Accounts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents in which monies or goods received and paid or given out are recorded in order to permit periodic totaling. This term was not used in the published volumes of the 'Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925'. Such records were indexed under the subject terms Housekeeping or Prices.
Found in 3038 Collections and/or Records:
Scripts of plays of Sean Hignett, and others, for television.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7573
Scope and Contents
With papers concerning Waverley Broadcasting Ltd.
Dates:
1971-1978.
Scroll accounts of David Syme, coalgrieve at Lochgelly., 1741-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.13301
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates:
1741-1745.
Sederunt book, 1744-1748, of the Trustees of William Elliot.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5501
Scope and Contents
With household accounts, 1760-1778.
Dates:
1744-1778.
Sederunt books and volumes of accounts of the trustees of James Rannie, merchant in Leith (died 1803)., 1803-1840
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5011-5016
Scope and Contents
James Rannie married Catherine, daughter of Baron Mure. On Rannie's death, a trust fund was set up with William Mure of Caldwell, the Baron’s son, as one of the trustees.
Dates:
1803-1840
Series of large folio volumes with copies of documents, including legal opinions, accounts and warrants relating to the administration of the customs and excise in England and Scotland; and copies of Scottish Court of Exchequer correspondence, minutes, reports and accounts relating to the Court`s administration of the forfeited estates.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.1.2-28.1.7
Dates:
1705-1773.
Series of notebooks, 1776-1839, containing military and travel journals; personal, military, estate and a few political notes and memoranda; and some personal accounts of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch., 1776-1839.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16058-16103
Dates:
1776-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Journals, diaries, notebook and account books chiefly of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Settlements, valuations, accounts, and other papers concerning the estates of Madeleine Harriet Dagmar Elliot, 1888-1922, and Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot, 1922-1923., 1888-1923.
File
Identifier: MS.19573.
Seven accounts concerning the family of Speirs of Culcreuch.
File
Identifier: Acc.3296
Scope and Contents
Relating to educational expenses.
Dates:
1777-1809.
Shipping accounts relating to Sir James Stansfield's office as Collector of the Customs at Leith., 1663-1686.
File
Identifier: MS.25711
Scope and Contents
With accounts of the disposal of salt at Bergen, 1667-1670 (folios 35-42, 44).
Dates:
1663-1686.
Single manuscripts and small collections.
Series
Identifier: MS.2617
Dates:
1577-early 20th century.
Six letters of Myles Birket Foster, the painter, to James Tait Black, the publisher, inserted in a copy of "Black's picturesque guide to the Trosachs" by John H Burton (Edinburgh, 1853).
File
Identifier: MS.6403
Scope and Contents
The letters concern the sketches and wood-engravings made by Foster for the illustrations to the 'Guide', and to other work that he was engaged on at the time. There is also an account for the work in connection with the 'Guide'.
Dates:
1852-1853.
Small accounts of Sir Thomas Graham, Malta., 1800.
File
Identifier: MS.3639
Small collection of accounts, correspondence, and a work sheet, of Thomas Terras, road contractor, Balmullo., 1823-1838.
File
Identifier: MS.19989, folios 41-63
Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2207
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous papers, 1647-1781, consisting chiefly of letters and orders addressed to William Farquharson of Inverey by Middleton and others, in connection with the Royalist campaign in Scotland, 1647-1656. 'Archaeologia Scotia', volume v, appendix, page 57. (Folio 1.)(ii) Orders of General Monck relating to Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy and the McNabs, 1654-1655, with modern transcripts, and a chaplain's commission given to...
Dates:
1647-1862, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Miscellaneous smaller manuscripts, single letters, small collections, etc., now made up into volumes, the property of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Small estate accounts and receipts., 1658-1911.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13241-13242
Scope and Contents
Included are stipend and cess receipts, receipts for building work, and miscellaneous domestic payments. There is a reeipt for cess to the government of Prince Charles in 1745 (MS.13241, folio 126), and a receipt and note by William Adam (MS.13241, folios 121-122). They have not been indexed in detail.
Dates:
1658-1911.
Small estate accounts and receipts., 1658-1792.
File
Identifier: MS.13241
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Included are stipend and cess receipts, receipts for building work, and miscellaneous domestic payments. There is a reeipt for cess to the government of Prince Charles in 1745 (MS.13241, folio 126), and a receipt and note by William Adam (MS.13241, folios 121-122). They have not been indexed in detail.
Dates:
1658-1792.
Small estate accounts and receipts., 1793-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.13242
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Included are stipend and cess receipts, receipts for building work, and miscellaneous domestic payments. There is a reeipt for cess to the government of Prince Charles in 1745 (MS.13241, folio 126), and a receipt and note by William Adam (MS.13241, folios 121-122). They have not been indexed in detail.
Dates:
1793-1911.
Small groups of financial papers and accounts relating to individual factors and cashiers of the Dundas estate; in most cases the material appears to be subsidiary or preparatory to the main estate accounts., 1750-1797.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.52
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Accounts between Robert Seton and James Dundas, younger, of Dundas: accounts and vouchers. Accounts appear to have been closed on 24 March 1750, 19 October 1754, 29 October 1755, 26 February 1757 (folio 1).(ii) Memoranda and accounts concerning the factory of Peter Flockhart, crops 1775-1777 (folio 44).(iii) Accounts concerning the factory of James Syme, 1778-1781 (folio 80).(iv) Accounts concerning...
Dates:
1750-1797.
Smiths' bills, and bills and accounts for building and structural repairs., 1670-1713.
File
Identifier: MS.14651
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Bills, 1670-1713, of smiths, Edinburgh, Musselburgh and Gifford (folio 1);(ii) Bills of tradesmen, Edinburgh, Haddington and Gifford: wrights, 1680-1711 (folio 45); masons, 1686-1711 (folio 73); slaters, 1710-1711 (folio 100); plasterers, 1710 (folio 103); coopers, 1708-1709 (folio 105); glaziers, 1710 (folio 106); painters, 1680, 1710 (folio 108); quarriers, 1708-1710 (folio 110);(iii) Account, 1685, for the building of a...
Dates:
1670-1713.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts chiefly of, to or concerning the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, or Mary, Marchioness of Tweeddale.
Special correspondence and related papers, mostly concerning organisations and public bodies, of Sir George Taylor., 1932-1989.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9533/75-203
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Sir George participated in three major botanical expeditions (to South Africa, 1927-8, East Africa, 1934-5, and Tibet and Bhutan, 1938) which are illustrated in letters, photographs and diaries.Correspondence of special interest includes letters from botanical explorers Frank and Jean Kingdon Ward, George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow (mostly from Burma, Tibet and Bhutan) and from King Gustav of Sweden and Stanley Smith (the latter discussing the possible foundation of a...
Dates:
1932-1989.
Specifications of and contracts, agreements and accounts for building works at Auldbar Castle and on the estate., 1762-1859.
File
Identifier: MS.15436
Scope and Contents
Also included are accounts for plastering, decorating, wrightwork, etc. Folio 1 is a list of 'Rules for measuring mason work in Angus, 1762'. Folio 115 is a printed design for a villa, and folio 116 is a set of designs for lodge gates and railings.
Dates:
1762-1859.
State of the account of Chambre Lewis, Collector of Customs at Leith., 1769-1770.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10962
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1769-1770.
Stated account between Andrew Fletcher L.J.C. and Walter Wordie., 24 April 1739.
Item
Identifier: Ch.14606
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.
Dates:
24 April 1739.
Stated accounts of Henry Davidson with General John Fletcher for crop 1805, Andrew Fletcher's tutors for crops 1806-1810, and Andrew Fletcher for crops 1817-1824., 1805-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.17358
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1805-1824.
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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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
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Factory accounts and vouchers concerning Saltoun Estate.
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Accounts of Henry Davidson, factor of Saltoun estate.