Minutes. Administrative records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records of what was said and done at meetings or conferences.
Found in 644 Collections and/or Records:
Copies and extracts of minutes of meetings of the Provisional Committee, afterwards the Directors, of the Caledonian Railway Company., 1844-1847.
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Identifier: MS.6355
Scope and Contents
The copies were made after 1880.
Dates:
1844-1847.
Copies of answers to canvasses for General Graham, extracts from freeholder’s minutes, and related printed papers., 1811-1812.
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Identifier: MS.16152
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The general elections of 1812, 1831 and 1832, and the by-election of 1834, are particularly well documented in this series.
Dates:
1811-1812.
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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Correspondence, papers, legal and financial documents, canvass records and printed ephemera concerning elections and politics in the County of Perth parliamentary constituency involving Thomas Graham (M.P. from 1794 to 1807) and Robert Graham (Whig/Liberal campaign manager, 1831-1832, and parliamentary candidate, 1834).
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Canvass books and related papers.
Copies of correspondence and minutes, September 1782-April 1783, of the Select Committee, Madras., 1782-1783.
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Identifier: MS.8407
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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:
1782-1783.
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.
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Copies and excerpts of correspondence of James Stuart, and copies of correspondence and minutes of the Select Committee, Madras.
Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency., 1767-1783.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8403-8412
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:
1767-1783.
Copies of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott with John and James Ballantyne, titled 'Letters No.2'., 1805-1815.
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Identifier: MS.862
Scope and Contents
Includes a balance-sheet of John Ballantyne, 1811 (folio 19), and minutes of an agreement between Sir Walter Scott and James Ballantyne, 1805 and 1807 (folio 1).
Dates:
1805-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Papers of Sir Walter Scott relating to the partnership with the Ballantynes.
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Copies of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott with John and James Ballantyne.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.11625(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Richard Waite Cox and Henry St George Tucker, Commissioners, to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1808 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Cox and Tucker to the 1st Earl, 1808, with papers concerning the Etawah settlement (folio 5);(iii) Final report of the Commissioners, 1808 (folio 20);(iv) Minutes of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (folio 100) and John Lumsden (folio 120), Members of Council, 1808, concerning the final report of...
Dates:
1808-1813.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1808-1810.
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Identifier: MS.11625(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Richard Waite Cox and Henry St George Tucker, Commissioners, to the 1st Earl of Minto, 1808 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Cox and Tucker to the 1st Earl, 1808, with papers concerning the Etawah settlement (folio 5);(iii) Final report of the Commissioners, 1808 (folio 20);(iv) Minutes of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (folio 100) and John Lumsden (folio 120), Members of Council, 1808, concerning the final report of...
Dates:
1808-1810.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
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Copies of letters and papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury. Volume II., 1794.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vol. II
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.
Dates:
1794.
Copies of minutes by Thomas Stamford Raffles sent to the 1st Earl of Minto., 1812-1813.
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Identifier: MS.11700
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From the Sub-Series:
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Dates:
1812-1813.
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 and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
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Letters and papers of Thomas Stamford Raffles and the 1st Earl of Minto.
Copies of minutes of the Court of Directors of the East India Company., April-June 1806.
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Identifier: MS.11273
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:
April-June 1806.
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 President of the Board of Control.
Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11625-11626
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:
1808-1813.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
Copies of the 1st Earl of Minto's letters and papers., 1806-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11283-11292
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:
1806-1813.
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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General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career.
Copy, early 20th century, of the Minutes of the Committee appointed to raise an Edinburgh Regiment, 20 November 1745-14 April 1746, with a declaration made by Joseph Williamson, Advocate, before William Grant, Lord Advocate, 1746, concerning the attempts to provide for the defence of the city., 1745-1746.
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Identifier: MS.291(ii)
Dates:
1745-1746.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.
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Typescript, minutes and notes concerning Prince Charles Edward Stuart and the 'Forty-five.
Copy of dispatch from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the 1st Earl of Minto, 24 March 1811, with enclosed papers., 1811.
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Identifier: MS.11683
Scope and Contents
Enclosed is a copy of Robert Townsend Farquhar's report to the Earl of Liverpool concerning Mauritius and Bourbon, including tables relating to the revenue and government expenses of those islands (folio 1), and copy of Farquhar's minute, 4 January 1811, concerning Captain Philip Beaver, Royal Navy, and the expedition to Madagascar, with copies of correspondence with Beaver (folio 66).
Dates:
1811.
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 with various Governors and others.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto concerning various military expeditions.
Correspondence and other papers concerning Sailors' Walk House, Kirkcaldy., 1932-1953.
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Identifier: MS.20761 (Part 2)
Scope and Contents
Included is the pamphlet “Kirkcaldy’s oldest house: a pleas for its preservation” by G M Lendrum.
Dates:
1932-1953.
Correspondence and papers between Sir James Wordie and the Colonial Office concerning the Inter-departmental Committee regarding Research Ships for Employment in the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, upon which Wordie was invited to serve., 1922-1923.
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Identifier: MS.9516
Scope and Contents
The papers, which were enclosures with the letters to James Wordie, consist chiefly of minutes of meetings of the Committee and carbon copies of letters of Flannery, Baggalley and Johnson, Ltd., Consulting Engineers, London, to the Chief Engineer, the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
Dates:
1922-1923.
Correspondence and papers concerning canals., 1806-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.19970
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Aire and Calder, letter, 1833. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Birmingham and Liverpool Junction, letter and accounts, 1833-1834. (Folio 2.)
(iii) Gloucester and Berkeley, report and accounts, 1823-1826. These very detailed accounts are those of Hugh McIntosh the contractor, which were queried by the Canal Company. (Folio 5.)
(iv) Macclesfield, share receipts, and printed circulars and reports, 1826-1834. (Folio 41.)
(v) Middlewich, draft letter of Thomas Telford to Thomas...
Dates:
1806-1834.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1858-1878.
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Identifier: MS.13322
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1858-1878.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Papers on churches and schools in Minto, Ashkirk and parishes in Fife and Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1880-1894.
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Identifier: MS.13323
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1880-1894.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Papers on churches and schools in Minto, Ashkirk and parishes in Fife and Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in various parishes, chiefly in Roxburghshire., 1720-1894, undated.
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Identifier: MS.13328
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1720-1894, undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning miscellaneous undertakings., 1795-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.19972
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Nene Outfall, report and letter, 1833 (folio 1);
(ii) Eau Brink Cut, letters, 1830, 1832-1834, with a note by Thomas Casebourne on its effects, 1833 (folio 16);
(iii) Chesterfield Railway, report and accounts, 1826 (folio 26);
(iv) St Helens and Runcorn Railway, letters, 1833 (folio 30);
(v) London metropolitan water survey, reports and accounts, 1831-1834, with reports by Thomas Telford on reservoirs in Green Park, 1828 (folio 33);
(vi) Edinburgh...
Dates:
1795-1834.
Correspondence and papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto as Military Secretary., 1883-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12550
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence relating to the raising of Canadian troops for imperial service, 1885 (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion, 1885-1894. This includes material concerning the events of the rebellion itself, and later correspondence and printed historical notes on Sir Frederick Middleton's part in the campaign. For an account of the background to the sentencing and execution of Louis Riel, see MS.12507 (folio 51);
(iii)...
Dates:
1883-1886.
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 concerning the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland., 1874-1934.
Series
Identifier: MSS.7864-7914
Scope and Contents
The Livingstonia Mission was founded in 1875 and directed for more than fifty years by the Reverend Dr Robert Laws.
Dates:
1874-1934.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Hugh Pattison Macmillan, chiefly relating to proposals for a National Library for Scotland., 1914-1924.
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Identifier: MS.25269
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Miscellaneous correspondence', 1914-1924, relating to National Library proposals with Sir James M Dodds and Sir John Lamb, successively Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the Scottish Office, and others (folio 1);
(ii) Papers, 1914-1924, concerning the management, finance, staffing and accommodation of the Advocates' Library and the proposed National Library (folio 55);
(iii) Letters and papers, 1923, concerning Hugh Pattison Macmillan's purchase of the...
Dates:
1914-1924.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto concerning various military expeditions., 1810-1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11683-11685
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:
1810-1811.
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 with various Governors and others.