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Printed materials. Object genre.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Genre of written works published or otherwise available in printed form, usually on paper.

Found in 1186 Collections and/or Records:

Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control., February-April 1806.

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Identifier: MS.11276
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: February-April 1806.

Letters and papers relating chiefly to the City of Edinburgh., 1773, 1790-1837, 1849.

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Identifier: MS.351
Scope and Contents The correspondents and subjects dealt with include: Contract of Professor William Cullen, 1773; Professor John Playfair, 1790; Sir William Forbes and the proposed regulations regarding Bills of Exchange and Notes, 1790; Sir John Sinclair and Scottish wool, 1791; Mutiny of Highland troops at Linlithgow, 1794; Report on the Friends of the People and on J Gerrald, 1794; Printed circular letter to the Faculty of Advocates regarding the Deanship and Henry Erskine, with...
Dates: 1773, 1790-1837, 1849.

Letters and papers relating to taxation, salt-duty and fisheries., 1785-1820, undated.

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Identifier: MS.640
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters and papers relating chiefly to taxation 1786-1820. The correspondents and subjects dealt with include duties on soap and candles, 1786-1787; surveyors of windows, etc., in North Britain, 1787; malt-tax in Scotland, 1788; Inspector General for Stamps for Scotland, 1790; accounts of the Receiver General for Scotland in respect of the land-tax, 1788-90; window, house, etc., taxes, 1878-1879; petition of the glasswork companies at Leith,...
Dates: 1785-1820, undated.

Letters and poems of George Macdonald.

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Identifier: MS.9745
Scope and Contents

The letters, which include some from his wife Louisa, are written to Baron and Lady Mount-Temple. They mention George Macdonald's work, give news of himself and of his family, describe his surroundings in Italy, and contain many reflections on God and the next world. The poems (folio 95) are both manuscript and printed. There are also a few poems included in the letters.

Dates: 1862-1900.

Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1886, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.15130-15133
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates: 1770-1886, undated.

Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1804.

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Identifier: MS.15130
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates: 1770-1804.

Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.

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Identifier: MSS.9310-9315
Scope and Contents

The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.

Dates: 1779-1884.

'Letters from the Governor-General of India in Council Affghanistan' [sic]., 16, 19 October 1840.

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Identifier: MS.12202
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: 16, 19 October 1840.

'Letters from the Governor-General of India to the Secret Committee: Affghanistan. [sic]. Herat. Bokhara, Simla'., 19 September-14 October 1839.

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Identifier: MS.12178
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: 19 September-14 October 1839.

'Letters from the Governor-General to the Secret Committee', 'Bokhara ... Herat And Memoir on the country between Herat and Cabool'., 11, 13, 15 January 1840.

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Identifier: MS.12185
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: 11, 13, 15 January 1840.

'Letters from the Governor-General to the Secret Committee', 'Fairs and Tolls in the Countries on the Indus, Gwalior'., 13 January 1840.

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Identifier: MS.12186
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: 13 January 1840.

Letters, minutes and other papers of the Abbotsford Club., 1714-1857, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1867
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, orders for paper, minutes of meetings, lists of subscriptions, etc., 1834-1843, 1857 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of letters, 1714-1726, of the Earls of Mar and Inverness to Alexander Robertson of Strowan, preceded by a short account of Strowan, undated (folio 44);(iii) Printed minutes of meetings, 1840-1842, 1844, and rules of the Club, 1842 (folio 81);(iv) Specimen cheque and receipts taken from the Club's...
Dates: 1714-1857, undated.

Letters of Joyce Cary to Professor John Dover Wilson, and one to C B Young.

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Identifier: MS.10799
Scope and Contents

Joyce Cary discusses his literary work and two lectures he was to deliver in Edinburgh, and gives his impressions of East Africa and India. A printed copy of the laureation address delivered when he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Edinburgh University in 1953 is included (folio 23).

Dates: 1942-1955.

Letters of Richard Baird Smith to his sister Helen, his wife Florence, daughter of Thomas De Quincey, and other members of the family., 1843-1861, undated.

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Identifier: MS.10983
Scope and Contents The early letters describe the scenery and people of India and mention Richard Baird Smith’s work on canals and his part in the Sikh war of 1848. There is a long series of letters to his wife, written almost daily from December 1856 to March 1857, which give details of his activities and comment on current events while he was travelling from Delhi to Agra, Gwalior, Cawnpore and Roorkee. A second, more fragmentary, series covers the period December 1857-February 1858. Also included are a...
Dates: 1843-1861, undated.

Letters of Ronald Campbell Macfie to Mairi Campbell Ireland., 1930-1931, undated.

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Identifier: MS.19326
Scope and Contents

Ronald Campbell Macfie writes about mutual friends and acquaintances and discusses poetry at some length, both his own and that of others. Drafts of two of his poems, 'High Lands and High Ladies' and 'The Aberdonian' are included (folios 65-72). The correspondence is followed (folio 123) by other manuscript, typescript and printed poems, most of which were published in ‘The complete poems of Ronald Campbell Macfie’, 1937.

Dates: 1930-1931, undated.

Letters relating to the Mar Peerage Case., 1870-1871.

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Identifier: MS.312
Scope and Contents

The letters are chiefly addressed to John Gough Nichols, editor of ‘The Herald and Genealogist’, by the Reverend Thomas Agar Holland, R R Stodart, Lyon Office, Edinburgh, the Earl of Mar, and Alexander Sinclair, Edinburgh. There are also printed pamphlets on the subject, some by Sinclair, with his manuscript corrections.

Dates: 1870-1871.