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:
Unnumbered Fettercairn estate letter book., September 1873 - March 1876.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/473
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
September 1873 - March 1876.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Fettercairn estate letter books.
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Early Fettercairn estate letter books.
Unnumbered Fettercairn estate letter book., 1898-1900.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/474
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1898-1900.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
/
Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Fettercairn estate letter books.
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Early Fettercairn estate letter books.
Unnumbered Fettercairn estate letter book., 1904-1906.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/475
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1904-1906.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
/
Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
/
Fettercairn estate letter books.
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Early Fettercairn estate letter books.
White Water Mineral Company letter-book containing only copies of two letters to Robert Trotter of Castlelaw and Bush and Messrs Mansfield, Ramsay and Company respectively., 1785-1786.
Item
Identifier: MS.12884
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With letters and reports on the lead mines of Islay, 1771-1785.
Dates:
1785-1786.
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 John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk.
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Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot.
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Correspondence and papers concerning Admiral John Elliot's mining ventures in Perthshire and southern Scotland for copper and lead deposits.
Women Missionaries. Reel 13. Part 2. Papers of the Ladies' Society for Female Education in Africa and India, 1878-1904., 1891-1895.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1341
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: Letter book, May 1891-May 1895, of the secretary of the Glasgow Committee and of the general secretary of the Ladies' Society for Female Education in Africa and India.
Dates:
1891-1895.
Women Missionaries. Reel 14. Part 2. Papers of the Ladies' Society for Female Education in Africa and India, 1878-1904., 1895-1904.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1342
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: Letter book of the secretary for Women's Foreign Missions of the Free Church of Scotland.
Dates:
1895-1904.