Memorandums.
Subject
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Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.
Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics., 1560-1641, undated.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(xiii)
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1560-1641, undated.
Store book of Colonel [John] Adlecron's Regiment, 39th Foot, kept by Stephen Julian and Edward Forde, successive quartermasters, when the regiment was based in the Carnatic at Fort St David and Fort St George.
File
Identifier: MS.6291
Scope and Contents
Copies of other documents of a military nature have been added. The volume has been damaged and several pages are missing, particularly at the end.The contents are as follows:(i) Quarterly records of stores issued for the use of the regiment, September 1754, to March 1759 (folio 1);(ii) Copy of 'Instructions for the Commanding Officer of Train of Artillery attending His Majesty's Forces ordered to the East Indies', dated 21 February 1754 (folio 30...
Dates:
1744-1778.
'The Conduct from April to July, 1783, ... respecting the Operations of the Southern Force', a memorandum, including extracts from correspondence, prepared by James Stuart., 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8412
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
Three versions (the third incomplete) of a memorandum on the genealogy of the family of Buchanan, 1826 (folios 1, 15, 43), followed by some apparently unrelated leaves containing parts of a draft of John Riddell`s ‘Reply to ... Dr Hamilton of Bardowie’ (folio 55)., 1826, 1828.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.2.1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Dates:
1826, 1828.
Tissue-books of General Sir George Murray containing contact copies of his correspondence on the expedition to the Baltic., 1808.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.15-46.1.17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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.
Dates:
1808.
Transcripts and notes, I, early 20th century, partly typewritten, concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1685-1700, 1745-1747, 1802.
File
Identifier: MS.298
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Memorandum in the handwriting of Murray of Dollerie regarding the fate of his son Anthony, present at the battle of Culloden, 1746. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘Memorial for the Lord Braco to the Lord Advocate’, 1747. (Folio 4.)(iii) Correspondence of Lord Lewis Gordon and others with Mr Harry Milne, factor to Duff, the Laird of Drummuir, and other documents relating to the payment of levy-money to Prince Charles Edward, 1745-1746....
Dates:
1685-1700, 1745-1747, 1802.
Typed "Memoranda on Robert Cadell’s Collection of Scott Letters and on the Business Books of Constable & Co. and Cadell & Co".
File
Identifier: MS.803
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) “Memorandum on Robert Cadell's collection of Scott letters, by his grandson, J. H. Stevenson, M.B.E., K.C.” (describing MSS.742-745), 1933 (folio 1), with notes by the Keeper of Manuscripts (folio ii) and James Glen, Glasgow (folio 13);
(ii) "Memorandum on the business books and letters of Constable & Co. and Cadell & Co.” (MSS.319-320, 324-325, 789-802), by the Keeper of Manuscripts, 1934.
Dates:
1933, 1934.
Typescript memorandum, 1942, on the historical background of the Clyde Training Ship Empress' Trust submitted by Gilbert J Innes, chairman of the Trustees, together with a photostat of the audited abstract of accounts of the intromissions of the factors to the Trustees, 1954, and a letter, 1959, of Innes., 1942, 1954, 1959.
File
Identifier: MS.20765, folios 237-243
Dates:
1942, 1954, 1959.
'Variety of memorandums, reports and letters relative to the manners customs and transactions in Guzerat' by Alexander Walker., [Circa 1808.]
File
Identifier: MS.13841
Scope and Contents
The papers seem to have been drafted circa 1808 but not bound up until circa 1826. They form an important selection of Alexander Walker's opinions and writings.
Dates:
[Circa 1808.]
Various dispatches and memoranda sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam., August 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.11657
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:
August 1809.
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 papers sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone.
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Various dispatches and memoranda sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone.
Various dispatches and memoranda sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone., 1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11657-11658
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:
1809.
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 papers sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone.
Various financial, legal and personal papers of Andrew Stuart., 1727-1800.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5390-5404
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Andrew Stuart was a noted lawyer and politician. As lawyer he acted as agent for some important Scottish noble families, in particular the Dukes of Hamilton; as politician he represented Lanarkshire in Parliament, and was a member of the Board of Trade in Lord North's administration. The papers here are almost entirely of a legal and personal nature.
Dates:
1727-1800.
Various manuscripts of David Hume., 1738-1776, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23159
Scope and Contents
The papers include David Hume's agreement with John Noon for publishing the ‘Treatise of human nature’, 1738; his appointment as Judge Advocate, 1746; a letter of Hume recounting the order to remove three French works purchased by him while Keeper of the Library of the Faculty of Advocates - ‘Contes’ of La Fontaine, Bussy-Rabutin's ‘Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules,’ and Crébillon's ‘L'Ecumoire,’ - deemed by three of his curators 'indecent Books and unworthy of a place in a learned Library',...
Dates:
1738-1776, undated.
Various memoranda, petitions and letters concerning the administration of Madras., 1804-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.11651
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:
1804-1810.
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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Various memoranda, petitions and letters concerning the administration of Madras, and a Copy of Sir Henry Gwillim's 'Charge to the Grand Jury at Madras'.
Various memoranda, petitions and letters concerning the administration of Madras, and a Copy of Sir Henry Gwillim's 'Charge to the Grand Jury at Madras'., 1804-1810.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11651-11652
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:
1804-1810.
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.
Various papers, containing bills, receipts and photographs., 1920-1962, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/210(1)-211(3)
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.
Dates:
1920-1962, undated.
Various printed confidential papers relating to the affairs of India., 1840-1841.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12197-12212
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1840-1841.
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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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Army Department., 1905-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12677
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Annual summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration, Department of Military Supply, 1905-June 1908 (folio 1);
(ii) Annual summaries of principal events and measures, June 1906-May 1909 (folio 29);
(iii) ‘Imperial Gazetteer, India’, volume iv, chapter xi, Army, 1905 (folio 51);
(iv) Notes on establishments, 1907 (folio 86);
(v) Progress report, number 3, on the preparation of the army in India for war, and the redistribution scheme, 1908 (folio...
Dates:
1905-1910.
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 India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Army Department.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Army Department., 1905-1910, [circa 1916.]
File
Identifier: MS.12678
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence and papers, including copies of earlier material, relating to the reorganisation of army administration, 1905 (folio l);
(ii) Memorandum by Lord Kitchener, 1906, concerning army reforms, an answer to the article by John and Richard Strachey, 'Playing with fire: Mr Brodrick and Lord Curzon', ‘National Review’, volume xlvi, 1905-1906, pages 593-620 (folio 151);
(iii) Miscellaneous papers connected with the reform of army administration in India,...
Dates:
1905-1910, [circa 1916.]
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 India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Army Department.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Army Department., 1900-1912, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12679
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence and papers concerning army commissions for Indians 1909-1912 (folio 1);
(ii) Papers concerning rumours of a mutiny, 1900 (folio 62);
(iii) Memorandum concerning a meeting of Lieutenant-Generals, 1905 (folio 68);
(iv) Note of a redistribution scheme for garrisons, undated (folio 71);
(v) Correspondence and papers on prostitution in the army cantonments, 1907 (folio 83);
(vi) Report of the subcommittee of the Imperial Defence Committee, on the...
Dates:
1900-1912, 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 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 India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Army Department.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Finance Department., 1905-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.12665
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Summary of the principal measures during the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-November 1908 (folio 1);
(ii) Letter and resolution concerning the revision of the rules for sanctioning expenditure from Indian revenue, 1908 (folio 52);
(iii) Papers relating to alterations in budget procedure, 1908 (folio 59);
(iv) Principal events affecting the Finance Department, 1906-1909, chiefly relating to the gold standard, currency, and excise (folio 76);
(v)...
Dates:
1905-1911.
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 India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Finance Department.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Foreign Department., 1905-1910
File
Identifier: MS.12638
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Summaries of the principal events and measures of the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-March 1909 (folio 1);
(ii) Memorandum by St John Brodrick, 1905, on Indian relations with Afghanistan from the Treaty of Gandamak in 1879 until 1905 (folio 32);
(iii) Memorandum by Lord Cromer on the situation in Egypt, 1906, chiefly concerning the strength of the Pan-Islamic movement (folio 40);
(iv) Reports on affairs in Afghanistan by the British agent in...
Dates:
1905-1910
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 India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Railway Department., 1905-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12669
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Annual summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration, 1905-1907, 1908-1909 (folio 1);
(ii) Papers connected with the surveying and financing of the projected railways from Peshawar to Kabul by the Khyber, and from Kohat to Kabul by the Kurram Valley, 1906 (folio 70);
(iii) Papers relating to the Baghdad Railway, 1907-1909 (folio 88);
(iv) Memorandum for the Secretary of State on funds for railway construction, 1909 (folio 136);
(v) Memorandum on the...
Dates:
1905-1910.
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 India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Railways Department.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1836-1839.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12214-12215
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1836-1839.
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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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1836-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.12214
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1836-1839.
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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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet.