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:
Minute books and cash books of the Incorporation of Sailors of Fisherrow and Musselburgh, or Fisherrow Sailor’s Society, from 1669 to its dissolution in 1889, with relevant papers., 1669-1908.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1995-1999
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Dates:
1669-1908.
Minutes of the African Mission Council, the African Mission Senate, and the Nyasaland Mission Council; with some associated papers. , 1919-circa 1940, and undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.9069/4
Scope and Contents
Loosely inserted into the volume are: typed excerpts from letters and a copy of a petition, circa 1940, concerning the request for the establishment of an Overseas Presbytery at Blantyre and Zomba; with a copy of the Church of Scotland 'Regulations in reference to the appointment of European missionaries, 1930: Africa and the islands'.
Dates:
1919-circa 1940, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Minutes, with some associated administrative papers, relating to the Church of Scotland Blantyre Mission, Malawi; and works concerning the history of the mission.
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Minutes, with some associated administrative papers, relating to the Church of Scotland Blantyre Mission, Malawi, its predecessors and committees.
Minutes, papers and printed material of the Scottish National Party., 1936-1975.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7295/13-25
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Minutes, letters and papers, with miscellaneous printed political leaflets and ephemera retained with the collection, from the Edinburgh Headquarters of the Scottish National Party. Included are records of other organizations of the national movement.
Dates:
1936-1975.
Miscellaneous documents and letters.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.35
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers connected with the reduction of the process of forfeiture of George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, William Douglas, Earl of Angus, and Francis Hay, Earl of Errol, 1597. See also Ch.B.40, and ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, volume iv, pages 124-130. (Folio 1.)(ii) Mock petition to the Lords of Session, in verse, beginning:`The Humble Petition of Mr Robert Cook,Having lost all His Means in following his...
Dates:
1597-1752.
Miscellaneous educational, cultural and literary papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 1758-1867.
File
Identifier: MS.15508
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers concerning the classical, literary and historical education of Patrick Chalmers (died 1824) (folio 1);
(ii) Notes of Patrick Chalmers, Advocate, on Roman law (folio 31);
(iii) Papers concerning the legal career of Patrick Chalmers, including his admission papers to the Inner Temple (1758) and the Faculty of Advocates (1762-1763; admitted 1764) (folio 54);
(iv) Miscellaneous classical exercises (folio 76);
(v) Testimonials in favour of, and academic...
Dates:
1758-1867.
Miscellaneous estate papers of the family of Menzies of Menzies., ?1631-1842, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9958
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of: (i) Rolls of freeholders, and papers concerning Perthshire elections and Commissioners of Supply, 1737-1833 (folio 1); (ii) Papers concerning church affairs in Perthshire, 1722-1821, undated (folio 72); (iii) Petitions of tenants, 1795-1831, undated (folio 90); (iv) Offers for leases, 1806-1819 (folio 132); (v) Miscellaneous estate papers, ?1631-1842, undated (folio 157).
Dates:
?1631-1842, undated.
Miscellaneous formal documents., 1800-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.7513
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1800-1858.
Miscellaneous letters and papers., ?1801-1908, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17948
Scope and Contents
The contents include: letters to Thomas Mackay, social reformer, 1893-1908, undated (folios 16-33; see also MS.17908, folios 125-129); a petition for John Mackenzie, minister of Lochcarron, ?l801 (folio 36); lecture notes on the practice of medicine, l840, probably taken by John M Grant, second son of James, minister of Nairn (folio 68), and a note by John Laurie on salmon caught on a stretch of the Tweed, 1842 (folio 130).
Dates:
?1801-1908, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/1
Dates:
1687-1738.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/19
Scope and Contents
The papers include the following.(i) List, 1781, of books offered by Principal Robertson, University of Edinburgh, at cost price, with signature of Principal Robertson.(ii) Report, 1781, on the state of the papers of James Anderson, editor of 'Diplomata Scotiae'.(iii) Autograph letter, 1783, of Henry Dundas enclosing a catalogue of books which might be purchased.(iv) List, 1783, of Spanish books belonging to the late Principal Watson, St...
Dates:
1781-1797.
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1582, 17th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5008-5018
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.
Dates:
1582, 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5008
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume include:(i) Copies of personal letters from Belgrade, 1876, 19th century (folio 1);(ii) Memoranda and petitions, 1708-1853 (folio 92); (iii) Certificates and commissions of various members of the Mure family, 1819-1871 (folio 157);(iv) Papers concerning the Tile Works at Ouplaymoor, 1840, and Brea, 1837 (folio 161);(v) Medicinal recipes, 17th century (folio 195); (vi) Contracts, 1856, 1858, for...
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers and letters chiefly connected with the two Jacobite risings., 1715-1746.
File
Identifier: MS.3142
Scope and Contents
The contents include:Printed matter relating to the '15 (folio 5): Declaration of Prince James Edward, 26 January 1716; plan of the capture of Preston; ‘Act for Appointing Commissioners to Enquire of the Estates of certain Traytors’ (Edinburgh, 1716);Letters of Sir Alexander Macdonald of Sleat and his wife, referring among other things to the kidnapping of Skye men for shipping to America, for which Sir Alexander was blamed, 1739, 1741 (folio 21).The...
Dates:
1715-1746.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
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Correspondence and papers relating to the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745.
Miscellaneous papers concerning public affairs., 1612-1699, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7032-7037
Scope and Contents
The papers consist chiefly of copies of speeches, acts, and official correspondence, reports of proceedings of the Council or Parliament, petitions, and papers concerning legal disputes, in some of which the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale acted as arbitrator.
Dates:
1612-1699, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Tweeddale; and correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale.
Miscellaneous papers from Sir Thomas Cochrane's time as Governor of Newfoundland, including material concerning domestic affairs in Government House, meteorological reports, addresses of public bodies, petitions, correspondence, and dinner-lists., 1824-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.2353
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1824-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
Miscellaneous papers, including some of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort to James IV., Circa 1581-[1628, or after], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2066
Scope and Contents
Some of the papers are described by Sir William Drummond as being William Fowler's (folios 34 verso, 69 verso, 77 verso).The contents are as follows.'Ane Informatioun for remembrance betuix my Lord Drummond and the Laird of Carnok' (Sir Robert Drummond), regarding the lordship of Drummond (folio 7);'Papers of Sir Jhon Drummond off Hawthornden', copies of deeds (folio 7); Royal instructions to Sir John Drummond and other Commissioners, with the...
Dates:
Circa 1581-[1628, or after], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
Miscellaneous papers of John Spottiswoode, Advocate., 1698-1718, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.658
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) ‘Act [i.e., Bill] for erecting the Advocats into a Society. 27 Jany. 1701’ (folio 1);(ii) Similar draft, undated (folio 2);(iii) Lists of advocates, 1661-1710 (folio 4);(iv) Printed petition to the Court of Session by the Dean and Faculty of Advocates and others regarding valuation of the burgh of Edinburgh by the stent masters, 1707 (folio 14);(v) Draft of formal receipt by John Spottiswoode of the...
Dates:
1698-1718, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1649-1719.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(i)
Dates:
1649-1719.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1722-1771.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(ii)
Dates:
1722-1771.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1776-1793.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(iii)
Dates:
1776-1793.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/54
Scope and Contents
The papers include: Minutes, Reports, Complaints 1739-1867. including those of J Hill Burtin, 1844 and 1867.
Dates:
1739-1867.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library, including inventories, petitions and accounts.
File
Identifier: F.R.343/9
Dates:
1780-1836.
Miscellaneous papers of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern., 1804-1844, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.622
Scope and Contents
Included are, besides pedigrees of the Innes family, etc., ‘Schedule of the rates ... of ... Joiner Work in the New Building] and Alterations proposed ... to the Parliament House.—-Edinburgh, March, 1804’, a printed form with the prices inserted by hand (folio 1); letters and papers of Olive Serres, née Wilmot, soi-disant Princess Olive of Cumberland, 1821-[1823] (folio 120) - see G E Cokayne, ‘Complete Peerage’, volume iii (1913), page 574 notes; ‘Annual Register’ (1866), page 223; petition...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1804-1844, undated.