Archives and Manuscript Catalogue

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The account and letter book contains tables of agricultural wages 1857-1873, letters concerning local affairs 1846-1867, and letters and statements of Abdie church 1835-1875. At the back there is a record of baptisms of the Angus Family 1789-1840 (folio 17).

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The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

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Most of the correspondence concerns Donald Macleod's editorship of ‘Good words’, including many letters from contemporary authors and men of letters, with some letters of his brother, Dr Norman Macleod, minister of The Barony parish, Glasgow, and the first editor of ‘Good words’.

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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).

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The topics include the militia, suppression of riots in Glasgow, estate affairs, appointments in the Excise service and advice on points of law. The inverted pages contain opinions on legal cases.

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The letter-book consists chiefly of commercial correspondence, addressed from Mobile, and illustrates the trade carried on in southern North America, and with Great Britain. In 1768 Charles Strachan succeeded to his grandfather’s estate at Kinnaber, near Montrose, and assumed his grandfather’s name of Fullarton (folios 45, 49). From 1770 his letters are addressed from Kinnaber.

Scope and Contents The first half of the volume contains Field-Marshal George Wade's orders to various officers concerning troop movements from his arrival in Edinburgh in June 1725 to September 1726, first in connection with the Malt Tax riots, then with movements into summer and winter quarters. This portion also includes records of two courts-martial for desertion, and of a reprimand of an absent officer. This is followed (folio 81) by thirteen letters from Wade to Henry Pelham, Secretary at War, and Lord...

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Some of the letters, initialed H W, were written by Davidson's apprentice, Hugh Warrender.

Scope and Contents The letter-book, 1751-1762, includes correspondence of Richard Coren and General Humphrey Bland, Governor of the Castle and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Scotland, the Board of Ordnance, and various army agents in London. The letters concern the financial affairs of the garrison, the repair and improvement of the structure of the Castle (including the construction of the Esplanade), and relationships between the garrison and the town. At the end, inverted, is a series of...

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The letter-book consists of index and letters, and cover issues such as binding, permission to read in the library, accounts, payment receipts, etc.

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The volume contains copies of correspondence on arms, uniforms, and commissions in the regiment, and copies of the correspondence between Thomas Bannerman, the commanding officer, and the 4th Duke of Gordon, Lord Lieutenant of the county. This includes references (folio 15) to the intended use of the Volunteers to check unrest in the Braemar district in 1787. Also included in the volume are some regimental accounts and a muster roll for 1799.

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The contents are as follows: Letter book, February 1807, containing copies of letters of William Elliot and the Duke of Bedford to the Home Secretary, Earl Spencer. (MS.12908);

Letter book, 1806-1807, containing copies of letters of William Elliot to the Duke of Bedford (MS.12909).

Scope and Contents Much of the correspondence is administrative, concerning fitting out ships, obtaining stores, and matters of naval discipline, but also reflect the activities of the navy on the various stations where Admiral Graham served.From June 1829, Graham commanded successively the sloop ‘Philomel’ and HMS ‘Rattlesnake’. The latter ship served on the South American Station until September 1833, and the letters during this period concern the seizure of the British brig ‘Velocity’ by the...