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Account book of the Trustees of James Dundas of Dundas (died 1780).

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Identifier: MS.6523
Scope and Contents

The accounts are between the Trustees and tenants, employees, tradesmen, etc. A loose sheet, containing draft accounts relating to 1794-1796 has been placed at the beginning of the volume (folio i).

Dates: 1776-1806.

Account book of William Baillie, a wright in Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.29
Scope and Contents

Baillie apparently owned a joiner`s shop and employed a number of workmen both there and on his clients` premises. His account book records the number of days per week worked by each man, with their wages and a few receipts. Mention is made of work in the University and the Tolbooth Kirk, as well as for private individuals.

The first few pages are missing.

Dates: 1693-1709.

Account book of William Grant, Lord Prestongrange.

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Identifier: MS.9242
Scope and Contents

The accounts, which consist of the main items of his personal income and expenditure for 1757-1763, are contained in a copy of the Edinburgh Almanack for 1757.

Dates: 1757-1763.

Account book of William Tough, a general merchant in the Stirling area.

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Identifier: MS.14245
Scope and Contents

The account book contains notes of William Tough’s dealings with tradespeople, mostly in St Ninians, Sauchie and Stirling. There are also notes, undated, of expenditure on and income from a mill (folio 62).

Dates: 1791-1794.

Accounts book of Hercules Ross with Barclay, Bevan and Bening.

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Identifier: MS.50278
Scope and Contents

Account book of Hercules Ross concerning financial transactions. Entires concenring William Wilberforce occur on folios 28 verso and 29 recto.

Dates: 1782-1805.

Accounts of John Aitkin, 1780-1792.

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Identifier: Acc.6548
Scope and Contents

With two farm account books, 1781-1795, 1793-1826, for farms near Brechin.

Dates: 1780-1826.

Acts I and III of Henry M. Milner's play The Talisman.

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Identifier: Acc.14094
Content Description

A later Victorian manuscript copy of Milner's stage adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, first performed at the Coburg Theatre on 11 July 1825.

Dates: Late 19th century.

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