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 143 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and letter books of John W and Frederick L M Moir, of the African Lakes Company.
File
Identifier: Acc.9371
Dates:
1879-1940.
Letters of Robert Pearse Gillies to Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, and others.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11453
Scope and Contents
Letters concern literary, antiquarian and social matters.
Includes a file on the provenance of these letter books and their significance.
Dates:
1811-1827.
Letters of William Sanderson and Anna Berger bound in ten volumes (with volume seven in the series missing).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12947
Scope and Contents
With a file of their loose letters and cards.
Dates:
1889-1930.
Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).
File
Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso).
(ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates:
1804-1817.
Microfilm of a letter book of Crawford and Gammell, merchants, Greenock.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1274
Dates:
1967-1969.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1076-1077
Dates:
1808-1813.
Microfilm of correspondence, papers, charters and other formal documents of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) and of his son Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1880), and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, American and West Indian Merchant in London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.35-53
Dates:
1768-1934.
Microfilm of family letter books of John Harriott, Magistrate of the Thames Police, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1196
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Family letter book of John Harriott, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India. (MS.5066);
Family letter book of John Harriott, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India; with three letters of, and two letters to, Harriot, and four leaves of rough notes. (MS.5067).
Dates:
1804-1807, 1810-1816.
Microfilm of general letter book of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1034
Dates:
1814-1815.
Microfilm of incoming correspondence, 1896-1898, of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland concerning New Zealand; and, letter book, 1896-1925, of the conveners and secretaries of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland in China.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1349-1350
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
1896-1925.
Microfilm of letter book, 24 December 1830-18 March 1833, of Francis Jeffrey whilst Lord Advocate, containing some copies and a much greater number of summaries of his outgoing letters.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2059
Dates:
1830-1833.
Microfilm of letter book and papers of Robert Pitcairn, Solicitor, Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2029-2030
Dates:
[?Circa 1812-?1883.]
Microfilm of letter book of Charles Strachan, of Charles Strachan and Company, traders, Mobile, Alabama.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.334
Dates:
1763-1776.
Microfilm of letter book of Fanny Bullock Workman, the American explorer and her husband, Dr William Hunter Workman, containing rough drafts of letters concerning publications.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1689
Dates:
1894-1897.
Microfilm of letter book of John Ewing, Writer to the Signet, legal agent for the Earls of Morton, concerning the Earls’ affairs in Orkney and Shetland.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.321
Dates:
1715-1736.
Microfilm of letter book of Lord George Beauclerk as Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, being copies of letters concerning military and administrative affairs in Scotland of Beauclerk, the Viscount Barrington, the Earl of Holdernesse, the Earl Ligonier, and others.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1161
Dates:
1756-1760.
Microfilm of letter book of Stephen Hislop containing copies or notes of his outgoing letters chiefly to army and government officers, but also to other missionaries; with some private letters, and notes on financial transactions.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1364
Dates:
1854-1862.
Microfilm of letter book, titled 'Squadron letters sent', number 1, containing copies of letters sent during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station; with index.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1051
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letter book (MS.2466), 278 frames;
Index to letter book (MS.2467), 51 frames.
Dates:
1842-[1844, or after].
Microfilm of letter books and commonplace book of Sir George Malcolm of Burnfoot, containing abstracts of letters.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1396-1397
Dates:
1836-1851.
Microfilm of letter books and other correspondence of Andrew Lumisden.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.226-227
Dates:
1752-1792.
Microfilm of letter books of General Humphrey Bland, collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1363
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letter book, 26 November 1747-26 January 1749, 10 December 1753-26 August 1754 (MS.304);
Letter book, 26 August 1754-9 August 1756 (MS.305).
Dates:
1747-1756.
Microfilm of letter books of John Bruce, historian.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.662
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letter book, 1801-1803 (MS.179);
Letter book, 1812-December 1816 (MS.180);
Letter book, April 1816-1825 (MS.181).
Dates:
1801-1825.
Microfilm of letters and letter book of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macdonald, Tobago.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.841
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1797-1803, of the Macdonald, Robertson and Robertson-Macdonald families (MS.3946 (part));
Letters, 1804-1806, of the Macdonald, Robertson and Robertson-Macdonald families (MS.3947 (part));
Letter book, 1803-1804, of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macdonald, Tobago (MS.3972).
Dates:
1797-1806
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates:
1805-1845.