Account books.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books in which financial accounts are kept.
Found in 1294 Collections and/or Records:
Account book of George Combe of general expenses., 1851-1856.
Item
Identifier: MS.7507
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of these papers comprise household accounts, which fall into two divisions: loose receipts and accounts (MSS.7475-7492), and bound volumes of general expenses (MSS.7493-7508). MSS.7509-7512 are concerned with legal and publishing finances.
Dates:
1851-1856.
Account book of George Combe of general expenses., 1857-1858.
Item
Identifier: MS.7508
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of these papers comprise household accounts, which fall into two divisions: loose receipts and accounts (MSS.7475-7492), and bound volumes of general expenses (MSS.7493-7508). MSS.7509-7512 are concerned with legal and publishing finances.
Dates:
1857-1858.
Account book of George Combe, of ticket sales for his lectures., 1838.
Item
Identifier: MS.7498
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of these papers comprise household accounts, which fall into two divisions: loose receipts and accounts (MSS.7475-7492), and bound volumes of general expenses (MSS.7493-7508). MSS.7509-7512 are concerned with legal and publishing finances.
Dates:
1838.
Account book of George Combe: Royal Bank of Scotland., 1838-1851.
Item
Identifier: MS.7500
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of these papers comprise household accounts, which fall into two divisions: loose receipts and accounts (MSS.7475-7492), and bound volumes of general expenses (MSS.7493-7508). MSS.7509-7512 are concerned with legal and publishing finances.
Dates:
1838-1851.
Account book of George Mackenzie, Advocate, containing rents and expenses of the estate of Nuthill and other accounts., 1726-1731.
Item
Identifier: MS.1125
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1726-1731.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning George Mackenzie, Advocate, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
Account book of Hannagalla estate, Ceylon., 1863-1865.
Item
Identifier: MS.19230
Scope and Contents
The account book consists of copies of accounts received from the Colombo agents and newspaper cuttings of the sale of the estate in 1864 and 1865 on Dugald Bremner's bankruptcy and death (folios 11,19).
Dates:
1863-1865.
Account-book of Hew MacKail, one of the Keepers of Parliament House, containing his official record of income as a Keeper. Mention is made of some of the cases heard in the Court of Session, and sometimes a note of the sentence is given.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.12
Dates:
1757-1773.
Account book of income and expenditure for the estate and family of Hugh Miller.
Item
Identifier: MS.14248
Scope and Contents
Some of the entries concern Hugh Miller's publications, but most are domestic and personal.
Dates:
1857-1867.
Account-book of Isabella Elliot., [Circa 1779.]
Item
Identifier: MS.11169
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:
[Circa 1779.]
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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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the mental illness and financial affairs of Isabella Elliot, elder sister of the 1st Earl.
Account book of Isobel Wylie Hutchison, Alaska., 1933.
File
Identifier: Acc.9713/75
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes diaries and photographs.
Dates:
1933.
Account book of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.15
Scope and Contents
The entries are for both income and expenditure in personal, legal and estate affairs. Erskine adopted a different method of book-keeping in 1752.
Dates:
1750-1754.
Account-book of James Erskine of Aberdona., 1805-1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.5111
Scope and Contents
The account-book contains accounts of James Erskine's personal expenses while at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, November 1805-May 1807. The disbursements are small, save one for May 1807, which is a subscription of ten guineas 'for Wilberforce'.
Dates:
1805-1807.
Account book of James Fleming as chamberlain to the Earl of Wigtown., January-May 1672.
Item
Identifier: MS.20781D
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...
Dates:
January-May 1672.
Account book of James Fleming as chamberlain to the Earl of Wigtown., May-December 1672.
Item
Identifier: MS.20781E
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...
Dates:
May-December 1672.
Account book of James Fleming as chamberlain to the Earl of Wigtown., December 1672-March 1673.
Item
Identifier: MS.20781F
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...
Dates:
December 1672-March 1673.
Account book of James Richardson, writer, Perth., 1749-1763.
Item
Identifier: MS.20984
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The firm of John Richardson and Company, of Perth, was already well established by 1760 with a wide business, chiefly in salmon, both locally and throughout Europe. The books consist of letter books and various account books, and show the whole process from the acquisition of the fish to its sale either raw at home or pickled as far afield as Italy and Spain. The salmon business was precarious, and to offset losses Richardson frequently entered into partnership with local merchants, notably...
Dates:
1749-1763.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Richardson family.
Account book of James Stevenson, Candlemaker, Edinburgh., 1731-1734.
Item
Identifier: MS.251
Account book of James Wilson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14044
Content Description
Accounts relate to Wilson's job as a stocking maker in Midlothian and his farm.
Dates:
1795-1809.
Account-book of James Wright of Loss., 1712-1728.
Item
Identifier: MS.3190
Scope and Contents
The dates of birth of James Wright’s children are given on folio 91. Issues of 'The Evening Post', or, the 'New Edinburgh Gazette', numbers 175 and 181, January 1712, are pasted in at the ends.
Dates:
1712-1728.
Account book of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet., 1731-1737.
Item
Identifier: MS.1190
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1731-1737.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
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Account books of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet.
Account book of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet., 1736-1751.
Item
Identifier: MS.1191
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1736-1751.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
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Account books of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet.
Account book of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet., 1737-1743.
Item
Identifier: MS.1192
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1737-1743.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
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Account books of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet.
Account book of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet., 1740-1748.
Item
Identifier: MS.1193
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1740-1748.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
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Account books of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet.