Receipts. Financial records
Found in 187 Collections and/or Records:
Receipt by John Hay, later 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, to Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, for the title deeds of lands near Dunfermline., 1651.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Receipt by Margaret Urry Lamont to John Lamont of Kilfinan., 13 December 1723.
Receipt by Mary Lamont of Strachur to Archibald Lamont of that Ilk., 29 December 1744.
Receipt by Neill Campbell of Duntroon to Archibald Lamont of that Ilk., 30 July 1753.
Receipt by Neill Campbell of Duntroon to Archibald Lamont of that Ilk., 1 February 1757.
Receipt by Patrick Shaw of Langshaw, on behalf of Mary Countess of Buccleuch, to James Dick in Coldoun for feu-duty.
Receipt for a payment by the King of France to a Receiver-General of Finances., 1525.
Receipt for Heinrich Schliemann`s photograph albums and plans, purchased by Sinclair Hood.
Receipt for land tax paid by Lord Haddington to the Jacobite army.
Receipt for salmon of John Forbes sold by William Duff, Provost of Inverness, to William Fraser, merchant there., 1711.
Receipt for stipends., 1727.
Receipt given by David Hume, the philosopher, to John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, for interest on a bond., 1751.
Ch.1492-1539 relate to a family of Spottiswood (most often spelt Spottiswod; also other variants) in Edinburgh.
Receipt given by the Edinburgh Life Assurance Company to Sir Walter Scott for an instalment on shares., 1824.
Receipt given by the Edinburgh Oil Gas Company to Walter Scott [afterwards 2nd Baronet] for a deposit on shares., 1824.
Receipt of fee of admission on trials for passing advocate., 20 June 1811.
Receipt of Patrick Campbell of Auchindarroch to James Lamont of Auchinshelloch., 24 March 1679.
Receipt of Sir William Scot of Balwery to Henry Hakket of Petfurane for £16, the balance of £60 due for the composition of the lands of Petfurane held of him., 7 April 1512.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Receipt of the Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company.
For shipment of a box from London to Leith to Messrs J Smith and Son.
Receipt of William Robertson to William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, for a family painting, a frame and a "perspective camera".
Receipt to Charles Hamilton, Earl of Selkirk, for £250 paid by him for Exchequer Bills., 1697.
Receipt to Colin Campbell of Kilcalmonell and Colin Campbell of [?] from John Lamont of Rowe., 27 November 1619.
Receipts for ammunition, notes of scores, notes of rifles issued, and other papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion concerning equipment, 1861-1865, and undated (folio 1), together with various printed papers, mainly Company and Battalion Orders, 1859-1866, 1870, and undated (folio 225)., 1859-1870.
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Receipts for payment of the first dividend by the Trustees of James Ballantyne and Sir Walter Scott.
Includes other accounts and financial papers concerning the affairs of Scott, most being addressed to John Gibson, W.S.