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:
Canvass books and related papers., [Circa 1794-circa 1812], 1832-1837.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16150-16178
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The general elections of 1812, 1831 and 1832, and the by-election of 1834, are particularly well documented in this series.
Dates:
[Circa 1794-circa 1812], 1832-1837.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence, papers, legal and financial documents, canvass records and printed ephemera concerning elections and politics in the County of Perth parliamentary constituency involving Thomas Graham (M.P. from 1794 to 1807) and Robert Graham (Whig/Liberal campaign manager, 1831-1832, and parliamentary candidate, 1834).
Canvass papers, pledge letters and voting statistics for the by-election campaign of Robert Graham., 1834.
File
Identifier: MS.16176
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The general elections of 1812, 1831 and 1832, and the by-election of 1834, are particularly well documented in this series.
Dates:
1834.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence, papers, legal and financial documents, canvass records and printed ephemera concerning elections and politics in the County of Perth parliamentary constituency involving Thomas Graham (M.P. from 1794 to 1807) and Robert Graham (Whig/Liberal campaign manager, 1831-1832, and parliamentary candidate, 1834).
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Canvass books and related papers.
‘Case for Arthur Forbes, 9th of Culloden … claiming the title and Baronetcy of Foveran, …’., 1843.
Item
Identifier: MS.21255
Scope and Contents
A legal paper written apparently in 1843 (folio 98 verso).
Dates:
1843.
Certificates, letters of appointment and other official documents of Charles Murray., 1873-1941.
File
Identifier: MS.27271
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Dates:
1873-1941.
Church affairs of Ferintosh, particularly the patronage of Urquhart and Logie Wester over which John Forbes had a dispute with the Bishop of Ross., 1603-1689.
File
Identifier: Ch.1883-1907
‘Churches estate in a natione, vol. I’., Early 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.16 (I)
Dates:
Early 17th century.
‘Churches estate in a natione, vol. II’., Early 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.16 (II)
Dates:
Early 17th century.
‘Churches estate in a natione, vol. III’, Early 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.16 (III)
Dates:
Early 17th century.
‘Collectanea relative to the surname and family of Napper in England’, by the Honourable and Reverend Henry Alfred Napier, Rector of Swyncombe., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.759
Collection of epigrams, songs, copies of letters and documents, etc., relating to current events in France., 1712-1730.
File
Identifier: MS.160
Dates:
1712-1730.
Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands., 1639-1642.
File
Identifier: MS.2687(ii)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The proceedings consists mainly of speeches, petitions, newsletters, and diurnal occurrences, along with other documents, some of an earlier date, bearing on the constitutional crisis.
Dates:
1639-1642.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).
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Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands.
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Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands.
'Collection of the moste principall speeches, argumts. and other passages, and proceedings in the parliamt. begun the xviith of March, 1627 [1628 according to the modern reckoning], in the third year of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles. And continued untill the xvith daie of June then next following. 1628.', 1628.
File
Identifier: MS.2704
Scope and Contents
The collection of papers concerning the parliament of England are in a contemporary hand. Imperfect, lacking several leaves.
Dates:
1628.
Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet., 1838-1852.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12152-12224
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:
1838-1852.
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.
Copies, 17th century, of diplomas, gifts, and other documents, 1615-1651, in favour of Sir James Carmichael, 1st Baronet, of Westraw, and 1st Lord Carmichael; and of papers, 1600-1618, concerning the vicarage and stipend of Pettinain., 1600-1651.
File
Identifier: MS.20799
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copies, 17th century, of diplomas, gifts, and other documents in favour of Sir James Carmichael, 1st Bartonet, of Westraw, and 1st Lord Carmichael, 1615-1651. (Folio 1.) This volume is related but not apparently identical to the 'Hyndford Inventory' cited in ‘The Scots peerage’, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, volume 4 (Edinburgh, 1907) pages 584-585.
(ii) Copies, early 17th century, of papers, 1600-1618, concerning the vicarage and stipend of Pettinain....
Dates:
1600-1651.
Copies, 18th century, of charters and other formal documents, ?1195-1766, concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., ?1195-1766.
File
Identifier: MS.20001
Scope and Contents
A number of other copies made earlier in the 18th century for some unknown purpose have been included in the sequence.
Dates:
?1195-1766.
Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., 1832-1834.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12017-12019
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Minto arrived in Berlin on 25 September 1832 and presented his credentials on the following day. Exclusive of periods of leave (July-August 1833 and June-July 1834), the 2nd Earl of Minto was resident in Prussia until presentation of his recall on 2 October 1834. In consultation with the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, he worked to counteract Austro-Russian influence at the Prussian Court. On the Belgian-Dutch question he urged Prussia to use her own influence on the Dutch king to...
Dates:
1832-1834.
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 relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.
Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., September-December 1832.
File
Identifier: MS.12017
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Minto arrived in Berlin on 25 September 1832 and presented his credentials on the following day. Exclusive of periods of leave (July-August 1833 and June-July 1834), the 2nd Earl of Minto was resident in Prussia until presentation of his recall on 2 October 1834. In consultation with the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, he worked to counteract Austro-Russian influence at the Prussian Court. On the Belgian-Dutch question he urged Prussia to use her own influence on the Dutch king to...
Dates:
September-December 1832.
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 relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.
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Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures.
Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., January-March 1833.
File
Identifier: MS.12018
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Minto arrived in Berlin on 25 September 1832 and presented his credentials on the following day. Exclusive of periods of leave (July-August 1833 and June-July 1834), the 2nd Earl of Minto was resident in Prussia until presentation of his recall on 2 October 1834. In consultation with the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, he worked to counteract Austro-Russian influence at the Prussian Court. On the Belgian-Dutch question he urged Prussia to use her own influence on the Dutch king to...
Dates:
January-March 1833.
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 relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.
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Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures.
Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., April 1833-October 1834.
File
Identifier: MS.12019
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Minto arrived in Berlin on 25 September 1832 and presented his credentials on the following day. Exclusive of periods of leave (July-August 1833 and June-July 1834), the 2nd Earl of Minto was resident in Prussia until presentation of his recall on 2 October 1834. In consultation with the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, he worked to counteract Austro-Russian influence at the Prussian Court. On the Belgian-Dutch question he urged Prussia to use her own influence on the Dutch king to...
Dates:
April 1833-October 1834.
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 relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.
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Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures.
Copies and lists of letters and documents of and relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1552-1571, undated, made principally by Alexander Macdonald from originals in the Register House and in other collections, circa 1846., 1552-1571, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3137
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.
Dates:
1552-1571, undated.
Copies of answers to canvasses for General Graham, extracts from freeholder’s minutes, and related printed papers., 1811-1812.
File
Identifier: MS.16152
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The general elections of 1812, 1831 and 1832, and the by-election of 1834, are particularly well documented in this series.
Dates:
1811-1812.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence, papers, legal and financial documents, canvass records and printed ephemera concerning elections and politics in the County of Perth parliamentary constituency involving Thomas Graham (M.P. from 1794 to 1807) and Robert Graham (Whig/Liberal campaign manager, 1831-1832, and parliamentary candidate, 1834).
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Canvass books and related papers.
Copies of contemporary documents concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte., 1799-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.883-884
Dates:
1799-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Material for the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott.
Copies of contemporary documents concerning the life of Napoleon Buonparte., 1799-1814.
File
Identifier: MS.883
Scope and Contents
Contains documents dealing with 1799 (folio 1), Wagram (folio 5), conferences regarding the surrender of Copenhagen (folio 49), the Russian War (folio 62), and Elba (folio 174).
Dates:
1799-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Material for the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott.
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Copies of contemporary documents concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte.
Copies of contemporary documents concerning the treatment of Napoleon Buonparte after Waterloo., 1815-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.884
Dates:
1815-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Material for the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott.
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Copies of contemporary documents concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte.
Copies of diplomatic correspondence and papers printed for the Cabinet in 1846, and relating to Spain and the Spanish Marriage Question., 1713, 1808-1846.
File
Identifier: MS.12219
Scope and Contents
A copy of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) is included.
Dates:
1713, 1808-1846.
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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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.