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Account books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books in which financial accounts are kept.

Found in 184 Collections and/or Records:

Accounts book of Hercules Ross with Barclay, Bevan and Bening.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50278
Scope and Contents

Account book of Hercules Ross concerning financial transactions. Entires concenring William Wilberforce occur on folios 28 verso and 29 recto.

Dates: 1782-1805.

Accounts of John Aitkin, 1780-1792.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6548
Scope and Contents

With two farm account books, 1781-1795, 1793-1826, for farms near Brechin.

Dates: 1780-1826.

Business papers of James Dickson and Co.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9500
Scope and Contents

Includes letter book, stock inventories, account books and price book.

Dates: 1818-1932.

Coal accounts of Niddrie Mill, including accounts of money advanced by Lord Niddrie to erect the mill, production figures, expenses and profits.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17952
Scope and Contents

At the back of the volume there are minutes and accounts of tacksmen of customs, 1686-1692.

Dates: 1686-1700.

Correspondence and papers concerning the National Demonstration in Scotland, in honour of Arthur James Balfour.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6033/1-3
Scope and Contents

Including accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 1889.

Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15001-15195
Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1757-1934, undated.

Correspondence and papers of George Smith (1824-1901), publisher, and founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, and his successors as heads of the firm of Smith, Elder and Company.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23171-23192
Scope and Contents

The papers relate chiefly to the publication of articles in the 'Cornhill Magazine' (which George Smith founded), and of books published by the firm.

Dates: 1846-1924, undated.

Correspondence and papers of John Addison Birkbeck; with items relating to Dundee Typographical Society, including a volume, September 1879-January 1897, of the Courier and Argus Chapel of the Dundee Typographical Society.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.5277
Scope and Contents

Containing minutes of chapel meetings, lists of members, and accounts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1879-1897, circa 1940-1971.