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Account books and a ledger of Alexander Houston and Company, merchants, bankers, and shipowners in Glasgow, together with a letter-book concerning the business.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Letter book and accounts, 1805-1835, of Ilay Burns, writer in Bo'ness.
Letter-books, sales-books and ledgers of and concerning Alexander Houston and Company, merchants, bankers, and shipowners in Glasgow.
Houston's acted as an ‘entrepôt’ importing sugar, rum, cotton and tobacco from the British West Indies and distributing them to merchants throughout Britain. The return trade consisted of provisions, largely herrings and plantation stores, drawn in from various parts of Britain and occasionally from Western Europe. The papers, especially the letter-books and sales-books, offer a detailed picture of the organisation and price structure of the trade.
Minute books and other records of the United Incorporation of Mary`s Chapel, Edinburgh.
Miscellaneous collection of letter-books, ledgers and other volumes of William Grimond, trader, Dundee, and of other members of his family.
The collection also includes a few later, unrelated, items.
Papers concerning estate management in the highlands.
Comprising:
1. letter book, 1806-1824, concerning the Glenlyon Estate
2. accounts and papers, 1896-1914, concerning Barcaldine
3. ledger, 1848-1854, of Sir Alexander Campbell
4. index, 18th century.
Papers of and concerning Robert Graham of Gartmore, R C Cunninghame Graham, and R B Cunninghame Graham.
Records of the firm of M J Brown, Son and Co, WS, consisting of letterbooks, ledgers and journals, with eight bundles of loose papers.
The collection also includes some earlier documents.