Memorandums.
Found in 836 Collections and/or Records:
Visit made by James Johnston to United States Army of Europe base. , 1977
Volume containing a few memoranda and copies of letters entered infrequently; it appears to have been discontinued and the contents recopied in other volumes., 1809-1810.
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Volume containing a wide range of important and revealing memoranda of Alexander Walker, chiefly concerned with Ceylon and with the East India Company's role in India., ?4th quarter of 18th century-?1st quarter of 19th century.
Volume containing accounts, 1762, and memoranda, undated, of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1762, undated.
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.
Volume containing: (i) memoranda apparently by John Riddell relating to the descent of Lord Napier from Duncan, Earl of Lennox, and to the Haldane and Lennox competition in the 15th century, ?circa 1809; (ii) a copy of ‘The Case of Alexander, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon’ (no place of publication, no date), with a few marginalia by Riddell; and (iii) a copy of ‘Case and statement of evidence on the claim of Archibald Lord Douglas of Douglas to carry the Crown of Scotland’ (London, circa 1822)., Circa 1809, circa 1822, and undated.
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
Volume entitled ‘Cambay’, containing memoranda, 1808, concerning the administrative and judicial responsibilities at Cambay, with the findings in respect of the charges made by and against George Corsellis, the Commercial Resident, which include a very detailed breakdown of the trade of Cambay, 1806-1808., 1806-1808.
These papers seem to have been bound up circa 1816.
Volume entitled 'Pirates, Cambay and Kattywar'., 1805-1808, [circa 1820].
Volume III of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., 1831.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Volume, labelled 'Individuals', containing correspondence concerning civil servants and other civilians who have already served or lived in India., 1785-1828.
Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.
Volume, numbered '133', containing a journal and memoranda of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 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.