Contracts. Agreements.
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
50 letters and cards of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.
Agreement, 1788, between James Gregory and Charles Elliot.
With other papers concerning Dirleton, Kinneil, Port Glasgow and Dundee.
Charters and legal instruments concerning Forbes of Pitsligo and lands in Rosehearty.
Charters and other formal documents from the collection of William Rose.
Contract between George Mackenzie, Earl of Cromartie, and his son John, Lord Macleod, in which it is stated that, Lord Macleod having spent more than his allowance, the Earl agrees to pay his debts in order to save the estate.
On the back of the document is a deposition by Mary, Lady Macleod, agreeing to the terms of the contract.
Contract between Sir William Seton of Kylesmure and Alexander Inglis of Rottinrow on the one part, and John Dougall, servitor to the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, on the other.
Copies of papers concerning the Exchequer and King’s rents.
Copy of the contract by Sir William Alexander for the first settlement of Nova Scotia.
Includes copy of a letter signed by James VI and I granting Alexander funds for the colony.
Correspondence and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library buildings.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Documents relating to the management and improvement of the estate of Ladykirk, Berwickshire.
Detailed schemes of inclosing, building, stocking, planting, and general work on the farm are described.
Douglas of Springwood Park Charters.
Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.
Draft contract and agreement between the College of Justice, the Shire of Midlothian and the Town of Edinburgh, concerning the taxation on ale and beer.
Draft copy of the 'Contract and agreement between the College of Justice, the Shire of Midlothian and the Town of Edinburgh relative to Taxation in Ale and Beer' (Ch.B.19a).
Fragments of the Kilbride collection, in Gaelic, consisting of poems illustrating the life of Colum-cille, part of a tale of Caithréim Conghail Cláiringhnigh, and a contract between Duncan MacDougall and his servitor.
Letter books and papers of the Lorn Furnace Company founded by Furness ironmasters, with works at Bunawe.
Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
Nancy Brysson Morrison was the sister of Margaret M Morrison, who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost', and T J Morrison, the novelist and script-writer. As well as publishing under her own name, she wrote numerous romances under the pseudonym 'Christine Strathern' between 1942 and 1959, but they are not represented among these papers.