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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 5441 Collections and/or Records:

Business correspondence of T [and] T Clark., 1870-1989, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10689/1-83
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The bulk of the material is from the 1970s-1980s, however there are much earlier files in the author correspondence (Acc.10689/1-41) from as far back as 1870.

Dates: 1870-1989, undated.

Business, estate and agricultural correspondence of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and his eldest son, the Earl of Gifford., 1814-1876, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14455-14463
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Unless specified otherwise, letters are addressed to, and correspondence is of, George, Marquess of Tweeddale (1787-1876), or his wife Susan, Marchioness of Tweeddale (1797-1870).

Dates: 1814-1876, undated.

Business, estate and local affairs correspondence of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale., 1652-1697, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14409-14412
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Unless specified otherwise, letters are addressed to, and correspondence is of, John, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale (1626-1697), created Marquess of Tweeddale in 1694, or his wife Jean, Countess of Tweeddale (1628-1688), The 1st Marquess was known as Lord Yester from 1646 until he succeeded his father, the 1st Earl, in 1654.

Dates: 1652-1697, undated.

Business, estate and local affairs correspondence of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale., 1658-1713.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14417-14418
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Unless specified otherwise, letters are addressed to, and correspondence is of, John, Marquess of Tweeddale (1645-1715), or his wife Mary, Marchioness of Tweeddale (died 1702), daughter of the Duke of Lauderdale. The 2nd Marquess was known as Lord Yester until 1694, and Earl of Yester from 1694 until he succeeded his father, the 1st Marquess, in 1697.

Dates: 1658-1713.

Business, estate and local affairs correspondence of the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1754-1785, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14436-14439
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Unless specified otherwise, letters are addressed to, and correspondence is of, George, Marquess of Tweeddale (1710-1787). Until he succeeded his nephew, the 5th Marquess, in 1770 he was known as Lord George Hay of Newhall. Also included is the correspondence of Major William Hay, heir presumptive to the Tweeddale title until his death in 1781.

Dates: 1754-1785, undated.

Business papers, 1829, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with Gl-K., 1829.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6926-6927
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1829.

Business papers, 1830, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with Be-D., 1830.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6932-6934
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1830.

Business papers of John Blythe Kinross., 1927-1984, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.8699/1-26
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Containing correspondence, memorandums, diaries and other papers.The main interest of the collection lies in the material to the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), to the financing of small businesses, and in general to Kinross’s activities in the City of London from 1928 to the present day. In addition to formal business, the papers contain a significant quantity of private correspondence, and some interest diaries. All the papers carry useful and sometimes...
Dates: 1927-1984, undated.

Business papers of Sir John Rennie., 1832-1841.

 File
Identifier: MS.19943
Scope and Contents

The papers include memoranda concerning London Bridge, 1832, incoming correspondence, 1835-1841, and other miscellaneous accounts and papers, 1835-1838, mostly relating to the Commercial (London and Blackwall) Railway.

Dates: 1832-1841.

Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'., 1832-1972, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/1-164
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: 1832-1972, undated.

Cadell Collection, volume I: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and his firm., 1796-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.742
Scope and Contents

The correspondents also include: James Ballantyne [?1813-1821]; John Ballantyne, 1813-1820; Robert Cadell, 1813-1821; William Erskine, 1811; Reverend C R Maturin, 1817-1818; and Sir Thomas Slingsby, of Scriven, 1806.

Dates: 1796-1821.

Cadell Collection, volume III: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne., 1825-1828.

 File
Identifier: MS.744
Scope and Contents

The other correspondents are Archibald Constable, 1825-1826; Sir Adam Ferguson, 1827; John Gibson Lockhart, 1827; Charles Mills, historian, 1825; and John Murray, [?1816].

There is also an inventory of Walter Scott's letters, found among Archibald Constable's papers and sent to Robert Cadell, signed by David Constable, 1833.

Dates: 1825-1828.

Cadell Collection, volume IV: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne., 1828-1831, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.745
Scope and Contents

There are a number of undated letters of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne at the end of the volume. There are also letters of Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, 1830; Lord Advocate Rae, 1828; and Alexander Young of Harburn, 1829.

Dates: 1828-1831, undated.

CD-ROM, 'Fairley, letter July 2007', containing document of Rob Fairley., 2007.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(4)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2007.

CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter 07 Sept 07', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2007.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(7)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2007.

CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter Sept 19 2007', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2007.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(8)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2007.

CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter to Peter, January 2008', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2008.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(10)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2008.

Certified copy, dated 1712, of an account of the court-martial held on John, Master of Sinclair, for the murder of Ensign Hugh Schaw and Captain Alexander Schaw, 1708., 1708, 1710, 1823.

 File
Identifier: MS.1572
Scope and Contents

Included are copies of the relevant correspondence of Sir John Schaw of Greenock, 1708, 1710.

This is the manuscript edited by Sir Walter Scott for the Roxburghe Club in 1828 and described by him in that edition. It contains a note by Scott, different from his published preface (folio 2), an unsigned note of 1823, and one of R Scott Moncrieff (folio 41).

Dates: 1708, 1710, 1823.