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Bankbooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books held by depositors in which a bank enters a record of the depositor's transactions.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Margaret O W Oliphant and others.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23209-23219
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters of and to and papers of Margaret Oliphant and members of her family (MSS.23209-23211), her bank pass-book (MS.23212), diaries (MSS.23213-23216) and manuscripts of two of her works (MSS.23217-23219).

Dates: 1754, 1762, 1844-1921, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents

The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: ?19th century-[?1921].

Photostats of David Hume's bank pass-book for his running account with Coutts's bank.

 File
Identifier: MS.3028
Scope and Contents

On David Hume's death in 1776 the balance is transferred to an account in the name of his brother John Home of Ninewells, as executor.

Dates: 1763-1778.