Recipes. Instructions (document genre).
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Sets of directions with a list of ingredients for making or preparing something, especially food. (AAT) This heading was used in the published catalogues for household and other recipes, including works on cookery. Medicinal recipes were indexed under the term 'Medicine'. (NLS).
Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:
Memorandum of recipes, undated, of Cecilia Combe., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.7468
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Microfilm of four or five medical manuscripts of the 14th century, with additions of the 14th and 15th centuries.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.300
Dates:
14th century.
Microfilm of medical manuscript of undetermined origin.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.507
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
Microfilm of notebook containing works on musical theory, psalm tunes, miscellaneous recipes and a poem.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.126
Dates:
[Circa 1754.]
Microfilm of two books, 1692, 1697, of household recipes of Katherin Smith and correspondence and papers, 1818-1831, undated, of Sir John Sinclair on agriculture.
Item
Identifier: MS.15553 [Mf.MSS.41]
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers of Sir John Sinclair includes translations and copies of letters on his ‘Code of agriculture’ and letters of him to Sir Patrick Murray Threipland.
Dates:
1692, 1697, 1818-1831, undated.
Microfilm of work schedules and recipes for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh kitchens.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1560
Dates:
1943.
Microfilm of works, 17th century, of Esther Inglis and a book of recipes, 1st half of 17th century-1735, 1879, started by Anna, Lady Elcho (died 1649).
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1052
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Moral sentences, written as specimens of penmanship, by Esther Inglis, 17th century (MS.2197); Book of recipes, 1st half of 17th century-1735, 1879, started by Anna, Lady Elcho (died 1649), and continued by her daughter Jean, Countess of Sutherland (MS.3031); 'Pseaumes de David. Escrits a Londres par Esther Inglis pour son dernier adieu, ianvier, 1.1615', a calligraphic copy of the Psalms from the Geneva version of 1588, with a...
Dates:
17th century-1735, 1879.
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 family papers., 18th-19th centuries.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/290
Scope and Contents
Includes a few letters, some recipes, and invitations to a celebration to mark William Pitt’s birthday.
Dates:
18th-19th centuries.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Miscellaneous Papers of the Forbes Family.
Miscellaneous manuscripts formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1879-1887
Dates:
1623-19th century.
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 notebook of Milton print works, which includes accounts and recipes for colour., 1810-1845.
Item
Identifier: MS.17996
Miscellaneous notebooks of Jane Cockburn Ross., 1799-1826.
File
Identifier: MS.20482
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Commonplace books, 1804-1818, containing household accounts, family news, and anecdotes (folio 1); (ii) Recipe books [circa 1801]-1826 (folio 171); (iii) 'Registers of the weather' 1799-1826 (folio 247); (iv) Household accounts, 1808 (folio 415).
Dates:
1799-1826.
Miscellaneous papers concerning James Seton., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.19215
Scope and Contents
The miscellaneous papers include a manuscript copy, early 18th century of "The History and Genealogie of the famous Ancient and Truely Noble House of Seton" by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, with the continuation by Alexander Seton, Viscount Kingston (folio 45). There are a number of undated literary and historical pieces and poetry in English, French, and Dutch in James Seton's hand, and also some genealogical notes and medical recipes of the late 18th century.
Dates:
18th century.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton., Late 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.19238
Scope and Contents
The papers include a notebook of prayers in a late 17th century hand (folio 1), genealogical notes mainly of the Laing family, 18th century (folio 9), and medical recipes of the 18th and 19th centuries (folio 13).
Dates:
Late 17th century-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, estate, financial, and personal papers of a cadet branch of the Setons of Cariston, Fife, being the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot., Late 17th century-19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19237-19238
Miscellaneous papers of Sir John Stuart., 1773-1804.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/129-134
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1773-1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Papers of Sir John Stuart.
Miscellaneous papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1790-1904, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8114
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Certificates of registration of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1828-1864. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Masonic and military certificates, and passports, 1847-1878. These include a passport to Venezuela and a certificate issued to Sir George H Scott-Douglas on a visit to the Holy Land. (Folio 17.)
(iii) School reports of Sir George Brisbane Douglas, 1867-1872. (Folio 26.)
(iv) Recipes, chiefly for puddings, 1790, undated. (Folio 57.)
(v) Prayers,...
Dates:
1790-1904, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 1750-1920.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13415-13420
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:
1750-1920.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 17th century-mid 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17880
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
17th century-mid 20th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Fleming family., Mid 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.20800
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Anonymous poems, chiefly on public affairs and personages of the early eighteenth century. (Folio 1.) Those placed first are numbered E.56-84 (with gaps; for the earlier part of this series see MS.20773 (i)). This is XVIII A in the ‘Inventory’ (MS.20770). At the end is added 'The Song of the Ridsquare fought on the 7 of July 1576 [sic]', formerly loosely enclosed in MS.20779.
(ii) 'Character of Sultan Galga Cham of Tartary', a satire, [circa 1720], on George...
Dates:
Mid 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Graham family of Airth., 1682-1899.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10963-10969
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1682-1899.
Miscellaneous papers of the Graham family of Airth., 1682-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.10963
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Account book, 1682-1695, of David Masson, merchant in Edinburgh. Folio 4 has an account signed by James Graham, possibly the father of James Graham, Judge Admiral, 1st of Airth. (Folio 1.)(ii) Book-keeping exercises, 1780, of James Graham of Airth (succeeded 1790). (Folios 10-55, with many blanks.)(iii) Ledger exercise-book, 1788. (Folios 56-93, with many blanks.)(iv) Arithmetic exercise-book, 1823, of William...
Dates:
1682-19th century.
Miscellaneous scraps, including recipes, charades, baptismal certificates, booklists, and school exercises., [Circa 1750]-1908.
File
Identifier: MS.13420
Scope and Contents
Iincludes a list of Indian material of the 1st Earl of Minto deposited in the Calcutta Record Office by the 4th Earl in 1908.
Dates:
[Circa 1750]-1908.