Petitions.
Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, reports, plans and other papers of John Rennie concerning Bridlington Harbour., 1806, 1810-1816.
Deeds and printed petitions concerning the Crawford family.
Deeds and printed petitions concerning the family of Douglas of Cavers.
Deeds and printed petitions concerning the Minto family.
Deeds, printed petitions, vouchers and accounts concerning the families of Lockhart of Lee and of Hay of Tweeddale.
Documents, including accounts, petitions and memorandums, of George Skene and John Skene of Halyards., 1666-1752.
`Documents relating to Scotch regiments of Wood, Douglas and Hamilton 1715-21` (folio 1); `Papers relating to the project of reforming the Brigade in 1758-59 and to the recall during the war in America 1776` (folio 50); `Petitions etc. sent to the Council of State 1702-9’ (folio 57); ‘Resolutions taken by the Council of State 1701-17’ (folio 68)., 1701-1776.
Draft petitions and other papers (thirteen items in total) connected with the rising of 1745., [Circa 1748.]
Ecclesiastical correspondence and papers., 1768-1866.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1781-1783.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1790-1792, 1806.
Estate papers of the Cameron family., 1742-1863, undated.
Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1771-1820, undated.
Family papers, including correspondence, genealogies and inventories of documents, some concerning business of George Skene in Danzig, Poland., 1597-1709.
Financial and legal papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale., 1642-1690, undated.
Financial papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire., 1725-1847, undated.
The contents are as follows: account-book, 1807-1816 (folio 1); miscellaneous accounts, 1726-1847 (folio 30); miscellaneous memoranda, petitions, reports, etc., 1725, 1834, undated (folio 143).
Formal documents from the papers of Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, Senator of the College of Justice.
Genealogical and legal papers.
General and East Lothian papers., 1541-1891, undated.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1628-1850, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1850.
The papers deal with the privileges and constitution of the Incorporation, the Parish Churches of North Leith and the Canongate, law-suits, claims, etc. Some refer to the Incorporation of Tailors of North Leith, which was associated with that of the Canongate.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1851-1878, undated, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1851-1882, undated.
On folios 264-272 is an 'Inventory of titles, books and documents of the Incorporation of Tailors of Canongate', 1882.
Historical papers formerly belonging to the antiquary Robert Mylne.
House of Lords appeals, various cases., 1981-1989.
Professional papers as counsel, 1979-89, of David A O Edward, QC, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh, 1985-9, and from 1989 a Judge of the European Community Court of the First Instance.
Inventory, compiled 19 Aug 1712, of writs belonging to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, received by Ronald Campbell, Writer to the Signet, 31 December 1712 (folio 1), together with a printed Petition for Colonel John Erskin of Carnock against John Corss, 21 Feb 1709 (folio 29) and printed Answers for John Corss, Writer in Edinburgh [to the foregoing 1709] (folio 31)., 1709, 1712.
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.