Petitions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Includes any written requests and lists of signatures submitted to an authority to appeal for the performance of specific action.
Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:
Copy, undated, of petition, ?1689, for annulling the attainder of Alicia Lisle., ?1689.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15205
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Dates:
?1689.
Correspondence, accounts and petitions of and concerning Hugh Elliot., 1803-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13052
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and accounts of Hugh Elliot with Vallin, Routh and Company, bankers in Naples, 1804-1806, concerning British subsidies to the Neapolitan government (folio 1); (ii) Petitions addressed to Elliot, 1803-1804, chiefly from French and Corsican emigrés (folio 115).
Dates:
1803-1806.
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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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission.
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Correspondence of Hugh Elliot concerning all aspects of British military operations in Calabria and Sicily.
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Correspondence and papers of Hugh Elliot relating to British naval operations in the Mediterranean.
Correspondence and financial papers., 1810-1852.
File
Identifier: MS.573, folios 31-55
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: forged One Pound Note of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, 1810 (folio 31); petition of Nathaniel Gow for a pension, with correspondence, 1826 (folio 32); letter signed by four Principal Clerks of Session (including Thomas Thomson) relating to the accounts for office room, etc., 1848 (folio 48); letter of Duncan McNeill, afterwards 1st Baron Colonsay, 1848 (folio 50); letter of Charles Neaves, Solicitor-General, to William Edmonstoune Aytoun, Sheriff of Orkney,...
Dates:
1810-1852.
Correspondence and papers, 1807-1815, and printed legal papers, 1808-1810, concerning the lawsuit between Admiral John Elliot and Archibald Cochrane of Ashkirk concerning Essenside Loch., 1807-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.12868
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
John Elliot entered the Royal Navy in 1745 and reached the rank of Admiral in 1799. He was Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, 1767-1768, and served as Governor of Newfoundland, 1786. Most of this material relates to his estate of Essenside in the parish of Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, and to his mining interests, especially the affairs of the White Water Mineral Company. In the family and general correspondence, there is material relating to his naval career, especially his Governorship of...
Dates:
1807-1815.
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.
Correspondence and papers, chiefly undated, of the family of Forbes of Culloden., [1625-1800.]
File
Identifier: MS.2970
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) General correspondence (folio 1);(ii) Papers concerning property of the Forbeses: Ferintosh (including Inverallochie's debts and the Ferintosh excise) (folio 41) and lands in general (folio 59);(iii) Papers concerning private business (folio 65);(iv) Inverness: petitions of the town for relief from taxation, levies, and the maintenance of the garrison, and instructions to John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden, as...
Dates:
[1625-1800.]
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the parish of Ashkirk., 1627-1891.
File
Identifier: MS.13326
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:
1627-1891.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in various parishes, chiefly in Roxburghshire., 1720-1894, undated.
File
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 the 1st Earl of Minto., 1804-1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11326-11328
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:
1804-1811.
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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General correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto containing material relating to all aspects of his Indian career.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto.
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 of the Lamonts of that Ilk.
File
Identifier: MS.7194
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) A list, circa 1642, of the cannon belonging to the Marquess of Argyll (folio 2);(ii) Business correspondence and papers, circa 1653-1669, of Sir James Lamont and Archibald Lamont of Stilaig, his brother, including some draft petitions of Sir James to the English commissioners in Scotland, claiming restitution for injuries inflicted on himself and his family by the Marquess of Argyll (folio 4);(iii) Business correspondence...
Dates:
1640-1893.
Correspondence and papers of William Elliot concerning meetings, political organisation, and petitions and complaints of Roman Catholics in various parts of Ireland., 1806-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.12922
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.
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Correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1806-1807.
Correspondence concerning the Jacobite Risings., 1714-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.1704, folios 9-44
Scope and Contents
Contains letters of John Erskine, Earl of Mar (succeeded 1689), to Thomas Kennedy, Lord Advocate, enclosing a petition from Alexander McDonald of Glengarry, 1714; letters of Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar, to Colonel Cornelius Kennedy, 1715; letter of Colonel Montgomerie to the same, 1715; letters of Francis Kennedy of Dalquharran to Thomas Kennedy, Lord Advocate, his brother, describing Edinburgh during its occupation by Prince Charles Edward Stuart's troops, 1745.
Dates:
1714-1745.
Correspondence of and petitions addressed to Hugh Elliot., 1805-1809, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13053
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Petitions addressed to Hugh Elliot 1805-1806, undated, chiefly from French and Corsican emigrés (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence of Hugh Elliot with the British government (mostly George Canning), 1807-1809, concerning his salary as ambassador in Naples, and the opposition of the Neapolitan government to his return there (folio 159).
Dates:
1805-1809, 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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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission.
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Correspondence of Hugh Elliot concerning all aspects of British military operations in Calabria and Sicily.
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Correspondence and papers of Hugh Elliot relating to British naval operations in the Mediterranean.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1725-1765, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17560-17566
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1725-1765, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1725-1743.
File
Identifier: MS.17560
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1725-1743.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1744-1748.
File
Identifier: MS.17561
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1744-1748.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1749-1752.
File
Identifier: MS.17562
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1749-1752.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1753-1755.
File
Identifier: MS.17563
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1753-1755.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1756-1761.
File
Identifier: MS.17564
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1756-1761.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., 1762-1765.
File
Identifier: MS.17565
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
1762-1765.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning the estates, and especially proposals to improve them and settle retired soldiers on them., 1732-1764, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17588-17590
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers relate to the Commissioners for Annexed Estates appointed in 1755, of whom Lord Milton was one.
Dates:
1732-1764, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the estates forfeited and annexed after the Jacobite Risings.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning the estates, and especially proposals to improve them and settle retired soldiers on them., 1732-1757.
File
Identifier: MS.17588
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers relate to the Commissioners for Annexed Estates appointed in 1755, of whom Lord Milton was one.
Dates:
1732-1757.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the estates forfeited and annexed after the Jacobite Risings.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning the estates, and especially proposals to improve them and settle retired soldiers on them.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning the estates, and especially proposals to improve them and settle retired soldiers on them., 1758-1761.
File
Identifier: MS.17589
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers relate to the Commissioners for Annexed Estates appointed in 1755, of whom Lord Milton was one.
Dates:
1758-1761.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the estates forfeited and annexed after the Jacobite Risings.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning the estates, and especially proposals to improve them and settle retired soldiers on them.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning the estates, and especially proposals to improve them and settle retired soldiers on them., 1762-1764, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17590
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers relate to the Commissioners for Annexed Estates appointed in 1755, of whom Lord Milton was one.
Dates:
1762-1764, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the estates forfeited and annexed after the Jacobite Risings.
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Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning the estates, and especially proposals to improve them and settle retired soldiers on them.
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers, undated, concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company., [1725-1765.]
File
Identifier: MS.17566
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Dates:
[1725-1765.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
/
Correspondence, petitions, reports and papers concerning manufactures, especially linen and wool, relating principally to techniques and organisation, to duties on foreign goods, and to the British Linen Company.