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 7214 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of correspondence and papers chiefly concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and the Ballantynes., 1802-1839, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21059-21060
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
1802-1839, undated.
Copies of correspondence and papers chiefly concerning the financial affairs of Walter Scott and the Ballantynes., 1809-1839, undated.
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Identifier: MS.21060
Scope and Contents
Also included is some correspondence, 1838-1839, with Andrew Shortrede on the dispute between Ballantyne and J G Lockhart; and miscellaneous financial papers.
Dates:
1809-1839, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
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Legal and business papers of Robert Cadell.
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Copies of correspondence and papers chiefly concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and the Ballantynes.
Copies of correspondence and papers concerning a dispute between Colonel (later Major-General) Charles Ross and Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.1
Scope and Contents
Both officers belonged to the 39th Foot which was then stationed in Gibraltar. The papers, which are not in chronological order, include letters to and from George Elliot, the Governor, extracts from regimental orders, and Ross`s own comments on the affair.
Dates:
1778-1780.
Copies of correspondence and papers concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and James Ballantyne., 1802-1836, undated.
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Identifier: MS.21059
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1807-1816, of John and James Ballantyne to Walter Scott and extracts from Scott's letters to John Ballantyne, 1817-1819. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Minute of agreement between Scott and James Ballantyne, and correspondence between Scott and the Ballantynes, 1805-1816. Some of this material was used by J G Lockhart in ‘The Ballantyne-humbug handled’. (Folio 61.)
(iii) Letters, 1802-1829, undated, of Scott to James Ballantyne on literary matters. (Folio 95.)
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Dates:
1802-1836, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
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Legal and business papers of Robert Cadell.
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Copies of correspondence and papers chiefly concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and the Ballantynes.
Copies of correspondence, and papers of and concerning Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, chiefly on military subjects., 1775-1809, undated.
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Identifier: MS.25164
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of correspondence, 1775-1786, between Charles Grant and the Comte de Langeron concerning Grant's military career (folio 1); (ii) Papers, chiefly printed, concerning the Écoles Royales Militaires, 1777-1786, undated (folio 11); (iii) Miscellaneous papers on military and maritime subjects, 1779-1809, undated (folio 22).
Dates:
1775-1809, undated.
Copies of correspondence and papers of and concerning Hugh Elliot relating to British Naval operations in the Mediterranean., 1803-1804.
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Identifier: MS.13049
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of correspondence between Lord Nelson and Sir John Acton, 1803-1804 (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of letters of Hugh Elliot to Lord Nelson, 1803 (folio 15);
(iii) Papers concerning John Badge, merchant in Naples, and John Park, master of the ‘Columba , arrested on a charge of barratry, 1803 (folio 91);
(iv) Papers connected with the capture of the French privateer ‘Tigre’, 1803 (folio 129);
(v) Papers relating to an alleged attack (in search of naval...
Dates:
1803-1804.
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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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission.
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Correspondence of Hugh Elliot concerning all aspects of British military operations in Calabria and Sicily.
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Correspondence and papers of Hugh Elliot relating to British naval operations in the Mediterranean.
Copies of correspondence and reports of John Forbes., 1793-1796.
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Identifier: MS.15348
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Forbes was a soldier of fortune who enlisted in the Portuguese army in the Seven Years' War and afterwards settled in Portugal, remaining in the service for the rest of his life. He was the second son of George Forbes of Skellater, Aberdeenshire and although he never owned the property (which his father sold) he was frequently referred to, and known as Forbes de Skellater, or Forbes-Skellater. The manuscripts refer to the campaigns of the Portuguese army in the wars against France of...
Dates:
1793-1796.
Copies of correspondence between Sir Thomas John Cochrane and Chief Justice R A Tucker., 1829-1833.
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Identifier: MS.2362
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:
1829-1833.
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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Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
Copies of correspondence chiefly of Major Alexander Gilbert Barry, Chief Secretary to Government, Mauritius, and Captain Henry Lyme, senior naval officer at Mauritius, to the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto' at Port Louis, with copies of depositions and other related papers., 1812.
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Identifier: MS.11686
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:
1812.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.
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Copies of correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto', and letters, enclosures, and correspondence with the Governor and Acting Governor of Penang.
Copies of correspondence, chiefly of or to the Duchess of Kent., 1835-1839, 1846.
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Identifier: MS.24769
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of or to King William IV, Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Melbourne, and Baroness Lehzen; with notes, 1846, of the 1st Baron Dunfermline on his relations with Baron Stockmar and the Royal Household.
Dates:
1835-1839, 1846.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family, political and personal correspondence and papers of the Abercromby family, chiefly of James Abercromby (1776-1858), 1st Baron Dunfermline, with some correspondence and papers of his wife Marianne (died 1874), and of their son Ralph, 2nd Baron and diplomatist (1803-1868), and his family.
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Correspondence from individuals to James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, with some letters to his family.
Copies of correspondence, drafts and other documents concerning the rice magazine at Pulicat., 1782-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8426
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1782-1783.
Copies of correspondence, July-August 1809, chiefly official, concerning the Madras mutiny., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13699
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1809.
Copies of correspondence of Alexander Christie and other papers, volume I: 'Private correspondence relative to the conduct of the Kirk Session of Montrose on the 27 and 30 April, 1789', in taking action against Alexander Christie for attending Unitarian and other places of worship; bound with Alexander Christie's printed work on the same subject, ‘The Holy Scriptures the only rule of faith’ (Montrose, 1790)., 1789, 1792.
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Identifier: MS.3701
Scope and Contents
The contents comprise copies of correspondence, 1789, with Christie's commentary, 1792.
Dates:
1789, 1792.
Copies of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott with John and James Ballantyne., 1805-1819.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.861-862
Dates:
1805-1819.
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.
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Papers of Sir Walter Scott relating to the partnership with the Ballantynes.
Copies of correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto', and letters, enclosures, and correspondence with the Governor and Acting Governor of Penang., 1810-1812.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11686-11687
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:
1810-1812.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.
Copies of correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery with Queen Victoria and Sir Henry Ponsonby on the occasion of the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 1887., 1887.
File
Identifier: MS.10193
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1887.
Copies of correspondence of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826), apparently intended for publication.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.20
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Biographical notice of Jourdan by Leopold Warnkoenig. Jourdan`s date of birth is wrongly given as 1769. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence with Warnkoenig, 1821-1826. (Folio 20.)(iii) Letters to David Irving, 1822-1826. (Folio 158.)(iv) Correspondence with K J A Mittermaier and others, 1825-1826. (Folio 179).The letters concern the history and study of Roman law, with particular stress on a return to the...
Dates:
1821-1826.
Copies of correspondence of Thomas Graham, with some linking narrative., 1771-1802, [circa 1945.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16043-16044
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1771-1802, [circa 1945.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Family and general correspondence and papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, with some papers of their heirs in the unentailed estate, the Maxtone Graham, formerly Maxtone, of Cultoquhey family.
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Correspondence and papers of the Maxtone Graham family.
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Typescript drafts of Mrs. Maxtone Graham for a study of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Copies of correspondence of Thomas Graham, with some linking narrative., 1800-1802, [circa 1945.]
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Identifier: MS.16044
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1800-1802, [circa 1945.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Family and general correspondence and papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, with some papers of their heirs in the unentailed estate, the Maxtone Graham, formerly Maxtone, of Cultoquhey family.
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Correspondence and papers of the Maxtone Graham family.
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Typescript drafts of Mrs. Maxtone Graham for a study of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
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Copies of correspondence of Thomas Graham, with some linking narrative.
Copies of correspondence, papers, etc. in favour of Basil Cochrane, sent to the Directors of the East India Company to clear his character after his trial for the murder of his servant., 1784-1787.
File
Identifier: MS.8462
Dates:
1784-1787.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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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.
Copies of correspondence, probably of Lieutenant-Colonel James Dalrymple with Captain Lieutenant Henry Dobson, in the hand of Anne Fergusson, daughter of Sir James, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran., 1763-1774.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25287-25289
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters are written from Ireland and there is much of military interest.
Dates:
1763-1774.
Copies of correspondence, probably of Lieutenant-Colonel James Dalrymple with Captain Lieutenant Henry Dobson, in the hand of Anne Fergusson, daughter of Sir James, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran., 1763-1764.
File
Identifier: MS.25287
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the letters are written from Ireland and there is much of military interest.
Dates:
1763-1764.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes.
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Correspondence and papers of the younger children of Sir James Dalrymple.
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Copies of correspondence, probably of Lieutenant-Colonel James Dalrymple with Captain Lieutenant Henry Dobson, in the hand of Anne Fergusson, daughter of Sir James, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran.
Copies of correspondence, probably of Lieutenant-Colonel James Dalrymple with Captain Lieutenant Henry Dobson, in the hand of Anne Fergusson, daughter of Sir James, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran., 1764-1766.
File
Identifier: MS.25288
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the letters are written from Ireland and there is much of military interest.
Dates:
1764-1766.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes.
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Correspondence and papers of the younger children of Sir James Dalrymple.
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Copies of correspondence, probably of Lieutenant-Colonel James Dalrymple with Captain Lieutenant Henry Dobson, in the hand of Anne Fergusson, daughter of Sir James, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran.
Copies of correspondence, probably of Lieutenant-Colonel James Dalrymple with Captain Lieutenant Henry Dobson, in the hand of Anne Fergusson, daughter of Sir James, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran., 1766-1774.
File
Identifier: MS.25289
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Many of the letters are written from Ireland and there is much of military interest.
Dates:
1766-1774.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes.
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Correspondence and papers of the younger children of Sir James Dalrymple.
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Copies of correspondence, probably of Lieutenant-Colonel James Dalrymple with Captain Lieutenant Henry Dobson, in the hand of Anne Fergusson, daughter of Sir James, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran.
Copies of diplomatic correspondence and papers printed for the Cabinet in 1846, and relating to Spain and the Spanish Marriage Question., 1713, 1808-1846.
File
Identifier: MS.12219
Scope and Contents
A copy of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) is included.
Dates:
1713, 1808-1846.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.