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 7222 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of dispatches and correspondence of Charles Pasley.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6538
Scope and Contents
Concerning his part in Sir John Malcolm`s mission to Persia.
Dates:
1808.
Copies of general orders, official correspondence etc. of Alexander Walker, concerning the course and the handling of the Vellore Mutiny in 1806., 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13844
Scope and Contents
Compiled in May 1825.
Dates:
1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Copies of general orders, official correspondence etc. of Alexander Walker, concerning the course and the handling of the Vellore Mutiny in 1806, and a partial draft thereof.
Copies of general orders, official correspondence etc. of Alexander Walker, concerning the course and the handling of the Vellore Mutiny in 1806, and a partial draft thereof., [1806, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13844-13845
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:
[1806, or after.]
Copies of Indian administrative and other correspondence, November 1782-October 1783, of James Stuart., 1782-1783.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8408-8409
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.
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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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
Copies of Italian newspapers, new state constitutions, and other printed papers in Italian retained by the 2nd Earl of Minto, and printed Foreign Office diplomatic correspondence relating to the affairs of Italy., 1847-1856.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12105-12108
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1847-1856.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
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Copies of printed papers and printed Foreign Office 'Confidential' diplomatic correspondence relating to the affairs of Italy.
Copies of letters of and to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8049
Dates:
1881-1908.
Copies of letters of James Hogg, Mrs Bogan and William Wood, and copy of tune "The twa King`s daughters".
File
Identifier: Acc.3196
Dates:
1824-1830.
Copies of letters of Sir Henry Elliot to the Foreign Secretary, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, Foreign Office officials, diplomatists and others., 1872-1874.
File
Identifier: MS.13070
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers chiefly concern Sir Henry George Elliot’s career as ambassador at Constantinople and Vienna in the years 1867-1884.
Dates:
1872-1874.
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 diplomatic, of the Honourable Sir Henry George Elliot (1817-1907), 2nd son of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence of Sir Henry Elliot concerning the British Embassy at Constantinople.
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Copies of letters of Sir Henry Elliot to the Foreign Secretary, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, Foreign Office officials, diplomatists and others.
Copies of 'Macbeth', by William Shakespeare, translated into Scots, containing covering letter., 1992, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11443/95-96
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes prompt scripts, scripts of unperformed plays, production photography and press cuttings.
Dates:
1992, undated.
Copies of official correspondence, 1 June 1808-12 January 1809, concerning Poorbunder, the Gaikwar's debt and Shastri's services., 1808-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13676
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:
1808-1809.
Copies of official correspondence, 28 May 1807-10 October 1808, between Alexander Walker and Francis Warden about Kutch and Sind., 1807-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13673
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:
1807-1808.
Copies of official correspondence about Gujarat affairs, including many translated Indian letters, passing between Alexander Walker at Baroda and Jonathan Duncan, Francis Warden, etc., at Bombay., 1802-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13649
Scope and Contents
225 + many blank folios.
Dates:
1802-1809.
Copies of official correspondence and accounts, November 1808, concerning the Baroda reforms., 1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13677
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:
1808.
Copies of official correspondence and memoranda concerning the Baroda reforms and the subsidiary reports., 1808-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13697
Scope and Contents
The papers may have been compiled about the time of Alexander Walker's departure from Baroda.
Dates:
1808-1809.
Copies of official correspondence and other papers, October 1807-January 1809, concerning the Gaikwar's finances and his family, the subsidiary force, the treaty arrangements, and other matters., 1807-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13696
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:
1807-1809.
Copies of official correspondence, and some original letters, chiefly concerning dealings with Malhar Rao., 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.13682
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:
1807.
Copies of official correspondence between Alexander Walker, Francis Warden, and others 'relative to the apprehension of fugitive criminals within the territories of the Guicawar, Paishwa and Cambay in Guzerat'., 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13680
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:
1806.
Copies of official correspondence chiefly between Arthur Wellesley and Jonathan Duncan at Bombay, August-September 1803, about the administrative and commissariat aspects of Wellesley's campaign., 1802-1805.
File
Identifier: MS.13643
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:
1802-1805.
Copies of official correspondence concerning Alexander Walker’s service in India and his subsequent claiming of arrears of salary and allowances; with some miscellaneous autobiographical notes by Walker., 1783-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13729-13735
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:
1783-1815.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the Gaikwar state, piracy, the negotiations with Sitárám, and other matters., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13709
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 official correspondence concerning the Gaikwar's subsidiary treaty, June-October 1804, and about the Baroda reforms, December 1808-January 1809., 1804, 1808-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13663
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:
1804, 1808-1809.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the payment of the Gaikwar's force, June 1804, and state of the Gaikwar's debt, May 1807-June 1808., 1804, 1807-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.13662
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:
1804, 1807-1808.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the possible deployment of troops to defend Bombay and the need to garrison Goa., 1805.
File
Identifier: MS.13668
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:
1805.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the row over the disposal of Napoleon's furniture., 1822-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.13757
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1822-1824.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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Copies of official correspondence which charts the bitter wrangle between Alexander Walker and his predecessor on St Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe, concerning the disposal of Napoleon's furniture from Longwood.
Copies of official correspondence concerning the row over the disposal of Napoleon's furniture., 1823-1825.
File
Identifier: MS.13758
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1823-1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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Copies of official correspondence which charts the bitter wrangle between Alexander Walker and his predecessor on St Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe, concerning the disposal of Napoleon's furniture from Longwood.