700-1914.
Records of the firm of M J Brown, Son and Co, WS, consisting of letterbooks, ledgers and journals, with eight bundles of loose papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.212
Scope and Contents
The collection also includes some earlier documents.
Dates:
Circa 1880-1964.