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Business records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records generated by a commercial or industrial enterprise.

Found in 670 Collections and/or Records:

Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie., 1779-1821, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1215-1219
Dates: 1779-1821, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of, to and concerning Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet.

Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie., 1782-1790.

 File
Identifier: MS.1216
Dates: 1782-1790.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of, to and concerning Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet. / Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie.

Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie., 1783-1817.

 File
Identifier: MS.1217
Dates: 1783-1817.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of, to and concerning Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet. / Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie.

Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie., 1785-1817, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1218
Dates: 1785-1817, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of, to and concerning Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet. / Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie.

Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie., 1787-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.1219
Dates: 1787-1821.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of, to and concerning Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet. / Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie.

Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, with memoranda on Acoustics and Judicial Appointments., 1779-1810, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1215
Dates: 1779-1810, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients. / Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine. / Letters and papers of, to and concerning Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, grandson of Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet. / Accounts and business papers of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie.

Accounts and business papers of Williamsons of Banniskirk., 1780-1783, 1800-1820.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9872/25-51
Dates: Majority of material found within 1780-1783, 1800-1820.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Papers and correspondence of the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Hendersons of Stemster, Bower. / Papers and correspondence of the Williamsons of Banniskirk, mostly containing letters and some accounts and other related material.

Accounts and miscellaneous papers of William, James and Charles Chisholme of that Ilk., 1747-1814, undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5462-5475
Dates: 1747-1814, undated
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Papers from Nisbet House, Berwickshire. / Business papers and accounts of William, James and Charles Chisholme of that Ilk.

Accounts created in the course of business between John Murray, London, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh., 1805-1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.40256
Scope and Contents Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, in account with John Murray, London.?Interim accounts, 1805-1810: folios 1-55.Books on hand, 30 June 1807 (2 sets)-1808: folios 56-69. Advertising account, 1808: folios 70-73.Balance in favour of Archibald Constable and Co., March–September 1806:folios 74-75.John Murray, London, in account with Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh.?Interim accounts, 1810-1812: folio...
Dates: 1805-1812.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Accounts created in the course of business between John Murray, London, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh. Included are miscellaneous arithmetical jottings disassociated from the accounts to which they related., ? 1806-? 1810.

 File
Identifier: MS.40258
Scope and Contents

Dated accounts and notes, ?1806-?1808, ?1810: folios 1-12.

Undated accounts and related papers: folios 13-32.

Arithmetical jottings: folios 33-42.

Dates: ? 1806-? 1810.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Accounts detailing errors and overcharges in the accounts between John Murray, London, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh., 1805-1811.

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Identifier: MS.40255
Scope and Contents

Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh/ John Murray, London.

Errors and overcharges, 1805-1809: folios 1-20.

John Murray, London/Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh.

Errors and overcharges, 1806-1808: folios 21-23.

Other papers concerning errors.

1805-1808: folios 24-30.

Discounts, 1809-1811: folios 31-32.

Errors in the ledger, 1806-1807: folios 33-34.

Dates: 1805-1811.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Accounts, including draft accounts, detailing cash transactions between John Murray, London, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh., 1806-1813.

 File
Identifier: MS.40254
Scope and Contents

John Murray, London, in account with Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh.

1806-1813: folios 1-19.

Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, in account with John Murray, London.

1806-1813: folios 20-42.

Dates: 1806-1813.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers. / Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.

Administrative and business papers of Basil Cochrane., 1780-1787.

 File
Identifier: MS.8459
Scope and Contents The main topics are the accusation of murder brought against Basil Cochrane through the death of his servant after flogging (folio 8) and Cochrane's contract with the East India Company for the monopoly of supplying the Company's troops in Madras with spiritous liquors (folio 115). There is a report, 1786, by a Company solicitor in reply to a petition presented by the Earl of Dundonald on behalf of Cochrane (folio 182), and an abstract, 1786, of Cochrane's case against the Company Directors...
Dates: 1780-1787.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of and concerning Basil Cochrane, a senior merchant of the East India Company in the Madras Presidency, and a nephew of Andrew and James Stuart.

Administrative and financial papers of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11551/1-42
Scope and Contents Minutes, annual reports, correspondence and papers and some financial records mostly of the South East Scotland District of the Workers’ Educational Association, 1925-1993. The District organisation was established in November 1946, when the WEA in Scotland set up three Scottish districts (South East, West, and North) linked together in a WEA Scottish Council. In 1993 the three Scottish districts of the Association merged to form a WEA Scottish Association whose headquarters are in Riddle’s...
Dates: 1925-1993.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12384/1-285
Dates: Majority of material found within 1741-1753, 1788-1798, 1801, 1807, 1825-1826, 1836-2004, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Archive of John Murray, publishers, containing author papers, research files, business records, and Murray family correspondence and diaries.

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13236/1-422
Scope and Contents

Further papers of John Murray publishing house.

Dates: 1803-2007, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Archive of John Murray VI and authors associated with him.

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14349
Content Description This archival collection completes the larger John Murray Archive, which charts the history of one of Britain’s oldest family-run publishing firms, established in Fleet Street in 1768 by Edinburgh-born John (Mc)Murray I (1737-1795), and managed by six successive generations of his descendants, until its sale in 2002. Like his predecessors, John Murray VI (John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray, known affectionately as ‘Jock’, 1909-1993) cultivated and championed a diverse circle of...
Dates: [?1915-?2016.]
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Assorted administrative and financial papers of the Bible Board for Scotland, including board papers, minutes and accounts., 1839-1981.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11182/24-27
Dates: 1839-1981.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Administrative records of the Bible Board for Scotland.

Auction records of Dowell's Limited.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7603/1-174
Scope and Contents

Including roup rolls and sale catalogues.

Dates: 1892-1950.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Balgowan estate papers, 1770-1793, undated, including minutes, 1774-1790, of the Baron Baillie's court., 1700-1793, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.16411
Dates: 1700-1793, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

Branch steward's book., 1924-1938.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.4729/2
Dates: 1924-1938.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Records of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Maryhill branch, Glasgow.

Business accounts of and concerning Sir James Stansfield., 1649-1703, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.25710
Scope and Contents

Most of the accounts relate to loans to individuals including Sir Stephen Fox, James, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and James Scott of Bristo. With accounts of the Newmills Cloth Manufactory, 1681-1713 (folios 89, 155).

Dates: 1649-1703, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Stansfield. / Papers relating to Sir James Stansfield's business affairs.

Business and financial notebook of Sir Thomas Hislop., 1804-1817.

 Item
Identifier: MS.13112
Dates: 1804-1817.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop. / Notebooks and account-books of Sir Thomas Hislop.

Business and financial papers of Hugh Elliot., 1774-1820.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13006-13016
Scope and Contents

Much of these papers consist of correspondence dealing with Hugh Elliot's personal affairs, including wine and clothing, and with the financing of his embassies. It includes however correspondence relating to sums paid to various needy persons and to British travellers abroad who found themselves short of funds.

Dates: 1774-1820.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.

Business and law papers, 1761-1804, undated, relating to various persons having dealings both with David Herd and with his employer, David Russell; with some inventories of writs, 1643, 1682, 1712., 1643-1804, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1925
Dates: 1643-1804, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. / Papers of David Herd, the collector of ballads.

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