Treaties. International agreements.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Agreements or contracts made between two or more states, formally signed by duly authorized representatives, and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the states, as treaties of peace or alliance, or commercial treaties.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Copies, 17th century, of treaties and other documents, 13th-16th century, concerning France and Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.1.5
Scope and Contents
A book distinctly written in a modern hand, which according to Thomas Ruddiman contains writings in the Public Archives of France and was presented by Louis XIV to Richard, Viscount Preston when Ambassador of Charles II at the French Court.It is entitled: “Traittez entre les Roys de France, et les Roys d’Ecosse. Privilleges accordez aux Ecossois par les Roys de France. Et les Memoires comment les Roys d’Ecosse a reconnu le Royaume d’Ecosse a Foy et Homage du Royaume d’Angleterre...
Dates:
13th century-16th century.
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1552-1615.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.4
Scope and Contents
Also included is a copy of a memoir of Henri IV by Pierre Jeannin, in a different hand from the rest of the volume (folio 1), a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material, and a table of contents (folio 264).
Dates:
1552-1615.
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1606-1613.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.9
Scope and Contents
Also included are a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material.
There is a table of contents (folio 1).
Dates:
1606-1613.
Copy, certified by Sir George Hay of Nethercliff, Lord Clerk Register (later 1st Earl of Kinnoull), of the treaty between Edward VI of England and Mary, Queen of Scots, concerning the `Debatable Lands` in the Borders., 1551.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.26
Dates:
1551.
Diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot., 1772-1802.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13017-13022
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1772-1802.
'Instructions issued by the Governor General Consequent to the Treaty Negotiated with Runjeet Sing and Shah Shooja-ool-Moolk and Concluded at Lahore on the 26th June, 1838' (India Board, April 1839)., 1839.
Item
Identifier: MS.12152
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1839.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Printed correspondence and papers chiefly relating to Persia and Afghanistan.
Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.6
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers are drafts made or collected by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, the Secretary of State. Letter, The Hague, 30 January 1587, of the Council of State of the United Provinces to James VI; in French (folios 1-2). - This letter does not appear to have been published or summarised elsewhere, and is briefly summarized here:The Council have received James’s letters concerning restitution to be made for Scottish merchandise seized by warships from...
Dates:
1578-1621.
Memoranda on relations with Spain and the Spanish Netherlands, with copies of correspondence and orders., 1604-1660, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.149
Scope and Contents
Bound with printed copies of the Spanish treaties of 1604 and 1630 (London, 1605, 1630). Included are copies of the correspondence and orders of Don John of Austria, as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, relating to English (Royalist) shipping, etc., 1656-1659, undated, (passim), and of secret articles in treaties, 1604, 1656 (pages 94, 57-63) in English, Spanish and French. According to a pencilled note in a modern hand, the notes are of one of the Earls of Bristol, but some at least...
Dates:
1604-1660, undated.
Memorandum-book of Sir Daniel Dun., 1607-1617.
Item
Identifier: MS.202
Scope and Contents
Contains copies of correspondence, complaints, petitions, treaties, and remits from the Privy Council of England, principally in connection with merchants, shipping, and trade; all relating to business which came before Sir Daniel Dun as a Judge of the Court of Admiralty and a Master of Requests.
Dates:
1607-1617.
Miscellaneous official papers, including a treatise on the history of Westphalia, notes on Mesmer's discoveries, and a printed copy of the treaty of Kutchuk Kainardji., 1772-1774.
File
Identifier: MS.13017
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1772-1774.
Nineteenth-century copies of treaties made by Persia., 18th century-19th century, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2777
Scope and Contents
The treaties are with the following countries: France (folios 1 verso-5 verso), Great Britain (folios 6 verso-22, 33-36), Russia (folios 22 verso-30, 36 verso-40 verso), the Ottoman Empire (folios 41-62), and Belgium (folios 30 verso-32).
Dates:
18th century-19th century, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 25: copies, 17th century, of treaties and other official documents, 1043-1552, mostly concerning relations between Scotland and England., 1043-1552.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.8 [25]
Scope and Contents
Some of the documents are spurious.
Dates:
1043-1552.
‘Transactions of Scotts army in Ireland from 1643 to Junii 1648’, a collection in a contemporary hand of copies of letters, instructions and commencing with the treaty ‘concerning the Reducing of the Kingdom of Ireland’ and ending with a minute dated Carrickfergus 27 June 1648.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.8
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.1.8.
Dates:
1643-1648.
Various printed items., 1793-1883, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3645
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) ‘State of the Process of Division of Commonty, David Smyth, Esq., of Methven, against Thomas Graham, of Balgowan, Esq., and others’, 1793.(ii) ‘The Morning Chronicle’, 4 May 1811, containing an article on Barrosa.(iii) Letters [of 1811] from Lieutenant-General Graham to ... the Earl of Liverpool, undated, regarding Barrosa.(iv) ‘Definitive Treaty of Peace’ (Treaty with France), 1814.(v) ‘An Act to...
Dates:
1793-1883, undated.