Ciphers. Codes.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Codes used specifically to disguise the content of a message, involving a rule defined by a secret key known only to the transmitters and legitimate receivers of the message. (AAT) Use for all documents in, or including, cipher, and also for cipher keys. Where a cipher key is present record the fact in the catalogue record. (NLS) .
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1738-1739.
Item
Identifier: MS.16962
Scope and Contents
On the inverted folios are an account in cypher and two keys to cyphers.
Dates:
1738-1739.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1548-1641.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Copies or drafts of letters and memoranda of Mary, Queen of Scots, or associated closely with her, probably written by various secretaries.
File
Identifier: MS.6135
Scope and Contents
The items are also closely associated with William Maitland of Lethington, and are chiefly concerned with the diplomatic negotiations of the period with England and France; they are apparently unpublished. Where no exact date is given on the document, the letters have been dated from internal evidence.The contents are as follows.(i) Copy letter, [end of February 1563], of William Maitland of Lethington to François, Duc de Guise, reporting the course of his...
Dates:
[1562]-1563, [1568].
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Correspondence of the family of MacGregor or Drummond of Balhaldie., 1631-1833, 1908, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3186-3189
Scope and Contents
The correspondence gives a picture of the habitual life and activities of Jacobite families in Scotland and in exile. In addition to the affairs of the family of Balhaldie, it deals with those of the Camerons of Lochiel, the Earls of Perth, the Sempills, various unidentified Drummonds, and, later, the Oliphants of Gask.The earlier letters relate chiefly to family business and local affairs in the neighbourhood of Dunblane. Several unsigned letters of Allan Cameron, son of Sir...
Dates:
1631-1833, 1908, undated.
General account ledger, 'Y', numbered '136', of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with many headings omitted or in cypher., 1746-1760.
Item
Identifier: MS.16914
Dates:
1746-1760.
Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas., Early 17th century-1762.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.3.47-80.3.57
Dates:
Early 17th century-1762.
Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas: accounts of legal expenses., 1692-1701.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.3.49
Scope and Contents
Some entries are in cipher.
Dates:
1692-1701.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas: accounts of legal expenses.
Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas: accounts of legal expenses., 1692-1701.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.3.50
Scope and Contents
Some entries are in cipher.
Dates:
1692-1701.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas: accounts of legal expenses.
Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas: accounts of legal expenses., 1688-1701.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.3.48-80.3.50
Scope and Contents
Some entries are in cipher.
Dates:
1688-1701.
Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas: accounts of legal expenses, mainly written in cipher., 1688-1699.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.3.48
Dates:
1688-1699.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
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Household and personal account books of the family of Dundas of Dundas: accounts of legal expenses.
Legal, financial and miscellaneous papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale., 1669-1712.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14495-14496
Legal, financial and miscellaneous papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale., 1669-1712, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14496
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Financial papers, 1669-1712, being chiefly bonds and discharges of and to the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1700-1712, of financial transactions between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and his children (folio 56);(iii) Papers, 1705-1707, of the executry of Andrew Hay, son of Sir John Hay, Lord Clerk Register (folio 74);(iv) Cypher tables, 1707-1711 (folio 105);(v) Miscellaneous...
Dates:
1669-1712, undated.
Letters and papers of D Currie, 8 Duke's Row, Tavistock Square, London, concerning various cypher systems., 1805-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.11732
Dates:
1805-1807.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
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Letters and papers of D Currie and miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Letters and papers of D Currie and miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1753, 1805-1808, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11732-11733
Dates:
1753, 1805-1808, undated.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
List, circa 1680, of debts owing for teinds, feu-duties, etc., by tenants and others in the parishes of Ancrum, Bowden, Lilliesleaf and others in Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire; together with an alphabetical cypher and the methods of using it, 18th century., [Circa 1680], 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.573, folios 56-60
Dates:
[Circa 1680], 18th century.
Lists, genealogical and other notes, and various other items of or concerning the family of Erskine of Alva., 1643-1757, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5161
Dates:
1643-1757, undated.
Manuscript of an incomplete copy of 'De Actibus Apostolorum' by Arator.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.19
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in England containing an incomplete copy of Arator's 'De Actibus Apostolorum'. The manuscript was probably written at the end of the 12th century, and has been dated as such by Ker and Watson. The work has also been dated to the 13th century by Borland and McKinlay. The work is written in a gothic script with between 27-34 lines to a page. The manuscript is the work of several contemporary hands. McKinley has identified four different hands present...
Dates:
Late 12th century.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Memoranda-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1750, 1756.
Item
Identifier: MS.17018
Scope and Contents
The inverted folios are chiefly in cypher.
Dates:
1750, 1756.
Miscellaneous papers and books of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1543-1924.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.7.1-80.7.14
Dates:
1543-1924.
Notes of the family of Dundas of Dundas in cipher., 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.7.7
Dates:
17th century.
Poems, notes, extracts from books, and a diplomatic cipher., 1794, 1807, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5720
Dates:
1794, 1807, undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 30: letters and papers on Italian affairs., 1548-1624, undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.13 [xxx]
Scope and Contents
The letters and papers concern the diplomatic missions of Michael Balfour, Lord Balfour of Burleigh; Sir Anthony Shirley; and a treaty between Savoy and Spain in 1615. A small group is addressed to Mary of Guise, 1548-1549.
Dates:
1548-1624, undated.
Telegram book of the 4th Earl of Minto containing both business and private material, some in cipher., 1885.
Item
Identifier: MS.12551
Dates:
1885.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Unidentified text, apparently 18th century, written in cipher.
File
Identifier: MS.20769
Scope and Contents
The cipher alphabet included Roman and Greek letters, astrological symbols, and other apparently invented symbols. The text appears to be divided into sections by horizontal lines. The name Baptiste Romin or Romain is added in pencil on folios 27 and 28 (inverted). Loosely enclosed is a fragment of a copy by Robert Mylne of Sir Thomas Urquhart's ‘Παντοχεονοχανον’ (London, 1652). This bifolium, paginated 33-36, contains numbers 98-113 of the 'genealogy' of the Urquharts.
Dates:
1652, 18th century.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts