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Contract of copartnery. Legal Instruments.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Scottish law. The contract of copartnership. A contract by which the several partners agree concerning the communication of loss or gain, arising from the subject of the contract. Source: Black's Law Dictionary.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Agreement of copartnery of Robert Moubray, surgeon apothecary in Huntingdon, and William Annesley, surgeon apothecary in Huntingdon., 28 February 1772.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12995
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.

Dates: 28 February 1772.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / A collection of documents relating to the family of Moubray of Cockairnie. / Miscellaneous documents.

Correspondence and papers on various actual and projected lead or copper mines in Scotland., 1784-1792.

 File
Identifier: MS.12876
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

With letters and reports on the lead mines of Islay, 1771-1785.

Dates: 1784-1792.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk. / Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot. / Correspondence and papers concerning Admiral John Elliot's mining ventures in Perthshire and southern Scotland for copper and lead deposits. / Correspondence and papers on various actual and projected lead or copper mines in Scotland.

Minutes of agreement and contract of co-partnery between Sir Walter Scott, advocate, and James and John Ballantyne, of John Ballantyne and Co printers, Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: MS.23054
Dates: 1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Miscellaneous papers of Robert Cadell., 1822-1849, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21069
Scope and Contents

The papers include a copy of the contract of copartnery, 1822, between Walter Scott and James Ballantyne (folio 1), corrections, [?1827], to the ‘Life of Napoleon’ (folio 11), and a speech, [?1844], made by Robert Cadell to the shareholders of the North British Railway Company (folio 29).

Dates: 1822-1849, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

Papers of W and A K Johnston, Ltd., 1839-1931, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.5811/22-54
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.

Dates: 1839-1931, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters, papers, photographs and other papers of the Johnston family, and financial and business records of the firm W and A K Johnston, printers and publishers, Edinburgh.

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