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 14696 Collections and/or Records:
Unrelated documents and letters, including one of James Erskine, Lord Grange, an essay for "The Mirror", and an Advocates` Library ex-Libris inscription by Thomas Ruddiman.
File
Identifier: Acc.12496
Dates:
1726-1860.
Unsigned letter concerning the genealogy of the Stuarts., Late 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.1.13(xiii), folio 45
Dates:
Late 16th century.
'Variety of memorandums, reports and letters relative to the manners customs and transactions in Guzerat' by Alexander Walker., [Circa 1808.]
File
Identifier: MS.13841
Scope and Contents
The papers seem to have been drafted circa 1808 but not bound up until circa 1826. They form an important selection of Alexander Walker's opinions and writings.
Dates:
[Circa 1808.]
Various commissions and honours., 1857-1902.
File
Identifier: Acc.9942/49
Scope and Contents
1858-1902. Various commissions and honours. Includes consular commissions, warrants, honorary degrees, letters of recognition and membership by scientific societies, letters accompanying honours. Includes an honorary G.C.M.G. for the Sultan of Zanzibar, and a reference for Kirk by W.J. Hooker relating to a professorial chair in Kingston, Canada, 23 November 1857. Detailed lists (not totally accurate) in file.
Dates:
1857-1902.
Various legal instruments, including drafts and copies, concerning Thomas Moore, Lord Byron and John Murray II. Included is a letter of Alfred Turner to John Murray III concerning a draft agreement between Thomas Moore and John Murray II relating to the memoirs of Lord Byron., 1821-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.42489
Scope and Contents
Several of the agreements are between Lord Byron, Thomas Moore and John Murray II in respect of the transfer of all rights in Lord Byron`s manuscript, "Memoirs of my life up to 1816", from Thomas Moore, to whom Byron had given the manuscript, to John Murray II.
Dates:
1821-1853.
Various letters, 1873, 1881, 1890, 1893, and undated, transferred from the Department of Printed Books where they were found loosely enclosed in books.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.12
Scope and Contents
A contents list has been provided, recording also the former locations of the letters.
Dates:
1873-1893, and undated.
Various letters and papers., 1822-1876, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1704, folios 56-65
Scope and Contents
Letter of Princess Louise of Stolberg, wife of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, to Lady Dillon, 1822; letter of Charles Kingsley, when a boy, to Mrs Knowles, 1828; poem of James Hogg, 'The last look of the land of the Stuarts', undated; poem of Mrs Hemans, “The Kaiser’s Feast", undated; letter of George Eliot, 1876.
Dates:
1822-1876, undated.
Various letters and papers, including several press cuttings and copies of photographs, of and concerning members of the Haldane and Burdon-Sanderson families, with most of the items concerning Elizabeth S Haldane., 1849-1936, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20034
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.
Dates:
1849-1936, undated.
Various letters and papers of Elizabeth Bell, 'Tibbie Flint'., 1808-1867, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12848
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter, 1808, of Helen Stewart (Mrs Dugald Stewart) giving her opinion of 'Tibbie Flint' (folio 1); correspondence with Mary Brydone, 1808, 1825, undated (folios 3, 25), Dr John Brown, 1865 (folio 60), and the Adam family of Blair Adam, 1865-1867 (folio 66); 'Tibbey Flint's History ...', circa 1808 (folio 21); and verses and charades, 1809, 1820, circa 1836 (folios 27, 36).
Dates:
1808-1867, undated.
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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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Literary papers of Elizabeth Bell of Coldstream, a humorous writer in Scots in the character of 'Tibbie Flint', who frequently acted that part in theatrical productions at Minto House.
Various letters and press cuttings concerning the arrests of Janet Parker and Arabella Scott and the forcible feeding of women prisoners., Dated 16 June 1914-27 July 1914.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4498/2
Dates:
Dated 16 June 1914-27 July 1914.
Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1796-1847.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2443-2485
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1796-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
Various manuscripts and fragments, almost all undated, in the autograph of Hugh Miller., 1819-[1852, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.7518
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Two 'Descriptive Letters' probably intended for publication and signed 'M--r', concerning a visit to Edinburgh in 1824 (folio 1);(ii) Fragmentary notebooks, 1819-1820, undated, mainly containing poems, some of which were published with many alterations in ‘Poems written in the leisure hours of a journeyman mason’ (Edinburgh, 1829) (folio 10);(iii) Description of the parish of Cromarty: basically the text of the description...
Dates:
1819-[1852, or before.]
Various memoranda, petitions and letters concerning the administration of Madras., 1804-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.11651
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:
1804-1810.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
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Various memoranda, petitions and letters concerning the administration of Madras, and a Copy of Sir Henry Gwillim's 'Charge to the Grand Jury at Madras'.
Various memoranda, petitions and letters concerning the administration of Madras, and a Copy of Sir Henry Gwillim's 'Charge to the Grand Jury at Madras'., 1804-1810.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11651-11652
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:
1804-1810.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
Various papers, including copies of and a report on intercepted letters of Lord Lovat, 1703-1704., 1651-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.10335, folios 1-31
Dates:
1651-1857.
Various papers of, concerning and collected by William Barclay David Donald Turnbull., 1633-1861, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2106
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Original documents: account of copper coins issued by the Earl of Stirling, 1633; account with Mr George Halyburtoun, 1636; letter regarding appointment of a minister to Eddleston, 1642 (folio 1);(ii) 'The Original of the Antient Scots', by Chevalier O'Gorman, undated (folio 7);(iii) Papers relating to the 'Monasticon Scoticanum' (folio 71); also copies of letters, etc., of the Earl of Buchan regarding Walter Macfarlane's...
Dates:
1633-1861, undated.
Various political papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto, [1783-1784]-1791.
File
Identifier: MS.11203
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Notes and drafts of speeches and motions on Indian affairs, [1783-1784] (folio 1);
(ii) Printed copy of the exchange of letters, December 1788-January 1789, between William Pitt and the Prince of Wales, with drafts of letters, memorials and addresses on the Regency bill, 1788-1789, and drafts for the memorial of the Prince of Wales to the King, February 1789 (folio 17);
(iii) Letters and memorial, 1791, chiefly concerning the memorial of the General Assembly...
Dates:
[1783-1784]-1791.
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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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Various printed confidential papers., 1838-1839.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12163-12174
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1838-1839.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed confidential papers chiefly relating to the affairs of India., 1826-1828, 1840.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12184-12196
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1826-1828, 1840.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed confidential papers relating to the affairs of India., 1839.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12175-12183
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1839.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed confidential papers relating to the affairs of India., 1840-1841.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12197-12212
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1840-1841.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Finance Department., 1905-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.12665
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Summary of the principal measures during the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-November 1908 (folio 1);
(ii) Letter and resolution concerning the revision of the rules for sanctioning expenditure from Indian revenue, 1908 (folio 52);
(iii) Papers relating to alterations in budget procedure, 1908 (folio 59);
(iv) Principal events affecting the Finance Department, 1906-1909, chiefly relating to the gold standard, currency, and excise (folio 76);
(v)...
Dates:
1905-1911.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Finance Department.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1847-1852.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12221-12222, 12224
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1847-1852.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1847-1852.
File
Identifier: MS.12222
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Papers respecting Siam', 1850, 63 pages;
(ii) 'Relations with France', two papers, December 1851, 3 pages;
(iii) 'Memorandum as to the Plans of the so-called Illyrian Party in Croatia', Foreign Office, 16 October 1851, 29 pages;
(iv) 'Nunneries in Catholic Countries', Foreign Office, 21 April 1851, 5 pages;
(v) Memorandum on the Germanic Confederation, translated from the French original, 5 March 1851, 3 pages;
(vi) 'Relations between the See of Rome and...
Dates:
1847-1852.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet.