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Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".

Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of and concerning Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haldane, Royal Engineers.

 File
Identifier: MS.20004
Scope and Contents

The manuscript consists of: Letters, 1796-1797, 1805 to Henry Haldane concerning his applications to retire from the army (folio 1);

Haldane’s account, circa 1821, of his military career (folio 17);

Letters, 1825, concerning the award of a pension to Haldane’s children (folio 23);

Legal papers, 1798-1848, concerning Haldane’s family (folio 30);

Genealogical papers, ?1796, undated, concerning the Haldane family (folio 42).

Dates: 1796-1848.

Papers of and concerning John S Haldane.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10889
Scope and Contents

Includes formal documents, 1879-1935, offprints, 1890-circa 1936, and articles, 1936, 1960 and undated, concerning Haldane.

Dates: 1879-1960 and undated.

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 Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12591
Scope and Contents

Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.

Dates: 1529-1925.

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 George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.7201-7515
Scope and Contents George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates: 1804-1872, undated.

Papers of James Augustus Grant and of his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.17929-17948

Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24501-24629
Scope and Contents

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.

Dates: 1526-1936, undated.

Papers of John Seldon.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6406
Scope and Contents

Concerning his property of Broomlands and lease of the farm of Galalaw, Roxburghshire.

Dates: 1814-1820.

Papers of Michael Grieve.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11857
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and papers concerning Grieve`s work as a journalist and as a Scottish National Party candidate, and concerning the literary estate of C M Grieve. Includes letters of and concerning C M Grieve, and papers of Valda Grieve.

Dates: circa 1933-1989.

Papers of Sir James J Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10017
Scope and Contents

Mostly concerning his work as a member of the Supreme Council of Justice of the Ionian Islands.

Dates: 1811-1876 and undated.

Papers of Sir John Strange concerning the trial of Simon, Lord Lovat.

 File
Identifier: MS.5021
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) An annotated collection of precognitions by various witnesses, not all of whom were called at the trial (folio 1);(ii) An annotated copy of 'Examination of John Murray of Broughton ... Esq.', 1746 (folio 40);(iii) Notes, presumably by John Strange, on the use of written evidence in treason trials (folio 49);(iv) Copies of 'Articles of impeachment of high treason against Simon, Lord Lovat' and of "Sir John...
Dates: 1746-1747.

Papers of Sir Thomas Graham, afterwards Baron Lynedoch.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.2525-2535
Scope and Contents

Includes: Commissions, 1777, of the Honorable Charles Cathcart in the 23rd Foot (Ch.2526); commissions, 1795, of Archibald Campbell in the 30th (Ch.2529), and a roll, 1802, of Freeholders of Perthshire (Ch.2530).

Dates: 1774-1812.

Papers of the Campbells of Craignish.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6223/1-15
Scope and Contents These papers form the main archive of the Campbells of Craignish, as preserved by the late Robert R Campbell of the Board of Education, the head of a senior cadet branch of the family. They consist almost entirely of formal estate records, financial papers, rentals, and accounts, and give in general a good view of the running of a highland estate in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Particulalry interesting in this context are the account books of Donald Campbell of Barrichbean....
Dates: 1590-1941.

Papers of the Christies of Stenton.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10628
Scope and Contents

Includes charters, correspondence, legal papers and accounts.

Dates: 1597-1878.

Papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park, near Kelso, Roxburghshire.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.8030-8120
Scope and Contents The papers cover the period from 1750 to 1945, but the bulk of the collection belongs to the lifetime of Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, 4th Baronet, who succeeded his father as a minor in 1836 and died in 1885. During his minority and absences abroad with the army, his affairs were in the hands of a trustee, but after his return in 1851, Sir George took a keen interest in the running of his estates, as is evident from the long series of detailed factory accounts and correspondence....
Dates: 1750-1945.

Papers of the Dunbars of Mochrum.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.282
Dates: 1630, 1791, 1798, 1834-1889, early 20th century.