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Business letters.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Formal and usually succinct letters issued from a business or individual requesting or delivering information, applying for a job, or addressing any other topic excluding personal communication.

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Business correspondence and related papers of the Willison family., 1837-1936.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11049/13-24
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.

Dates: 1837-1936.

Exercise book containing drafts of business letters in French., 1864.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14190
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates: 1864.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1763-1764.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20801
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1763-1764.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1764-1765.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20802
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1764-1765.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1765.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20803
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1765.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1766-1767.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20804
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1766-1767.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1767-1768.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20805
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1767-1768.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1768-1769.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20806
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1768-1769.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1770-1771.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20807
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1770-1771.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1770-1773.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20808
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1770-1773.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1771.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20809
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1771.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1771-1773.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20810
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1771-1773.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1773-1774.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20811
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1773-1774.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1774-1775.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20812
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1774-1775.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1775-1776.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20813
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1775-1776.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1776-1777.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20814
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1776-1777.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1777.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20815
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1777.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1779-1780.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20816
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1779-1780.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1780-1781.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20817
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1780-1781.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1781-1782.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20818
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1781-1782.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1782.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20819
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1782.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1782-1784.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20820
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1782-1784.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1782-1783.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20821
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1782-1783.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1783-1784.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20822
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1783-1784.

Letter book of John Richardson and Company., 1785-1786.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20823
Scope and Contents From the Series: This extensive and remarkably complete series covers the whole range of the business activities of the firm with some mention of the family's private affairs and of the Pitfour estate. There are letters to tack holders, to individual fisherman, coopers, shipmasters, merchants and financiers, bakers and painters, providing a very detailed picture of the day to day running of the business.Although in the main these are general letter books, MS.20808 concerns the purchase of wheat...
Dates: 1785-1786.