Legal documents.
Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, legal papers and accounts of John Robertson, planter in Jamaica, and James Robertson, planter in Jamaica, and later of Kelso.
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1765-1821, of and concerning the Robertson family with many concerning the estate of James Aitchison, planter in Jamaica, (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous legal papers, 1765-1826, chiefly concerning the division of the estate of James Robertson, 1821-1826 (folio 46); (iii) Miscellaneous accounts, 1802-1826, of the Robertson family (folio 192).
Correspondence, legal papers, commissions, and genealogical tables of and relating to the Wedderburn and Halkett of Pitfirrane families.
Correspondence, notebooks, journals and other papers of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, Bishop Robert Douglas, and of the Douglas family and estates.
Correspondence and papers, literary manuscripts and journals of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1744-1823) and of earlier members of the Douglas family, mainly his great-grandfather, Robert Douglas (1625-1716), Bishop of Brechin, 1682-1684, and the last Bishop of Dunblane (1684-1689) in the pre-Revolution episcopal establishment of the Church of Scotland; and his father, John Douglas of Fechil in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (1714-1762).
Correspondence, papers and photographs of Ray Wolff, a refugee from Nazi Germany.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and publicity materials relating to the publication of books by Argyll Publishing.
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks) collected, 17th century, by various persons.
"Decreet of Division and Declarator of Moss [of] Flanders James Erskine Esq Against John Campbell and others".
"Decreet of Modification and Locality. The Minister of Tillicoultry against the Heritor of Tillicoultry", copy by James Wright and collated by John Barron.
From the Records of the Commission for the Plantation of Kirks and Valuation of Teinds.
Deeds and other formal documents of the family of Erskine Murray.
Deeds and papers relating to the legal and financial transactions of Thomas Ruddiman, Keeper of the Advocates` Library, and his son-in-law, James Steuart, writer, Edinburgh.
The papers include Thomas Ruddiman`s settlement, 1748, of his means and estate in favour of his wife and daughter (Ch.2061-2062), his mortification, 1748, in favour of the school of Inverboyndie (Ch.2063-2064), his contract of copartnery, 1748, with his brother Walter in the printing-press (Ch.2065) and accounts, and documents relating to various debts.
Deeds, charters and formal papers from Nisbet House, Berwickshire, relating to the Nisbet, Ker, and Chisholme families.
Deeds, charters and formal papers relating to the family of Dundas of Dundas.
Deeds, charters and formal papers relating to the family of Erskine of Alva.
Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers.
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Depositions, 1689, by ministers of Logie, Stirlingshire, concerning their persecution by soldiery.
With records, 1715, of formal denials in a bastardy accusation at Burntisland, and other unconnected papers.
Diaries, financial and administrative papers of Barberfield Farm, near Pencaitland, East Lothian; with some personal correspondence and papers of the Blythe family.
Disposition and discharge to George and Elizabeth Dalglish.
Concerning property in Edinburgh.
Documents, accounts, memorials and other estate papers, mostly 18th-19th century, relating to the lands of Monreith and the Maxwell family; also some papers relating to property in the Cowgate, Edinburgh, 1643-circa 1700.
Documents, chiefly relating to the 3rd Marquess of Lothian.
Documents concerning land primarily in Bothwell, Cramond and Ratho.
Documents concerning Thomas de Quincey during his residence in Edinburgh.
The documents include 3 letters of Thomas de Quincey, 1838, 1841; books of accounts for rent, etc., incurred when he lodged with the Misses Miller in the Holyrood sanctuary, 1836-1841; and papers in a process at law with Robert Bauchope about monies due by de Quincey, 1837-1838; with an essay based on these documents by Tinsley Pratt, undated (typed), and a letter regarding them, 1881.
Documents from papers associated with the son and daughters of Allan Ramsay and others.
Documents relating to Lanarkshire, chiefly concerning the parish of Carluke.
The collection includes documents, 1694-1695, concerning the recruiting of troops in Lanarkshire (folio 14), statements, 1694, used in a lawsuit between members of the Forrest family of Braidwood over a question of thirlage (folio 9), and other legal, family, and parish papers.
Douglas of Springwood Park Papers.
Being family correspondence and legal papers of Sir John J Scott Douglas, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Scott Douglas.