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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2678 Collections and/or Records:

Copies of Hugh Elliot's letters to the Secretary of State., 1810-1813.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13054-13056
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Most of these papers consist of official correspondence with the government, and with the formal depositions and memoranda concerning legal cases mostly against planters for cruelty to their slaves. The case against Arthur Hodge in which Hugh Elliot by his own personal interference secured a conviction is well documented.

Dates: 1810-1813.

Copies of Hugh Elliot's letters to the Secretary of State., 1809-1811.

 File
Identifier: MS.13055
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Most of these papers consist of official correspondence with the government, and with the formal depositions and memoranda concerning legal cases mostly against planters for cruelty to their slaves. The case against Arthur Hodge in which Hugh Elliot by his own personal interference secured a conviction is well documented.

Dates: 1809-1811.

Copies of Hugh Elliot's letters to the Secretary of State., 1812-1813.

 File
Identifier: MS.13056
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Most of these papers consist of official correspondence with the government, and with the formal depositions and memoranda concerning legal cases mostly against planters for cruelty to their slaves. The case against Arthur Hodge in which Hugh Elliot by his own personal interference secured a conviction is well documented.

Dates: 1812-1813.

Copies of Hugh Elliot's outgoing letters, titled 'Copies of letters', including family, private, business, and diplomatic material., 1774-1781.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12993-12997
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Volumes of what Hugh Elliot describes as 'miscellaneous correspondence'. This is a mixed collection of diplomatic and private correspondence. The adjectives 'English' and 'French' are used by Elliot to describe the language of the correspondence, not the nationality of the writer.

Dates: 1774-1781.

Copies of Hugh Elliot's outgoing letters, titled 'Copies of letters', including family, private, business, and diplomatic material., 1774-1776.

 File
Identifier: MS.12993
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Volumes of what Hugh Elliot describes as 'miscellaneous correspondence'. This is a mixed collection of diplomatic and private correspondence. The adjectives 'English' and 'French' are used by Elliot to describe the language of the correspondence, not the nationality of the writer.

Dates: 1774-1776.

Copies of Hugh Elliot's outgoing letters, titled 'Copies of letters', including family, private, business, and diplomatic material., 1777-1778.

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Identifier: MS.12994
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Volumes of what Hugh Elliot describes as 'miscellaneous correspondence'. This is a mixed collection of diplomatic and private correspondence. The adjectives 'English' and 'French' are used by Elliot to describe the language of the correspondence, not the nationality of the writer.

Dates: 1777-1778.

Copies of Indian administrative and other correspondence, November 1782-October 1783, of James Stuart., 1782-1783.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8408-8409
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates: 1782-1783.

Copies of instrument of resignation by John Ross of Craigie to John Charters of Kinfauns, of Craigton and of precept and instrument of sasine to him., 3-5 March 1557.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.14974
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.

Dates: 3-5 March 1557.

Copies of letters, 18 September-9 October 1783, of James Stuart in his own hand to officials of the East India Company, written during his confinement in Madras., 1783.

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Identifier: MS.8351
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates: 1783.

Copies of letters, 1798, 1838, of George Thomson; with sketches and engravings, undated, of David Allan and others., 1798-1838, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20439
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Copy of a letter, 1798, by George Thomson concerning his publication of Robert Burns' songs. (Folio 1.) (ii) Copy of a letter, 1838, by Thomson containing an autobiographical memoir. This was published in ‘The land of Burns’, i, by John Wilson and Robert Chambers, pages 38-42. (Folio 5.) (iii) Sketches and engravings, undated, by David Allan and others. The sketches were probably made for Thomson's ‘Select collection of original Scotish [sic] airs’ (see J C...
Dates: 1798-1838, undated.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., 1799-1801.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11253-11258
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: 1799-1801.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., 1799-1800.

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Identifier: MS.11253
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: 1799-1800.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., March-August 1800.

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Identifier: MS.11254
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: March-August 1800.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., August-December 1800.

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Identifier: MS.11255
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: August-December 1800.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., January-July 1801.

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Identifier: MS.11256
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: January-July 1801.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., July-September 1801.

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Identifier: MS.11258
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: July-September 1801.

Copies of letters and orders of General Sir George Murray., February 1810-May 1814.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: February 1810-May 1814.