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:
Copies of official correspondence concerning the payment of the Gaikwar's force, June 1804, and state of the Gaikwar's debt, May 1807-June 1808., 1804, 1807-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13662
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1804, 1807-1808.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the possible deployment of troops to defend Bombay and the need to garrison Goa., 1805.
File
Identifier: MS.13668
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1805.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the row over the disposal of Napoleon's furniture., 1822-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.13757
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1822-1824.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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Copies of official correspondence which charts the bitter wrangle between Alexander Walker and his predecessor on St Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe, concerning the disposal of Napoleon's furniture from Longwood.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the row over the disposal of Napoleon's furniture., 1823-1825.
File
Identifier: MS.13758
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1823-1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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Copies of official correspondence which charts the bitter wrangle between Alexander Walker and his predecessor on St Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe, concerning the disposal of Napoleon's furniture from Longwood.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the row over the disposal of Napoleon's furniture., 1824.
File
Identifier: MS.13759
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1824.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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Copies of official correspondence which charts the bitter wrangle between Alexander Walker and his predecessor on St Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe, concerning the disposal of Napoleon's furniture from Longwood.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the row over the disposal of Napoleon's furniture., 1824-1825.
File
Identifier: MS.13760
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1824-1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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Copies of official correspondence which charts the bitter wrangle between Alexander Walker and his predecessor on St Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe, concerning the disposal of Napoleon's furniture from Longwood.
Copies of official correspondence concerning unrest in Malabar and taking the form of translations of depositions from Indian representatives and officials., 1796-1800.
File
Identifier: MS.13613
Scope and Contents
These copies were probably made and bound circa 1826.
Dates:
1796-1800.
Copies of official correspondence, February-April 1800, concerning the Malabar Commission, with some private correspondence, March-April 1800, between Alexander Walker and George Waddell., 1800.
File
Identifier: MS.13610
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1800.
Copies of official correspondence, February-June 1801, chiefly concerning the operation against the Pychy Raja in the Wynad region of Malabar., 1801.
File
Identifier: MS.13611
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1801.
Copies of official correspondence, February-March 1809, concerning a violent incident during the collection of the mehvási tribute., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13703
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1809.
Copies of official correspondence, January-December 1809, concerning the decision to enter Kutch., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13702
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1809.
Copies of official correspondence, July-November 1805, chiefly military, concerning Major-General Jones' part in the campaign against Holkar., 1805.
File
Identifier: MS.13666
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters are from E W Shuldham, military assistant to General Lake.
Dates:
1805.
Copies of official correspondence prior to Sir Robert Liston's arrival on his second embassy to Constantinople., 1804-1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5625-5626
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1804-1811.
Copies of official correspondence prior to Sir Robert Liston's arrival on his second embassy to Constantinople., 1804-June 1810.
File
Identifier: MS.5625
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1804-June 1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
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Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople.
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Copies of official correspondence prior to Sir Robert Liston's arrival on his second embassy to Constantinople.
Copies of official correspondence prior to Sir Robert Liston's arrival on his second embassy to Constantinople., June 1810-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.5626
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
June 1810-1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
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Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople.
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Copies of official correspondence prior to Sir Robert Liston's arrival on his second embassy to Constantinople.
Copies of official correspondence, September 1804-March 1806, which is chiefly concerned with Major-General Jones' assumption of command in Gujarat and with the powers of Walker as Resident at Baroda., 1804-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13664
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1804-1806.
Copies of official correspondence which charts the bitter wrangle between Alexander Walker and his predecessor on St Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe, concerning the disposal of Napoleon's furniture from Longwood., 1822-1825.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13757-13760
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1822-1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
Copies of official correspondence, with some original letters, 22 May-19 December 1809, concerning the formation of the field detachment for Kutch., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13704
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1809.
Copies of official correspondence, with some original reports concerning India., [?Circa 1820]-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.13740
Scope and Contents
The reports include:(i) The cultivation of coffee, 1824 (folio 3);(ii) The Baroda revenue system, undated, but post 1821 (folio 21);(iii) Memorandum, 7 August 1820, on the revision of the judicial code of the Bombay presidency, 7 August 1820 (folio 32);(iv) Regulations, undated, but circa 1820, concerning the duties of a collector, revenue regulations concerning village representatives, and queries concerning land values, with a glossary of...
Dates:
[?Circa 1820]-1824.
Copies of official memoranda and correspondence, 1805-1808, of Alexander Walker concerning the Baroda finances and including explanatory memoranda about native accounting and about Sanskrit terms, compiled circa 1826., 1805-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13842
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1805-1808.
Copies of official submissions, 22 July 1818-22 February 1819, made to the East India Company by Sir Hudson Lowe and others concerning the freeing of slaves on St Helena., 1818-1819.
File
Identifier: MS.13755
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1818-1819.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
Copies of printed papers and printed Foreign Office 'Confidential' diplomatic correspondence relating to the affairs of Italy., 1846-1849.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12105-12114
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1846-1849.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
Copies of Secret Department correspondence in 1804 and 1807 concerning the ‘Interrupted narrative’ of Malhar Rao and about his transfer from the custody of the Gaikwar's government to that of the East India Company., 1804, 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.13683
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1804, 1807.
‘Copies of some official Papers concerning the proceedings at Madras’: a volume of printed material prepared by James Stuart., 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8449
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Dates:
1783.
Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's private mission letters to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) and Prime Minister (Lord John Russell), enclosing some correspondence with British envoys in Italy and Italian politicians., 1847-1848.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12070-12072
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1847-1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.