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:
Official letter-book of an excise officer in Glasgow, signing himself D.C. (probably Duncan Campbell, Collector).
Item
Identifier: MS.2620
Dates:
1792-1797.
Papers and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot, Admiral of the Fleet., 1844-1875, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21223-21232
Papers, circa 1697-circa 1740, concerning the family of Hunter of Blackness.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8235
Scope and Contents
With a letter book, 1828-1861.
Dates:
circa 1697-1861.
Papers collected by Morley Jamieson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7602
Scope and Contents
Includes:
manuscript, 1915, of R W Campbell, "Private Spud Tamson"
diaries, 1901-1909, concerning tours from Edinburgh to Europe
and a letterbook, 1888-1898.
Dates:
1827-1918 and undated.
Papers concerning estate management in the highlands.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5639
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. letter book, 1806-1824, concerning the Glenlyon Estate
2. accounts and papers, 1896-1914, concerning Barcaldine
3. ledger, 1848-1854, of Sir Alexander Campbell
4. index, 18th century.
Dates:
circa 1700-1914.
Papers concerning Gibraltar and mercantile affairs., 1724-1849.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15404-15416
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:
1724-1849.
Papers of and concerning Robert Graham of Gartmore, R C Cunninghame Graham, and R B Cunninghame Graham.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.280- is now Acc.7282.
Dates:
1757-1904.
Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son., 1770-1886, undated.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9678
Scope and Contents
The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).
Dates:
1770-1886, undated.
Papers of the Committee for Liquidating the Debt of the Free Church of Scotland., 1841-1844.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19191-19193
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.
Dates:
1841-1844.
Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.3.26-23.3.30
Scope and Contents
The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...
Dates:
1639-1789.
Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian: volume 3: Letterbook of John, 20th Earl of Crawford., 1746.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.28
Scope and Contents
Letterbook of John, 20th Earl of Crawford, January-May 1746, when he was Major-General in command of the Government troops in South Scotland. Incoming and outgoing letters, general orders, and financial transactions are recorded.
Dates:
1746.
Papers of the Guild family, including correspondence, business copy letters and bound illustrated transcriptions.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14531/1-29
Scope and Contents
The papers here relate to James Guild (1774-1839) and his descendants.There is a wealth of correspondence among members of the family across generations. The first series of correspondence has a particular focus on the son, also James Guild (1810-1893), grandson, James Lyon Guild (1852-1925) and great-granddaughter, Agatha Mary Guild (1896-1980) of the elder James Guild. The second series of correspondence is between James Harrower [Harry] Guild (1872-1951) and...
Dates:
1830-2022.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)
Dates:
1900-1977, undated.
Papers of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland., 1885-1930.
Series
Identifier: MSS.7624-7637
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Church of Scotland resolved in 1824 to enter the Foreign Mission field, and sent its first missionaries to Bombay in 1829 (later taking over the work of the Scottish Missionary Society, for which see MSS.8012-8013, 8986, 8988-8989), to Calcutta in 1830, to Poona in 1834, and to Madras in 1837. The Disruption of 1843 caused the loss of most of the missionaries and missionary spirit; but after a period of retrenchment advance began again, in the Punjab (1857), in Poona (1864), in the...
Dates:
1885-1930.
Papers of W and A K Johnston, Ltd., 1839-1931, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.5811/22-54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.
Dates:
1839-1931, undated.
Papers relating to military service and commands of Sir William Stewart in Britain, Europe and the Caribbean., 1789-1826.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9074/1-54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Acc.9074/1-61 consist of 61 bound volumes entitled 'The Cumloden Papers'.
Dates:
1789-1826.
Peninsular War papers of General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9716
Scope and Contents
Includes letters Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, dispatches, letter books and drafts of his writings.
Dates:
1807-1809.
Personal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11361-11365
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:
1806-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
Personal letter-book of the Honourable John Edmund Elliot., 1807-1813.
Item
Identifier: MS.11301
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:
1807-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career.
Personal letters to Chilton L Addison Smith.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6027
Scope and Contents
Mostly connected with the Seaforth Highlanders and other military interests.
Dates:
1909-1936.
Photocopies of family papers of Sir Henry Duncan, and papers concernig the estate of Naughton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6384
Scope and Contents
Including family correspondence and letter books.
Dates:
16th century to early 19th century.
‘Private letter-book’ containing copies of letters mostly to applicants for posts under the ordnance., 1841-1846.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.9.12-46.9.16
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:
1841-1846.
Private letter-book of John T Maclagan., 1882-1884.
Item
Identifier: MS.7555
Scope and Contents
The majority of the letters are to Archibald Scott, Minister of St George's, Edinburgh, temporarily convener of the Foreign Mission Committee. John T Maclagan was secretary of the Committee at this time.
Dates:
1882-1884.
Private letter-book of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1806-1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.2296
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:
1806-1807.
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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Correspondence and papers, of the personal affairs of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Private letter-books of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.