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 196 Collections and/or Records:
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.
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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, reports, plans and other papers of John Rennie concerning Bridlington Harbour., 1806, 1810-1816.
File
Identifier: MS.19790 (part 1)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.
(i) Bridlington, correspondence, 1810-1816, and reports, plans and other papers, 1806, 1811-1813, 1815 (folio 1);
(ii) Bridport, correspondence, 1809 (folio 142);
(iii) Bristol, printed memoranda, 1800, 1802, and a transcript of the evidence given by William Jessop concerning the harbour works, with John Rennie's comments, 1803 (folio 160);
(iv) Buckie, reports and letter, 1780, 1808, 1810 (folio 210);
(v) Burntisland, letter, 1821 (folio 218);
(vl) Chatham,...
Dates:
1806, 1810-1816.
Documents, including accounts, petitions and memorandums, of George Skene and John Skene of Halyards., 1666-1752.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/6
Scope and Contents
Contains:144. Account between John Skene of Halyeards and Mr Thomas Skene, 1690-99. 1700.145. Testament dative of Mr Thomas Skein, advocat who deceased November 1700. Inventory given up by Beatrix Hepburne his relict. [part torn away] after 16 August 1701.146. Copy disposition by Elisabeth Ker, relict of Mr Christopher Irvein, Dr of medicine in. Edinburgh to her son, John Irveine of a bond for 1200 merks granted by Sir William Ker of Greenhead, Kt, Bt...
Dates:
1666-1752.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
`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.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...
Dates:
1701-1776.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Texts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Draft petitions and other papers (thirteen items in total) connected with the rising of 1745., [Circa 1748.]
File
Identifier: MS.1004, folios 6-26
Dates:
[Circa 1748.]
Ecclesiastical correspondence and papers., 1768-1866.
File
Identifier: MS.15470
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) General correspondence on ecclesiastical matters, 1768-1863. Included are three letters, 1835, of and to the Reverend Thomas Chalmers D.D. Other writers are George Long, classical scholar and editor of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Biographical Dictionary; and Henry Burgess, the theologian. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Letters of and to John Inglis Chalmers, 5th of Auldbar (died 1868), on episcopal church affairs, 1860-1866. (Folio 45.)
(iii)...
Dates:
1768-1866.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1781-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.13362
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:
1781-1783.
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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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1790-1792, 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13363
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:
1790-1792, 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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Estate papers of the Cameron family., 1742-1863, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9174/13-15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Thepapers comprise letters of and to members of the Cameron of Fassifern family (chiefly John Cameron of Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, and, to a lesser extent, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and Donald Cameron of Lochiel), estate and household papers, legal deeds and accounts and other papers concerning Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron and his regiment, the 92nd Foot. A miscellaneous section includes inventories of furniture and books at Fassifern...
Dates:
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.
Series
Identifier: MSS.12952-13059
Scope and Contents
Hugh Elliot was British ambassador successively in Munich and Ratisbon, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, Dresden and Naples, then governor of the Leeward Islands, and finally of Madras.
Elliot was partly educated in France, and from 1770 until his withdrawal from Naples in 1806 he was almost permanently on the Continent. His diplomatic papers, especially those relating to the Copenhagen and Naples embassies, are rich in material for the general political history of Europe. He also enjoyed wide...
Dates:
1771-1820, undated.
Family papers, including correspondence, genealogies and inventories of documents, some concerning business of George Skene in Danzig, Poland., 1597-1709.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/5
Scope and Contents
Contains:
85. Summons at the instance of James Murray of Halzardis against his tenants of Halkernis and Toddis hauch for nonpayment of rent - Joseph Dowglas in Halkernis and Elizabeth Thomesoun his spouse, Alexander Mathy there, John Wilsoun there, James Sammell there, John Bell in Halbernis, Marioun Dicksoun, Thomas Tait in Halbernis, James Zoung in Toddishauch and Margaret Polwarth, James Wast her son and James Zoung her spouse. Edinburgh, 24 March 1597.[On an attached sheet is...
Dates:
1597-1709.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Financial and legal papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale., 1642-1690, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14485
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the following:(i) Petition, [circa 1658], of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale to the Commissioners for the Administration of Justice concerning Elizabeth and Lilias Hamilton, daughters of Sir Andrew Hamilton, younger, of Innerwick (died 1640), with discharges, 1660-1690, by Elizabeth and Lilias Hamilton (folio 1);(ii) Financial papers, 1667-1687, concerning Colonel James Lothian and his children (folio 60);(iii) Financial papers,...
Dates:
1642-1690, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Financial, legal and miscellaneous papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale.