Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts Collections | National Library of Scotland | NLSMSS | Papers titled, 'Sir Gilbert Elliot's Memoranda and Notes

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Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Arrangement

99 folios. The papers were received bound.
Scope and Contents

These comprise of bound papers, 1754-1770, with a list of contents by the Honourable George F S Elliot, 1896. The last item described in this list of contents, 'A Chronicle of political events - 1751-1763 - in Sir Gilbert Elliot's handwriting', is noted as not having been bound but inserted loose in the cover of the volume, and is now missing.
Bibliography
Many of the other bound papers are used and quoted by G F S Elliot, 'The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto' (Edinburgh, 1897), pages 363-368, 393-398, 401-402, 406-408. See also L B Namier, 'England in the age of the American Revolution', 2nd edition, (London, 1961), pages 104-107; and N S Jucker (editor), 'The Jenkinson papers, 1760- 1766' (London, 1949), pages 367-377.

Papers titled, 'Sir Gilbert Elliot's Memoranda and Notes - Political'. Edit