Memorandums.
Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
3 letters to George Chalmers (from Joseph Ritson, Alexander Luders, and Christoph Friedrich Freudenreich) concerning the Bern manuscript of English and Scots laws, together with a calendar of the burgh laws and leges Scotie contained in it and a transcript of the memorandum on folio 61 verso.
21 documents relating to the lands of Curriehill near Edinburgh.
31 letters, 1822-1836, of Sir David Wilkie to Sir James Willoughby Gordon.
Mostly on artistic matters.
With copies of three letters, 1828-1839, of Gordon to Wilkie, and an associated memorandum.
"A Skylight on the Past", copy of a typescript of letters and memoranda of the families of Pemberton in County Durham and Wallace in Nairn, compiled by Nisa Laing.
Contains material concerning India and the First World War.
Account book, 'Gg', of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with extracts from Columella, 'De re rustica', i.1, accounts 1746-1746, 1754-1755 and memoranda, 1755., 1746-1755.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Account-book of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, containing also some legal notes, memoranda, notes on Terence, and a poem., 1744-1747.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing accounts and memoranda., 1733-1734.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing accounts and memoranda in Holland and London., 1717-1718.
With copy of a letter in French (folio 13 verso).
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing memoranda and accounts., 1761.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing memoranda, list of debts, and accounts, 1727-1728., 1726-1728.
The accounts relate chiefly to the estate of Aberlady (see MSS.17450-17472).
There is also a legal note, 1726 (folio 2 inverted), and two recipes (folio 5 verso inverted).
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with an extract in prose and verse, perhaps from a play, and some memoranda., 1722-1723.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with some legal definitions and memoranda., 1722-1723.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with some memoranda., 1721-1722.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with some memoranda., 1723-1724.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Account-book of Delvine Estate, containing various estate accounts, memoranda of orders given to gardener, etc., 1767-1777.
Account book, 'X', of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, containing accounts, 1744-1748, and memoranda, 1745-1750., 1744-1750.
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1739-1741.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1739-1741.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1733-1764, undated.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1733.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1734-1735.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1736-1738.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1739-1741.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1742-1745.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.
Accounts and memoranda relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'., 1746-1750.
The Whim was a property (also known as Blair Cochrane or Blair Bog) in the north of Peeblesshire, purchased by the Duke of Argyll to provide a residence for himself near Edinburgh. The earlier papers relate largely to the erection of the house (designed by William Adam) and creation of the garden from what had been a peat-bog, the later ones to their maintenance. There are also some concerning coal-mining on the estate and the home-farm.