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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:

Foreign letter-book 24 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., February 1912-July 1913.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7679
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: February 1912-July 1913.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 25 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., July 1913-July 1914.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7680
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: July 1913-July 1914.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 26 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., July 1914-September 1915.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7681
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: July 1914-September 1915.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 27 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., September 1915-February 1917.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7682
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: September 1915-February 1917.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 28 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., February 1917-October 1918.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7683
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: February 1917-October 1918.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 29 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., October 1918-November 1919.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7684
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: October 1918-November 1919.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 30 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., November 1919-December 1920.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7685
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: November 1919-December 1920.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 32 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., January 1922-January 1923.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7686
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: January 1922-January 1923.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 34 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., January-December 1924.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7687
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: January-December 1924.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 35 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., December 1924-December 1925.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7688
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: December 1924-December 1925.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 36 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., December 1925-January 1927.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7689
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: December 1925-January 1927.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-book 39 of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., June 1929-July 1931.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7690
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: June 1929-July 1931.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church. / Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church., 1882-1931.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7659-7690
Scope and Contents

The letter-books are numbered to 39. Numbers 13, 15, 17, 31, 33 and 37-38 are missing.

Dates: 1882-1931.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland. / Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland). / Letter-books concerning foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church. / Letter-books of the secretaries and other officials of the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Presbyterian Church.

Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland)., 1856-1930.

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.7745-8011
Scope and Contents

At the Disruption of 1843, the missionaries in India of the Church of Scotland and in Kaffraria of the Glasgow Missionary Society adhered, almost without exception, to the Free Church. New missions were later founded in Nagpur (1845), Jaina (1855), Santalia (1871), Livingstonia (1875), and Aden (1886). The union in 1876 with the Reformed Presbyterian Church brought with it the New Hebrides mission.

Dates: 1856-1930.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.

Foreign mission records of the United Presbyterian Church (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland)., 1846-1936.

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.7638-7744
Scope and Contents The United Presbyterian Church, formed in 1847 by the union of the United Secession and Relief Churches, inherited from its Secession part missions in the West Indies (see also MS.8020) and in Calabar, Nigeria; soon after the union it took over the work in Jamaica of the Scottish Missionary Society (see MSS.8014, 8984-5) and that in Kaffraria of the Glasgow South African Missionary Society. Missions were later established in Rajputana (1860), Manchuria (1872), and Japan (1873). In addition...
Dates: 1846-1936.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches. / Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.

Four letter books of the Secretary, Gilmerton Branch, National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish Area.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10483
Dates: 1958-1961.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

General letter-book of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1814-1815.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2349
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: 1814-1815.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., January-June 1891.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23250
Dates: January-June 1891.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., June-November 1891.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23251
Dates: June-November 1891.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., 1891-1892.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23252
Dates: 1891-1892.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., 1892.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23253
Dates: 1892.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., 1892-1893.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23254
Dates: 1892-1893.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., 1893

 Item
Identifier: MS.23255
Dates: 1893
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., 1893-1894.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23256
Dates: 1893-1894.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

General letter book of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm., 1894.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23257
Dates: 1894.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936. / Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh. / General letter books of T and A Constable, containing wet-press copies of general outgoing correspondence of the firm.

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