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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 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).
Business and personal papers of William Sim, colour manufacturer.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Maxwell of Monreith family papers.
Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Microfilm of two account books, the first 1843-1859 and (inverted) 1822-1830, the second 1818-1829, of the farm of Glenim, Dumfriesshire.
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.