Letters. Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 10934 Collections and/or Records:
8th Marquess of Tweeddale papers., 1808-1875.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10971-10994
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1808-1875.
11th Marquess of Tweeddale papers., 1905-1959.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11026-11031
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1905-1959.
19 letters of Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall: 17 of them to John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1663-1667, and undated; 1 to the Duke of Rothes, 1666; and 1 to the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, 1670., 1663-1670.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.14
Scope and Contents
Of the letters to Lauderdale, 9 are published in ‘Letters from Archibald, Earl of Argyll, to John, Duke of Lauderdale’ by George Sinclair and C K Sharpe (Bannatyne Club, 1829), pages 103-124, to which page-references have been added in the manuscript.
Dates:
1663-1670.
63 letters of the 9th Earl of Argyll to John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1663-1670 (folio 3), preceded by a letter of Alexander Macdonald, the Antiquary, to David Irving, Keeper of the Advocates` Library, ?1829, concerning the letters (folio 1)., 1663-1670, ?1829.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.13
Dates:
1663-1670, ?1829.
A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.
File
Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents
The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates:
1815-1977.
'A. Prymera Relacion', July 1519; apparently a copy of the letter sent by Hernando Cortés to the Emperor mentioned in Principal William Robertson's 'History of America', volume i, page xi, and volume ii, pages 33, 521., 1519.
Item
Identifier: MS.3960
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1519.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
A scrapbook containing press-cuttings and some letters relating to Thomas Mackay Cooper's public career and publications., 1930-1937.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6188/7
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon, relating to Thomas Mackay Cooper's candidacies in Banffshire and West Edinburgh, 1931 and 1935.
Dates:
1930-1937.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.11573
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:
1807.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1808.
File
Identifier: MS.11580
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:
1808.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.11581
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:
1809.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1810.
File
Identifier: MS.11585
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:
1810.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1812.
File
Identifier: MS.11592
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:
1812.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11595
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:
1813.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing accounts and memoranda in Holland and London., 1717-1718.
Item
Identifier: MS.16948
Scope and Contents
With copy of a letter in French (folio 13 verso).
Dates:
1717-1718.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing accounts in Holland and London., 1717-1718.
Item
Identifier: MS.16947
Scope and Contents
With copies of two letters of Andrew Fletcher, one probably to his father on his studies of English law, ?1717 (folio 2 inverted), and one to a Scottish nobleman on public affairs, mid-1718 (folio 13).
Dates:
1717-1718.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Account files of the Gude Cause project., 2008-2010.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/92-95
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates:
2008-2010.
Account for work at Coilyvrochan, Dungarthill, etc., of Sir James Murray Pulteney, 7th Baronet., 1805-1812.
File
Identifier: MS.1411
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:
1805-1812.
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 families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondence of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Murray.
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Letters and papers of Murray of Clermont.
'Account of the Caves of Kennery, Ambola, and Elephanta in the East Indies; in a letter from a gentleman in Bombay to his friend in England, 1783.', 1783.
Item
Identifier: MS.3966
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Accounts, 1823-1864, for disbursement of money by the firm of Chalmers and Guthrie; and bankers' accounts and letters, 1811-1915., 1811-1915.
File
Identifier: MS.15433
Scope and Contents
The bankers’ accounts and letters include those of: (i) The Dundee Union Bank (folios 54-129); (ii) The Royal Bank of Scotland (folios 130-137); (iii) The Bank of Scotland (folios 138-148).
Dates:
1811-1915.
Accounts, 1865-1869, with Lindsay, Mackay and Howe, with other letters and papers., [?1865-?1869.]
File
Identifier: Acc.3521/13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including legal and financial papers.
Dates:
[?1865-?1869.]
Accounts and letters., 1837-1851.
File
Identifier: Acc.3521/53
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including legal and financial papers.
Dates:
1837-1851.
Accounts, chiefly relating to the household of Mary of Lorraine, but with a few items of the late 16th century., 1532-1600, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.5
Scope and Contents
Unless otherwise stated all items are in French. Accounts of Jacques Girard, treasurer; Longueville, 25 May 1544 (folios 1-6; the correct order should be folios 1-2, 5, 4, 3, 6). - There is a partial translation in ‘Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine’ (SHS, 3rd Series, volume 4), page xxvii.Wine account of Jean Mean, butler to Mary, Queen of Scots, March 1544 (folios 7-8).Building expenses at Stirling Castle, March-April 1544 (folio...
Dates:
1532-1600, and undated.
Accounts concerning the publication by John Murray, publishers, of 'Nineveh and its remains' and 'Nineveh and Babylon' by Austen Henry Layard. Also included is a letter of John Murray III to Benjamin Austen forwarding a set of accounts for the sale of the fourth edition of Layard`s 'Nineveh and its remains., 1849-1881.
File
Identifier: MS.42413
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Austen Henry Layard was a British archaeologist and politician. He is perhaps best remembered for his excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh. Layard was keen to publicise his discoveries and worked with John Murray to produce lavish publications about his discoveries. These were popular books and went through many editions.The papers here concerning Austen Henry Layard offer a detailed insight into the publishing process surrounding his works about his excavations.The...
Dates:
1849-1881.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Austen Henry Layard.
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Financial and legal papers concerning Austen Henry Layard and the publication of the narratives of his travels and excavations.
Accounts, correspondence, and memoranda between Blackie and Son Limited and John Murray, publishers., 1976-1986
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1527
Scope and Contents
File relates specifically to a joint venture undertaken between the two publishing companies for the publication of "The Science of Life" as part of the "Strathclyde Biology Project". Original and copy material is present.
Dates:
1976-1986
Accounts, letters and certificates., 1854-1855.
File
Identifier: Acc.3521/50
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including legal and financial papers.
Dates:
1854-1855.