Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".
Found in 1291 Collections and/or Records:
Account of a visit by Mrs A McLachlan to Magomero, the original site of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa., 1978.
Item
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 356-358
Account of an expedition by the acting governor against the state of Esikuma., 1837.
Item
Identifier: MS.20323
Scope and Contents
This account appears to be the only source for this action.
Dates:
1837.
Accounts, 1865-1869, with Lindsay, Mackay and Howe, with other letters and papers., [?1865-?1869.]
File
Identifier: Acc.3521/13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including legal and financial papers.
Dates:
[?1865-?1869.]
Accounts, letters and other papers., 1844-1847.
File
Identifier: Acc.3521/16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including legal and financial papers.
Dates:
1844-1847.
Accounts, letters and other papers., 1854.
File
Identifier: Acc.3521/29
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including legal and financial papers.
Dates:
1854.
Accounts of John Clarke, vintner, Haddington, 1779-1787, and papers concerning William Horn in Saltoun, 1801-1823, and Thomas Watson in Gilchriston, 1826-1831, undated., 1779-1831, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17257
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1779-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
Administrative and political papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 1752-1781, 1801, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11031-11041
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...
Dates:
1752-1781, 1801, undated.
Admiralty papers and some associated correspondence on various subjects, of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1822-1853.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12062-12066
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The 2nd Earl of Minto succeeded his cousin, Lord Auckland, on 19 September 1835 and held the office (with renewals of his commission in July 1837 and March 1839) until the fall of the Melbourne ministry in September 1841. He appears in the papers as a diligent administrator, though the presence in the service of a brother, son, nephew and other connexions led to later accusations of nepotism in The Times and other politically hostile journals. The correspondence reflects the great pressure...
Dates:
1822-1853.
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 as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, with further correspondence and papers on Admiralty and general naval affairs, 1822-1856.
Album containing, pasted in, formal letters and documents, some printed items and a number of press cuttings, 1882-1949, chiefly concerning the military career of Aylmer Haldane., 1882-1950, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.20259
Scope and Contents
A small number of items relate to formal and ceremonial occasions at which Aylmer Haldane was present, and to his published writings.
Also pasted in are a few items, 1943, 1945, undated, concerning Haldane’s sister Alice (numbers 164-168), and obituary notices, 1950, of him (numbers 192-194).
Dates:
1882-1950, undated.
Album of letters and documents, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1514-1851.
File
Identifier: MS.3418
Dates:
1514-1851.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts compiled and collected by the Honourable Sir Hew Dalrymple, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library.
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Four albums of letters and documents, largely of Scottish interest, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple.
Album of letters and documents, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1608-1894.
File
Identifier: MS.3419
Dates:
1608-1894.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts compiled and collected by the Honourable Sir Hew Dalrymple, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library.
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Four albums of letters and documents, largely of Scottish interest, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple.
'Appin Murder, 1752. Original Letters’, concerning the trial of James Stewart for the murder of Colin Campbell., 1752.
File
Identifier: MS.315
Army Book originally in the possession of by his father, used to contain an account by Philip C Trotter, son of Sir Philip D Trotter, of the Allied Military Mission to Hungary and its successor the later Allied Military Mission of Control on both of which he served, 1921-1922, and writings on linguistics, circa 1952, including notes and draft criticisms of works by William Empson., 1921-1922, [circa 1952].
Item
Identifier: MS.20303
Scope and Contents
The greater part of the volume is blank.
Dates:
1921-1922, [circa 1952].
Assorted papers concerning the Peninsular War, with transcripts of accounts relating to British military involvement in Portugal in 1762 and 1797., 1762, 1797, 1808-1814.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.3.5
Scope and Contents
The transcripts relating to British military involvement in Portugal concern the activities of Lieutenant-General George Townshend during the Spanish invasion of Portugal, 1762, and Colonel Sir Charles Stuart during the defence of Portugal, 1797.
Dates:
1762, 1797, 1808-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War.
Autobiographical papers of Mary E Haldane., 1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20017
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of an account, 1896, (possibly a fair copy written up from notes or a diary) of a trip to Italy, travelling as far as Rome (folio 1), and reminiscences, ?1916, 1922-1925, undated, of Mary E Haldane’s early life and experiences (folio 15).
Dates:
1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
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Correspondence and papers of Mary E Haldane, consisting chiefly of letters written to her by members of her family, chiefly her sisters and brother, and of her husband's family, and by friends.
‘Autographs, 8, Napoleon & his officers’., 1779-1870.
File
Identifier: MS.9310
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1779-1870.
‘Autographs, 9, Napoleon & his officers’., 1795-1884.
File
Identifier: MS.9311
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1795-1884.
‘Autographs, 10, Napoleon & his officers’., 1779-1870.
File
Identifier: MS.9312
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1779-1870.
‘Autographs, 11, Napoleon & his camp’., 1794-1840.
File
Identifier: MS.9313
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1794-1840.
‘Autographs, 12, Napoleon & his court’., 1797-1881.
File
Identifier: MS.9314
Scope and Contents
The volume contains letters of Napoleon's family and members of his administration.
Dates:
1797-1881.
Books containing accounts and other loose papers., 1857.
File
Identifier: Acc.3521/39
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including legal and financial papers.
Dates:
1857.
Bound volume containing copies in typescript carbon of minutes of meetings of, and of other papers associated with, the National Society for the Employment of Epileptics, of which Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson was secretary., 1891-1893.
File
Identifier: MS.20029
Scope and Contents
About seven leaves have been cut out between folios 94 and 95.
Dates:
1891-1893.
Bound volume entitled ‘Reminiscences of my father [by] E.B.S.’ containing a typed copy of a biography illustrated by selections from his correspondence, of Richard Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond (died 1865) compiled after his death by his daughter Elizabeth., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.20027
Scope and Contents
The leaves are typed on one side only: notes and additions have been written on some of the blank sides and press-cuttings have been pasted to some others.The biography is followed by leaves from some of Richard Burdon-Sanderson's published works pasted in (folio 383), copies of newspaper reports of the death in 1876 of his son Richard (folio 469), copies of press notices of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson (folio 492), and a genealogy of the family of William Scott,...
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Bound volumes of correspondence and papers of General Thomas Wentworth relating to the War of the Austrian Succession., 1747.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25704-25705
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The main interest of the papers lies in the military and diplomatic material relating to General St Clair's career in the British army over thirty years.
The 2nd son of the 10th Lord Sinclair, James St Clair succeeded as titular 12th Lord Sinclair in 1750 on the death of his brother, who was attainted in 1715. In 1747 he married Janet, daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes, and widow of Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet of Newbyth. He served with the Foot Guards in Gibraltar in...
Dates:
1747.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning General the Honourable James St Clair of Sinclair and Balblair (1688-1762).
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Military papers of and concerning General James St Clair.
Bundle of papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire, including correspondence of and relating to the Earls and 1st Duke of Roxburghe, a letter and poems of Dr Archibald Pitcairne, and a document relating to Patrick Miller of Dalswinton., 1668-1796, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3582, folios 52-100
Dates:
1668-1796, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company.
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Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company.