Letter books.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Books of blank or lined paper on which letters to be sent have been written; also manuscript copies of letters, originally on loose sheets, bound together, usually in chronological order. Not to be confused with letterpress copybooks where the copies are created through a mechanical process.
Found in 1557 Collections and/or Records:
13 diaries and letterbooks of James Gilliland Simpson, merchant, and his wife Jane née Horsburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12489
Scope and Contents
Includes a related typescript, circa 1985, of John Home Simpson.
Dates:
1800-1851.
Account and letter book of William Angus of North Grange, Lindores, elder of Abdie Church.
Item
Identifier: MS.17949
Scope and Contents
The account and letter book contains tables of agricultural wages 1857-1873, letters concerning local affairs 1846-1867, and letters and statements of Abdie church 1835-1875. At the back there is a record of baptisms of the Angus Family 1789-1840 (folio 17).
Dates:
1835-1875.
Account and letter books of W Green and Son Ltd, and of their predecessors, Bell and Bradfute, law publishers, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.193
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Account book for the Women’s Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland containing accounts with the various mission fields., 1905-1911.
Item
Identifier: MS.8005
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters to the secretary with some copies of replies.
Dates:
1905-1911.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
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Papers of the Women’s Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Letters to the secretary of the Women's Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Account books for the Women’s Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland containing accounts with the various mission fields
Account books and a ledger of Alexander Houston and Company, merchants, bankers, and shipowners in Glasgow, together with a letter-book concerning the business.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8895-8898
Dates:
1777-1807.
Admiralty letter book containing letters to the Admiralty from the South American station., 1864-1866.
Item
Identifier: MS.21225
Dates:
1864-1866.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot Murray Kynynmounds, Earls of Minto, of related families, and of Sir John Coxe Hippisley, whose career was associated with that of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot, Admiral of the Fleet.
Book labelled 'Letter Book S. & M.', containing press-copies of letters, January 1828-August 1830, of Robert Cadell and his firm, chiefly to Simpkin & Company (Simpkin & Marshall), with letters, August 1830-February 1832, to Whittaker & Company at the end., 1828-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.797
Scope and Contents
The letters deal chiefly with the publication and sale of Sir Walter Scott's works.
Dates:
1828-1832.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1824-1828.
Item
Identifier: MS.2371
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1824-1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1828-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.2372
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1828-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
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Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland; with an index.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1834-1835.
Item
Identifier: MS.2374
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1834-1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
Book of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland; with an index., 1828-1833.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2372-2373
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1828-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland.
'Book of Private Official Letters' from the time when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1825-1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.2370
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1825-1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
Books of official letters received when Sir Thomas John Cochrane was Governor of Newfoundland., 1824-1835.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2371-2374
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1824-1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
Business books of Archibald Constable & Company, Robert Cadell & Company, and Robert Cadell.
Series
Identifier: MSS.789-802
Dates:
1814-1847.
Business letter book of Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar (died 1826)., 1822-1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.15415
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1822-1826.
Business papers and accounts of William, James and Charles Chisholme of that Ilk., 1747-1814, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5462-5495
Scope and Contents
The papers presumably came into the possession of Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, after his marriage to James Chisholme’s daughter in 1802. Charles Chisholme was captain of the East India ship 'Gatton'; James and William Chisholme, his brothers, owned sugar plantations in Jamaica.William Chisholme became the owner of Thomas's River, North Hall, Health Crawl and Breadland Pen in Clarendon, Jamaica, as well as owning a quarter share of Trout Hall, Green River, Troys and...
Dates:
1747-1814, undated.
Business papers of James Dickson and Co.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9500
Scope and Contents
Includes letter book, stock inventories, account books and price book.
Dates:
1818-1932.
Business records, 1869-1892, of Walter Duncan, tea merchant in India, with his school copybook, 1846, printed sermon, 1900, from his funeral oration, with typescript and manuscript notes concerning his life.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13232
Scope and Contents
Walter Duncan (1834 – 1900) began his career in the office of a Glasgow firm of merchants, Messrs. Playfair, Bryce and Co., possibly in 1855 or early 1856. After a short spell in Demerara working for Playfair, Allan and Co., a merchant company run by Patrick Playfair but not connected in a business way with Playfair, Bryce and Co., he returned to Glasgow in 1858. At this point Patrick Playfair offered him a prospective partnership to establish a business in Kolkata, India, under the name...
Dates:
1846-1900.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-522
Scope and Contents
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-2002, undated.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., December 1826-December 1828.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.12
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:
December 1826-December 1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., December 1828-November 1829.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.13
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:
December 1828-November 1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., November 1829-July, 1830.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.14
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:
November 1829-July, 1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-book, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., July-November 1830.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.8.15
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:
July-November 1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
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Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries.
Colonial Office letter-books, containing copies of official letters of General Sir George Murray, his predecessors, and their secretaries., 1826-1830.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.8.12-46.8.15
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:
1826-1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830).
Copies of letters of John C Hooper to his parents, during his time in the Boer War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6194
Dates:
1901-1902.