Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.
Found in 5441 Collections and/or Records:
A volume consisting of letters of Major-General Granville G A Egerton in the Afghan and Egyptian campaigns to members of his family, with notes in his hand on the flyleaves concerning the letters. His bookplate is pasted inside the front cover., 1879-1880, 1882.
File
Identifier: Acc.1669/ 24
Dates:
1879-1880, 1882.
Abstracts and copies of correspondence of William Elliot concerning disturbances in Counties Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Cavan and Limerick., 1806-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.12923
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1806-1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells.
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Correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1806-1807.
Abstracts of the correspondence of the the Governor-General., 1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11589
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Account, apparently by John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, of his period of office as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with extracts from his correspondence., 1777-1780.
File
Identifier: MS.5749
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Dates:
1777-1780.
Account of the captivity of Alexander Scott in the Sahara between 1810 and 1816 after having been shipwrecked on the African coast opposite the Canary Islands as set down by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill and William Lawson from conversations with Scott., [1816, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.19390
Scope and Contents
This detailed account of Alexander Scott's life with nomadic Arabs provides a wealth of sociological and geographical information. Includes a map and geographical appendix by the geographer, James Rennell, and related correspondence.
Dates:
[1816, or after.]
Accounts and correspondence, arranged alphabetically by the tradesman's name, of William McAdam, chiefly concerning the building of Ballochmorrie House in 1831., 1831.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5313-5314
Accounts and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller, antiquarian and second-hand department., 1992-1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/130
Dates:
1992-1999.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Business papers and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller.
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Papers of James Thin, bookseller, containing second-hand and antiquarian catalogues, accounts and correspondence.
Accounts and correspondence of William McAdam, chiefly concerning the building of Ballochmorrie House, with tradesmen with surnames from A-K., 1831.
File
Identifier: MS.5313
Dates:
1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of William McAdam found in Ballochmorrie House, Ayrshire.
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Accounts and correspondence, arranged alphabetically by the tradesman's name, of William McAdam, chiefly concerning the building of Ballochmorrie House in 1831.
Accounts and correspondence of William McAdam, chiefly concerning the building of Ballochmorrie House, with tradesmen with surnames from L-Z., 1831.
File
Identifier: MS.5314
Dates:
1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of William McAdam found in Ballochmorrie House, Ayrshire.
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Accounts and correspondence, arranged alphabetically by the tradesman's name, of William McAdam, chiefly concerning the building of Ballochmorrie House in 1831.
Accounts and estate papers of Ulbster., 1816-1848.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9872/101-140
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Containing the correspondence, accounts and papers of three Caithness families, the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Hendersons of Stemster, Bower. The papers span the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The bulk of the papers relate to the Ulbster estates in Caithness, under the Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Williamson's and Captain David Henderson's respective factorships. There are letters relating to The Caithness Fencible Regiment and the Caithness Highlander...
Dates:
1816-1848.
Accounts and financial papers of James Thin, bookseller., 1848-1853, 1855-1857, 1920-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/9-31
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1848-1853, 1855-1857, 1920-2002.
Accounts and miscellaneous papers of Neil Munro., 1928-1964.
File
Identifier: MS.26937
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Accounts of McGrigor, Donald and Company, writers in Glasgow, for work in connection with the Trust, 1930-1952 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1928-1964 (folio 55).
Dates:
1928-1964.
Accounts and miscellaneous papers of William, James and Charles Chisholme of that Ilk., 1747-1814, undated
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5462-5475
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers presumably came into the possession of Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, after his marriage to James Chisholme’s daughter in 1802. Charles Chisholme was captain of the East India ship 'Gatton'; James and William Chisholme, his brothers, owned sugar plantations in Jamaica.William Chisholme became the owner of Thomas's River, North Hall, Health Crawl and Breadland Pen in Clarendon, Jamaica, as well as owning a quarter share of Trout Hall, Green River, Troys and...
Dates:
1747-1814, undated
Accounts and papers, 1844-1874, concerning the New College Building Fund, and correspondence and papers, 1872-1896, undated, concerning the Glasgow and Aberdeen Training Colleges of the Free Church of Scotland., 1844-1896, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19072
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.
Dates:
1844-1896, undated.
Accounts, correspondence and other papers., 1640-19th century, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2936
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Account between George Wishart, Bishop of Edinburgh, and his factor in respect of the rental of Holyroodhouse and New Abbey, 1662-1667. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence of Sir James Livingston of Kilsyth (afterwards Viscount Kilsyth), chiefly on his private business, 1640-1661, preceded by an inventory, 1682. From the appearance of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's name on a leaf enclosed with these papers (folio 35), they appear to have been...
Dates:
1640-19th century, undated.
Accounts of Sir Walter Scott and other documents relating to him., 1760-1838.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.916-922
Dates:
1760-1838.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
Accounts of the Bannatyne Club, with some related correspondence., 1823-1849.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9360-9362
Accounts of the Bannatyne Club, with some related correspondence., 1823-1830.
File
Identifier: MS.9360
Accounts of the Bannatyne Club, with some related correspondence., 1831-1833, 1838-1840.
File
Identifier: MS.9361
Accounts, shipping-returns, and correspondence concerning the Martinique expedition under the command of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1809-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.2317
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1809-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Accounts, vouchers and correspondence of the treasurer of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh, with petitions, receipts and related miscellaneous papers., 1675-1872, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.7332/Box 3(1-15)
Additional papers of the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Henderson of Stemster, Bower., 1775-1866, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9872/157-178
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Containing the correspondence, accounts and papers of three Caithness families, the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Hendersons of Stemster, Bower. The papers span the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The bulk of the papers relate to the Ulbster estates in Caithness, under the Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Williamson's and Captain David Henderson's respective factorships. There are letters relating to The Caithness Fencible Regiment and the Caithness Highlander...
Dates:
1775-1866, undated.
Additional related material acquired with MS.16495: Lesmahagow missal, being fragments of the missal and correspondence and notes of Sir Sydney Cockerell concerning it., 13th century-1953, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16495A-16496
Administration papers of James Thin, bookseller, containing correspondence, reports, essay and newspaper clippings., 1995-2003.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/62-69
Administration papers of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland)., 1971-1991, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/281-412
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
1971-1991, undated.