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Microfilm of account book, 1752-1758, of Mary Dudgeon; and, consultation book, 1766-1833, of James Boswell Esquire of Auchinleck.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.100
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Account book, 1752-1758, of Mary Dudgeon, housekeeper to the family of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice (Adv.MS.2.1.9);

The Consultation Book of James Boswell Esquire of Auchinleck, Advocate Who put on the Gown 29 July 1766. Written with his own hand’, 1766-1772, 1831-1833. (Adv.MS.3.1.10).

Dates: 1752-1833.

Microfilm of account books of the family of Foulis of Ravelston, numbers 2-3.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1129
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Account book, number 2, 1684-1686 (MS.6153);

Account book, number 3, 1686-1689 (MS.6154).

Dates: 1684-1689.

Microfilm of ledgers of Fleming and Neill, printers, Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1124
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Ledger, 1764-1767 (Dep.196, number 28);

Ledger, 1767-1773 (Dep.196, number 29).

Dates: 1764-1773.

Microfilm of ledgers of Neill and Company, printers, Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1122
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Ledger, 1764-1767 (Dep.196, number 28);

Ledger, 1767-1773 (Dep.196, number 29).

Dates: 1764-1773.

Microfilm of miscellaneous account books and copy of ‘An Account of the Lord’s Gracious dealing with me; and of his remarkable hearing and answering my supplications’.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1046
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Copy of ‘An Account of the Lord`s Gracious dealing with me; and of his remarkable hearing and answering my supplications’, being the religious memoirs of Mrs Marion Veitch, wife of William Veitch, minister of Dumfries, written apparently in or about 1711, the date of the latest events recorded (Adv.MS.34.6.22), 41 frames;Account book of the Sutherland estates (Dep.313/502), 121 frames;Account book of the Sutherland estates (Dep.313/503)...
Dates: 1650-1693, ?1711.

Microfilm of notebook of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall; and, account book of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.326
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Notebook, 1667-1676, of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall (Adv.MS.13.2.17); Account book, [circa 1657-1684], of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar (Adv.MS.13.2.18).

Dates: [Circa 1657-1684.]

Microfilm of topographical surveys, 1793-1801; ‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century; and, account book, 1750-1754, of James Erskine.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.439
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Topographical surveys, 1793-1801 (Adv.MS.16.1.13);

‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century (Adv.MS.16.1.14);

Account book, 1750-1754, of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice (Adv.MS.16.1.15).

Dates: Early 18th century-1801.

Microfilm of two account books, the first 1843-1859 and (inverted) 1822-1830, the second 1818-1829, of the farm of Glenim, Dumfriesshire.

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Identifier: MS.15554 [Mf.MSS.46]
Scope and Contents

One of the account books also contains the diary of a clerk in the lead-mines at Leadhills, June-December 1745, and July 1746, and notes on optics, 18th century.

Dates: 18th century, 1818-1859.

Microfilm of various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.

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Identifier: MS.17887 [Mf.MSS.184]
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) MS.E 111. Accounts of General Henry Fletcher as colonel of the 35th Regiment with his agents Gray and Ogilvie (later Ross and Ogilvie), 1775-1794 and 1794-1798;(ii) MS.B 83. Labourers' wages, 1750-1765;(iii) MS.C 203. Cottars' book, 1780-1802, detailing rents and repairs;(iv) MS.C 204. List of letters received by Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, November 1755-April 1764, with (inverted) a list of prints;...
Dates: 1750-1802.