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Cashbooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of original entry in which a record is kept of all cash receipts, disbursements, or both.

Found in 571 Collections and/or Records:

Minutes, letter book and cash books of the Mortonhall Curling Club.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24652-24655
Scope and Contents

Formed in 1868, the membership of the Mortonhall Curling Club was drawn largely from local landed families and the legal profession. For most of the Club's exsistence curling took place upon a constructed 'deep water pond' flooded annually in the winter months, but in the early 20th century two adjacent 'artificial ice rinks' were added. The Club was dissolved in 1916.

Dates: 1868-1917.

Miscellaneous account books of the Hays of Yester., 18th century-1818.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14615-14617
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 18th century-1818.

Miscellaneous cashbooks and notebooks of various members of the Airth family., 1776-1882.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.10926-10941
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates: 1776-1882.

Miscellaneous cashbooks of John Richardson and Company., 1774-1801.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20977-20980
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The early volumes are general account books, but from 1800 the financial side was divided into three branches. The ledgers, journals, and waste books concerning shipping are distinguished by a letter, those for fish curing by a number, and those for fishing by neither.

Dates: 1774-1801.

Miscellaneous Fettercairn Estate Management Papers., 1773-1957.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/789-832
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1773-1957.

Miscellaneous financial papers of John Richardson and Company., 1756-1820, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20975-20981
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The early volumes are general account books, but from 1800 the financial side was divided into three branches. The ledgers, journals, and waste books concerning shipping are distinguished by a letter, those for fish curing by a number, and those for fishing by neither.

Dates: 1756-1820, undated.

Miscellaneous financial records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'., 1852-1972.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/135-144
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1852-1972.

Miscellaneous foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches., 1822-1931.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8012-8022
Scope and Contents

The papers are arranged as follows: MS.8012-8014. Scottish Missionary Society; MS.8015-8016. East Africa Scottish Mission; MS.8017. Madras Christian College; MS.8018-8019. Scottish Churches Mission Board. MS.8020. Arouca. MS.8021-8022. Printed papers.

Dates: 1822-1931.

Other writings of Alexander Carlyle., 1750-1803, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23917-23925
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Alexander Carlyle's papers consist chiefly of journals, sermons, lectures, autobiographical writings, writings on various topics, poetry and papers on church and other affairs. The later papers (MSS.23927-23930) consist of a list of his books, excerpts from his writings and excerpts of proceedings in the action against him by the Presbytery of Dalkeith.

Dates: 1750-1803, undated.

Papers collected by Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster in St Ninians, in his capacity as session clerk, concerning the parish of St Ninians., 1709-1850.

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9679-9684
Scope and Contents

Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster at St Ninians and session clerk from circa 1779 to 1804, was related to the Wilson family through his daughter Martha, who married Alexander Wilson, younger son of the original William Wilson.

Dates: 1709-1850.

Papers concerning the family of Moubray of Cockairnie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16435-16436
Dates: Late 16th century-19th century.

Papers, mostly financial and property records, of and relating to the Carntyne estate, including papers relating to interests of the Gray family in the coal industry., 1518-1945.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.8100/1-111
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Most of these papers consist of titles and estate papers relating to the lands of Carntyne and Shettleston in Glasgow. They are particularly important for the history of the colliery at Westmuir from the death of John Gray of Carntyne in 1796 until that of his grandson, the Rev John Hamilton Gray, in 1867, but there is material from both before, and in particular from after that period. Robert Gray (d.1833) was a resident landowner, and an enthusiastic coalmaster. Though not all the Westmuir...
Dates: 1518-1945.

Papers of Charles Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton., 1848-1904.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/146-161
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1848-1904.

Papers of Charles Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton., 1884-1942.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/162-173
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1884-1942.

Papers of Jane Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis, Lady Clinton., 1880-1936.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/174-178
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1880-1936.

Papers of John Murray Belsches., 1821-1861.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/208-213
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1821-1861.

Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras., 1765-1793.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5381-5389
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Andrew Stuart was a noted lawyer and politician. As lawyer he acted as agent for some important Scottish noble families, in particular the Dukes of Hamilton; as politician he represented Lanarkshire in Parliament, and was a member of the Board of Trade in Lord North's administration. The papers here are almost entirely of a legal and personal nature.

Dates: 1765-1793.

Papers of Margaret Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis., 1889-1914.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/143-145
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1889-1914.

Papers of the Committee for Liquidating the Debt of the Free Church of Scotland., 1841-1844.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19191-19193
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1841-1844.