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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:

Journals and notebooks of Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13420
Scope and Contents Edward Theodore Salvesen (1857-1942) was the son of Christian Frederick Salvesen (1827-1911), the Norwegian born founder of the Salvesen shipping company of Leith. He was educated at Edinburgh University and called to the Scottish Bar in 1880, becoming a Queen’s Counsel in 1899. As a Liberal Unionist candidate, he unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituencies of Leith Burghs in 1900 and Bute in 1905. He was Sheriff of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire and Selkirkshire from 1901-1905...
Dates: 1873-1900.

Lawyer`s account book.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8327
Scope and Contents

Recording income and expenditure, mainly personal and domestic.

Dates: 1782-1787.

Letters and manuscripts of Donald Whyte.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10431
Dates: 19th century to 20th century.

Maxwell of Monreith family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7111
Scope and Contents

Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.

Dates: circa 1700-1930.

Microfilm of account book, 1752-1758, of Mary Dudgeon; and, consultation book, 1766-1833, of James Boswell Esquire of Auchinleck.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.100
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Account book, 1752-1758, of Mary Dudgeon, housekeeper to the family of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice (Adv.MS.2.1.9);

The Consultation Book of James Boswell Esquire of Auchinleck, Advocate Who put on the Gown 29 July 1766. Written with his own hand’, 1766-1772, 1831-1833. (Adv.MS.3.1.10).

Dates: 1752-1833.

Microfilm of account books of the family of Foulis of Ravelston, numbers 2-3.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1129
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Account book, number 2, 1684-1686 (MS.6153);

Account book, number 3, 1686-1689 (MS.6154).

Dates: 1684-1689.

Microfilm of miscellaneous account books and copy of ‘An Account of the Lord’s Gracious dealing with me; and of his remarkable hearing and answering my supplications’.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1046
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Copy of ‘An Account of the Lord`s Gracious dealing with me; and of his remarkable hearing and answering my supplications’, being the religious memoirs of Mrs Marion Veitch, wife of William Veitch, minister of Dumfries, written apparently in or about 1711, the date of the latest events recorded (Adv.MS.34.6.22), 41 frames;Account book of the Sutherland estates (Dep.313/502), 121 frames;Account book of the Sutherland estates (Dep.313/503)...
Dates: 1650-1693, ?1711.

Microfilm of notebook of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall; and, account book of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.326
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Notebook, 1667-1676, of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall (Adv.MS.13.2.17); Account book, [circa 1657-1684], of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar (Adv.MS.13.2.18).

Dates: [Circa 1657-1684.]

Microfilm of topographical surveys, 1793-1801; ‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century; and, account book, 1750-1754, of James Erskine.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.439
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Topographical surveys, 1793-1801 (Adv.MS.16.1.13);

‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century (Adv.MS.16.1.14);

Account book, 1750-1754, of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice (Adv.MS.16.1.15).

Dates: Early 18th century-1801.

Microfilm of two account books, the first 1843-1859 and (inverted) 1822-1830, the second 1818-1829, of the farm of Glenim, Dumfriesshire.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15554 [Mf.MSS.46]
Scope and Contents

One of the account books also contains the diary of a clerk in the lead-mines at Leadhills, June-December 1745, and July 1746, and notes on optics, 18th century.

Dates: 18th century, 1818-1859.