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Financial records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents pertaining to money matters.

Found in 271 Collections and/or Records:

Papers concerning Kelso racecourse.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9399
Scope and Contents

Includes race notices, 1834-1844 and 1883-1886, photographs, circa 1900-1920, and financial and historial memoranda.

Dates: 1834-1920.

Papers concerning the family of Hay of Hayfield.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11899
Scope and Contents

Includes legal and financial papers.

Dates: 1610-circa 1853.

Papers concerning the family of Moubray of Cockairnie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16435-16436
Dates: Late 16th century-19th century.

Papers concerning the trust of Henry, Lord Cockburn.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.3521
Scope and Contents

Including legal and financial papers.

Dates: 19th century.

Papers concerning Thurso.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.3621
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. papers, 1855-1918, and undated, of William and James Gerry

2. 40 title deeds, 1668-1872, of property in Thurso

3. balance sheets, 1893-1898, of the Caithness Flagstone Co.

Dates: 1668-1918, and undated.

Papers from Nisbet House, Berwickshire.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5410-5508
Scope and Contents

The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.

Dates: 1575-early19th century.

Papers from Pitfirrane House, Fife.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.6406-6511
Scope and Contents The papers derive from four main sources: material relating to the Halketts of Pitfirrane, to the Wedderburns of Gosford, to Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, and to John McFarlane, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1709). The last male heir in the direct line of the Halkett family, Sir James (succeeded 1697), died in 1705, ending the baronetcy created in 1671. On his death his eldest sister, Janet, succeeded to Pitfirrane. She had married Sir Peter Wedderburn, 1st Baronet of Gosford, who now...
Dates: 1517-1897.

Papers, including legal and financial documents, of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7332/Box 1(1)-Box 4(17)
Dates: Majority of material found within 1594, 1672-1867, undated.

Papers of Alexander McLellan.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13409
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise a scrapbook containing statements of bank accounts and miscellaneous financial records, 1944-1946, concerning his service during WWII; two photographic albums, 1949, of a student debating tour in India with some news cuttings and other papers explaining the purpose of the visit; an auto-biography of Stanley Jenkins, one of McLellan’s fellow students during his Indian journey; Alexander McLellan`s curriculum vitae and obituary.

Dates: 1944-2012.

Papers of Allan Campbell McLean.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12134
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, typescripts of novels, correspondence and financial papers.

Dates: 1960-1989.

Papers of and concerning Captain Archibald D Cochrane.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10218
Scope and Contents

Concerns his careers in the navy and politics.

Dates: circa 1899-circa 1963.

Papers of and concerning Margaret Macpherson Grant.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8054
Scope and Contents

Comprising cash books, accounts, legal documents, and correspondence, including letters concerning sugar estates in Jamaica owned by her.

Dates: 1848-1878.

Papers of and concerning the Library of the Kirk of Saltoun.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9270/1-42
Scope and Contents

Includes:

18 volumes of sermons

three volumes of library catalogue

papers concerning the management of the Library and of the affairs of the parish.

Dates: 17th century to 20th century.

Papers of Banff Town Council.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.8130-8169
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise mainly applications from miscellaneous private individuals, mostly for charity or redress, to the town officers. There is also a quantity of financial papers, including bills and receipts from townsmen, and notes of council expenditure.

Dates: 1670-1832.

Papers of Canongate Press.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11197

Papers of Charles Baxter, Writer to the Signet, relating to his role as executor of members of the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9977/1-63
Scope and Contents

Concerning Baxter's work as executor of Thomas Stevenson, his wife Margaret, and their son, Robert Louis Stevenson, with additional material relating to the literary estate of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dates: 1830-1983.

Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.27001-27246
Scope and Contents

The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.

Dates: 1918-1989, undated.

Papers of Colonel George Cadell of the Madras Native Infantry, and of the firm of Arbuthnot and Company, merchants and agents in Madras.

 File
Identifier: MS.9861
Scope and Contents

George Cadell's papers, 1814-1837, are chiefly financial and include material on the Deccan prize-money (folio 1). The Arbuthnot papers, 1825-1831, undated, relate chiefly to financial affairs and commerce, with memoranda concerning business administration and the production of fabrics (folio 22).

Dates: 1814-1837, undated.