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Lawyer`s account book.
Recording income and expenditure, mainly personal and domestic.
Leaf of a letter of James Elroy Flecker to Trelawney Dayrell Reed.
Containing manuscripts of two Bathrolaire sonnets.
With a copy of "Bridge of Fire" (1907), in which the above sonnets were published.
Ledger containing ‘Accounts of the monies expended & the work executed on the Barony of Strathbrock’, now Uphall, belonging to the Earl of Buchan.
The accounts were begun ‘by John Millar, Precentor of Uphall and School Master of the Parish, and continued by Ebenezer Faichney, Overseer to the Earl of Buchan'. They relate mainly to the estate of Kirkhill; but they include also some household and personal expenses of the Earl, who passed and signed the accounts, a summary of the enclosures on the estate of Kirkhill, 1780 (folio 26), and a list of the Statute work of the barony (folio 103).
Ledger kept by a lawyer active in both Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
The lawyer can probably be identified as John Gordon of Avochie, Writer to the Signet. His ledger reflects business interests which range over several estates in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire and which include the details of the purchase of a house in West Heriot Row, Edinburgh in 1806.
"Ledger kept with [Walter Scott, 10th of] Harden’s Tennants for their Rents from Whit. 1742 to Whit. 1743. And for Cropt 1742. Continued for their Rents from Whit. 1743 to Whitsunday 1744. And for Cropt 1743."
Among the tenants is ‘Robert Scott, Sandieknow & Smailholme Craigs’, the grandfather of Sir Walter Scott.
Ledger of Sanderson and Paterson.
With index.
Ledgers and financial records of the Westmuir Colliery, Shettleston, Glasgow.
Ledgers and other papers of Lambert Brothers (Edinburgh) Ltd.
Ledgers and personal and estate account books of William and Roger Robertson of Ladykirk.
Ledgers of Pillans and Wilson, printers, Edinburgh.
Ledgers of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund.
Letter, 1884, of Robert Louis Stevenson to Horace Dobell, with two letters, 1879, of Thomas Watson to Dobell.
The letters are tipped-in to Horace Dobell`s annotated copy of his work `On Loss of Weight, Blood-Spitting and Lung Disease` (London, 1880).
Letter and account book of Messrs Sloan and Son.
Letter - and memorandum - book of "Papers on the Difference between Government and the Army of Fort St George 1809", occasioned by the censure of Lieutenant-Colonel John Munro, by Lieutenant-General Hay McDowall.
Letter- and order-books of Admiral Sir George Berkeley kept during his service as commander-in-chief on the coast of Portugal.
Letter book, 1808-1819, of William Pattison.
With:
two letters, 1835 and 1836, on behalf of the Duke of Sussex to George Home, on matters of patronage
hotel bill, early 19th century, from the Angel Inn, Alnwick.
Letter book and accounts, 1805-1835, of Ilay Burns, writer in Bo'ness.
Letter book and correspondence, concerning the wine trade in Bordeaux and French trade with Scotland generally.
Letter-book containing official copies, in several hands, of correspondence and state papers during the Regency of the Earl of Lennox.
The manuscript covers the period from the murder of the Regent Moray in January 1570 until shortly before Regent Lennox`s death early in September 1571.
Letter book in John Maule's hand, containing copies of letters written and received by him on Treasury matters.
Much of the correspondence is with James West who was then Secretary to the Treasury. The subjects include forfeited estates, the payment of Crown officials, and window tax and other sources of revenue. A contemporary list of contents is inserted (folio iii).
Letter book of Andrew Gray, site engineer employed by D and T Stevenson.
Letter book of Andrew Lumisden.
Containing letters to Sir Robert Strange and other on Jacobite matters.