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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 10921 Collections and/or Records:

'Admiralty Letters' from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, volume 4, containing letters numbered 697-770., 1846-1847.

 File
Identifier: MS.2411
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The letters are numbered 1-770.

Dates: 1846-1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station. / 'Admiralty Letters' from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, with index.

'Admiralty Letters' from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, with index., 1842-1847.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2408-2412
Scope and Contents

The letters are numbered 1-770.

Dates: 1842-1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.

'Admiralty letters sent' during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., 1842-1847.

 File
Identifier: MS.2415
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: 1842-1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station. / 'Admiralty letters sent' during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, with index.

'Admiralty letters sent' during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., 1847.

 File
Identifier: MS.2416
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: 1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station. / 'Admiralty letters sent' during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, with index.

'Admiralty letters sent' during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, with index., 1842-1847.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2415-2417
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: 1842-1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.

Admiralty letters to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 21 October 1813-31 March 1814.

 File
Identifier: MS.2342
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: 21 October 1813-31 March 1814.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station. / Admiralty letters to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.

Admiralty letters to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1 April 1814-24 September 1814.

 File
Identifier: MS.2343
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: 1 April 1814-24 September 1814.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station. / Admiralty letters to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.

Admiralty letters to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 26 September 1814-18 May 1815.

 File
Identifier: MS.2344
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: 26 September 1814-18 May 1815.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station. / Admiralty letters to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.

Admiralty letters to Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1813-1815.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2342-2344
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: 1813-1815.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.

‘Age of reason’ by Thomas Paine (Paris, 1749), with a dedication on the flyleaf to Henry W Meikle, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, by John Dover Wilson, and a letter, 1940, from him to Meikle, pasted on the back board., 1749, 1940.

 File
Identifier: MS.14377
Dates: 1749, 1940.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar. / Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson. / Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.

Agreement between Alexander Constable & Company, of Edinburgh, and Hurst, Robinson, & Company, of London, concerning the publication of second editions of Sir Walter Scott’s novels and poetry, 1821, and a photograph of a letter of Sir Walter Scott to William Watson, Hawick, 1829., 1821, 1829.

 File
Identifier: MS.1704, folios 68-71
Dates: 1821, 1829.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Small collections of letters and papers.

Album compiled by Elizabeth S Haldane containing letters of condolence, obituaries and other appreciations of Richard Haldane extracted from newspapers and periodicals 1928-1929; and a few cuttings concerning the campaign of public abuse against him in 1915., 1915, 1928-1929.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20067
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.

Dates: 1915, 1928-1929.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane. / Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911. / Correspondence and papers chiefly concerning Richard Burden Haldane.

Album containing papers concerning the ninety-ninth and hundredth birthdays of Mary E Haldane, and telegrams of condolence to her children on her death in 1925., 1924-1925.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20209
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) A letter of T G N Haldane and telegrams of congratulation from various people to Mary E Haldane on her ninety-ninth birthday in 1924 (folio 1);

(ii) Press cuttings concerning celebrations marking her hundredth birthday in 1925 (folio 56);

(iii) Telegrams of condolence to her children on her death in 1925 (folio 72).

Dates: 1924-1925.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane. / Correspondence of and papers of and concerning Mary E Haldane, mother of Viscount Haldane.

Album containing, pasted in, formal letters and documents, some printed items and a number of press cuttings, 1882-1949, chiefly concerning the military career of Aylmer Haldane., 1882-1950, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20259
Scope and Contents

A small number of items relate to formal and ceremonial occasions at which Aylmer Haldane was present, and to his published writings.

Also pasted in are a few items, 1943, 1945, undated, concerning Haldane’s sister Alice (numbers 164-168), and obituary notices, 1950, of him (numbers 192-194).

Dates: 1882-1950, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of General Sir J Aylmer L Haldane.

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '1. The Royal Academy and others'., 1882-1910, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2919
Scope and Contents

The album contains sketches of Frederic Leighton, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the pre-Raphaelites, etc.

Dates: 1882-1910, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins, wood-engraver, with scrap-books containing material collected by or associated with him. / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins.

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '2. Science and Art. A couple of wise men'., 1877-1915, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2920
Scope and Contents

The caricatures are chiefly of Dr A J Ellis and Charles Keene, particular friends of the Hipkins family.

Dates: 1877-1915, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins, wood-engraver, with scrap-books containing material collected by or associated with him. / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins.

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '6. Musicians'., 1876-1929, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2924
Scope and Contents

The caricatures are preceded by a letter of Sir George Henschel enclosing a poem written by him on the death of John A Hipkins, 1933.

Dates: 1876-1929, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins, wood-engraver, with scrap-books containing material collected by or associated with him. / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins.

Album of John Horseman containing franks and other signatures, with a few letters., 1779-1850.

 Item
Identifier: MS.844
Dates: 1779-1850.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Autograph collection of John Horseman, Rector of Heydon, containing letters of celebrities of the early nineteenth century, chiefly addressed to Horseman, and many franks and other signatures.

Album of letters and documents, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1514-1851.

 File
Identifier: MS.3418
Dates: 1514-1851.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts compiled and collected by the Honourable Sir Hew Dalrymple, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library. / Four albums of letters and documents, largely of Scottish interest, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple.

Album of letters and documents, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1608-1894.

 File
Identifier: MS.3419
Dates: 1608-1894.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts compiled and collected by the Honourable Sir Hew Dalrymple, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library. / Four albums of letters and documents, largely of Scottish interest, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple.

Album of letters and parts of letters of celebrities of the late 18th century and the 19th century., Late 18th century-19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.740
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The letters are unconnected except some addressed to the editor of 'Good Words' and others addressed to Professor George Buchanan, Glasgow.

Dates: Late 18th century-19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and parts of letters of celebrities of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, pasted in two albums.

Album of letters and parts of letters of celebrities of the late 18th century and the 19th century., Late 18th century-19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.741
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The letters are unconnected except some addressed to the editor of 'Good Words' and others addressed to Professor George Buchanan, Glasgow.

Dates: Late 18th century-19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and parts of letters of celebrities of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, pasted in two albums.

Album of letters, notes, accounts, parish records, printed notices, and political cartoons of Duncan Campbell, Minister of Moulin, and his son Duncan Campbell, Minister of St. Matthews, Edinburgh., 1805-1900, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20403 [Manuscript]
Scope and Contents

Much of the album concerns personal and parochial matters, but the family corresponded widely, and writers include Duncan Forbes, the Orientalist, and the artist Erskine Nicol.

Dates: 1805-1900, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Album of letters, notes, accounts, parish records, printed notices, and political cartoons of Duncan Campbell, Minister of Moulin, and his son Duncan Campbell, Minister of St. Matthews, Edinburgh; with original binding.

Album of miscellaneous autographs, chiefly of the nineteenth century., 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.3553 [manuscript]
Dates: 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Album of miscellaneous autographs, chiefly of the nineteenth century, including, among the more substantial items, letters of Scott, Raeburn, Cockburn, and Jeffrey; with original binding.

Album of original letters, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1637-1904.

 File
Identifier: MS.3420
Dates: 1637-1904.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts compiled and collected by the Honourable Sir Hew Dalrymple, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library. / Four albums of letters and documents, largely of Scottish interest, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple.

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