Memorandums.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.
Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India., 1806-1815, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11283-11739
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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:
1806-1815, 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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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.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East., 1793-1815, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11272-11739
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:
1793-1815, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto with Charles Joseph, Comte de Bresson, and with Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon., 1832-1847.
File
Identifier: MS.12046
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Further correspondence with Charles Joseph, Comte de Bresson, 1832-1847, including a letter, 1834, of Bresson to a third party (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence with Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon, Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1832-1834 (folio 88); (iii) Memoranda and other papers, 1832-1834, chiefly relating to conversations and negotiations with Ancillon (folio 120).
Dates:
1832-1847.
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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Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning the Burgh Police and Health Act and related matters., 1857-1885.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12352-12353
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1857-1885.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canadian affairs., 1900-1908
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Identifier: MS.12574
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence, memoranda, and other papers connected with the official aspects of the 4th Earl of Minto's visit to the Yukon in 1900, including material relating to the grievances submitted to him, as well as much incidental information on transport, fuel supply, land leasing, the cost of living, etc. (folio 1);
(ii) Letters of the 4th Earl Grey, 1900-1908, concerning the raising of Canadian troops for service in Rhodesia, relations with the United States...
Dates:
1900-1908
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 Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's tenure of office as Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the voyageurs., 1884-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12549
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The 4th Earl of Minto's main preoccupations were with the raising of a voyageur force for service in Egypt, the employment of Canadian forces in the imperial service, and the rebellion of Louis Riel in the North-West in which he was personally involved.
Dates:
1884-1886.
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 Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers of the Edinburgh Press with correspondents from M-W., 1933-1935.
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Identifier: MS.23607
Scope and Contents
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The papers include a number of letters between the Edinburgh and London offices of the firm.
Dates:
1933-1935.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, estimates and correspondence of the Edinburgh Press.
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Correspondence, chiefly carbon copies of outgoing letters, and papers of the Edinburgh Press.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.
File
Identifier: F.R.341
Dates:
1819-1879.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the recovery of missing books.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/44
Dates:
1915.
Correspondence and papers of the Founders` Guild for an Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11106
Dates:
1946-1950.
Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope, volume II: mainly correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray., 1711-1742, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.1.1(II)
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Sir Alexander Murray with members of the Nobility, the Landed Gentry, and the Army, with his legal adviser, William Lumisden, and with various people concerning the Argyllshire estates, and miscellaneous memoranda.
Dates:
1711-1742, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Rev Dr James C. MacPhail and of his son, J R N MacPhail, Sheriff of Stirling.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12272
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concern MacPhail Bursary scheme for Gaelic-speaking boys, other Highland matters and the Lewis (Park) Deer Raid trial, 1887.
Dates:
1860-1930.
Correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1806-1807., 1806-1807.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12908-12927
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1806-1807.
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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells.
Correspondence and papers on various actual and projected lead or copper mines in Scotland., 1751-1774.
File
Identifier: MS.12875
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With letters and reports on the lead mines of Islay, 1771-1785.
Dates:
1751-1774.
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 John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk.
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Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot.
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Correspondence and papers concerning Admiral John Elliot's mining ventures in Perthshire and southern Scotland for copper and lead deposits.
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Correspondence and papers on various actual and projected lead or copper mines in Scotland.
Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s appointment to the staff of the army in America and to his subsequent appointment to the command of the troops and civil government of Upper Canada., 1811-1815, and undated.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.6.5-46.6.6
Scope and Contents
The papers, many of which are undated, consist of notes, memoranda and reports on various aspects of life and of military affairs (including some sketch-maps) in Canada.
Dates:
1811-1815, and undated.
Correspondence and papers relating to the Mysore command, including letters of Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Major-General Sir William Clarke and William Petrie., 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.11649
Scope and Contents
With a draft memorandum by the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the Mysore princes.
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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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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Letters and enclosures from the Governors of Madras to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers relating to the Mysore command.
Correspondence and papers sent by William Ross, a former Madras civil servant, Sir George Ramsay, Baronet, of Bamff, and Lieutenant (later Major-General) William Blackburne, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.
File
Identifier: MS.9369
Scope and Contents
The correspondence, which includes extensive memoranda and minutes, deals in considerable detail with the policies of the East India Company's Madras government towards the Raja of Tanjore, the question of the Tanjore and Arcot debts, and dynastic disputes in the royal house.
An original letter, with translation, of the Raja of Tanjore to Dundas (folios 123-137), is included in the Blackburne correspondence.
Dates:
1786-1801.
Correspondence, memoranda and printed material of the Earl of Rosebery on the London University Bill including a copy of a pamphlet entitled "Objections to the Gresham Commissioners' Scheme" (London, 1894)., 1894-1895.
File
Identifier: MS.10149
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1894-1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery on home affairs.
Correspondence, memoranda and related printed material, November 1893-May 1895, of the Earl of Rosebery concerning applications for posts as commissioners of Income Tax and Woods and Forests, and secretary to the Office of Works., 1893-1895.
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Identifier: MS.10152
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1893-1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery concerning public appointments.
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to the Walk Scotland organisation., 1998.
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Identifier: Acc.13542/865
Scope and Contents
Walk Scotland organisation was set up to complement the Paths for all Partnership to promote how the economic potential of walking and mountaineering could be realised in a sustainable way.
Dates:
1998.
Correspondence, memoranda, and working group papers on a proposal that the Cairngorms should be considered for listing under the World Heritage Convention., 1988-1992.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/1156
Scope and Contents
For SNH.
Dates:
1988-1992.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and speeches relating the ‘Paths for all initiative., 1995-1996.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/854
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From the Sub-Series:
"Paths for all" initiative aimed to create up to 200 local path networks throughout Scotland.
Dates:
1995-1996.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and speeches relating the ‘Paths for all initiative., 1997.
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Identifier: Acc.13542/855
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
"Paths for all" initiative aimed to create up to 200 local path networks throughout Scotland.
Dates:
1997.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and speeches relating the ‘Paths for all initiative., 1998.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/856
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
"Paths for all" initiative aimed to create up to 200 local path networks throughout Scotland.
Dates:
1998.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and speeches relating the ‘Paths for all initiative., 1999.
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Identifier: Acc.13542/857
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
"Paths for all" initiative aimed to create up to 200 local path networks throughout Scotland.
Dates:
1999.