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The George Adam Smith Archive, comprising correspondence and papers, 1859-1949, of the Very Rev Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942), theologian, Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-35; of his wife Lilian, née Buchanan (1866-1949) and her family; and of their family, particularly George Buchanan Smith (d.1915) and Robert Dunlop Smith (d.1917).

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The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...

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The papers consist of birth and baptismal certificates of Alexander and Jessie Geddes, wills and other legal documents of John Stivenson, Geddes's grandfather, and Geddes's own wills and executory papers.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...

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These papers include the birth certificates of John Rennie's children, typescript copies of some early family letters (photocopies of the originals are in MS.19966, folios 12-52), papers concerning the possible purchase of Phantassie, 1896, 1912, and a history of the firm of J and G Rennie from its foundation to its dissolution in 1862.

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Iincludes a list of Indian material of the 1st Earl of Minto deposited in the Calcutta Record Office by the 4th Earl in 1908.

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1805-1825, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Tradesmen's accounts sent to Elizabeth Loch, 1827, 1832-1833 (folio 38);

(iii) Baptismal certificates, memorials, etc., 1815-1837, undated (folio 57);

(iv) Journal of a tour in the Highlands by Mary E Loch, undated (folio 66);

(v) Miscellaneous notes, verses, etc., undated (folio 72).

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The papers include personal documents such as marriage and baptismal certificates, and others marking important events in the careers of various Pauls, such as the elder Robert's indenture to a banking firm in 1804, and the younger Robert's semi-jubilee in 1895 as Free Church minister at Dollar.