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 7219 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1703-1736, 1809, undated, and papers, 1627-1724 of the Dukes of Hamilton., 1627-1809, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1032
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The earliest letters are those addressed to the 1st Duke, and deal with his bargaining with the King of France for the restoration of the lands and dignities which were granted to his predecessors. Subsequent writers include the 2nd-4th Dukes, and Anne, wife of the 3rd Duke. Of their letters the most interesting are those of the 3rd Duke, which show the relations which existed between him and the Government, especially the King, Lauderdale, Livingstone, Melville, and Stair. Most of the...
Dates:
1627-1809, undated.
Correspondence, 1728-1882, undated, with a few miscellaneous items, 1694-1871, undated., 1694-1882, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9983
Scope and Contents
Among the letters are a few from David Hume to John Clephane, 1747-1757, most of which have been published in ‘The letters of David Hume’ edited by J Y T Greig. Other correspondents include Lord Macaulay and Robert Louis Stevenson, both writing to John Hill Burton on historical matters.
Dates:
1694-1882, undated.
Correspondence, 1754-1765, and legal documents, 1723-1765, concerning William Campbell of Stobs., 1723-1765.
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Identifier: MS.17697
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1723-1765.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning William Campbell of Stobs; his lands of Stobs and his wife's of Harvieston were mortgaged to Lord Milton.
Correspondence, 1779, 1794-1832, relating to militia in Stirlingshire, and printed acts of Parliament, 1804-1815, relating to militia in Scotland., 1779, 1794-1832.
File
Identifier: MS.10895
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1779, 1794-1832.
Correspondence, 1800-1840, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1788-1840, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3220
Scope and Contents
The Ashiesteel correspondence begins on folio 61. It is preceded by:(i) Miscellaneous papers: 'Flowers of the Forrest', in the autograph of Mrs Cockburn (folio 1); letter of Robert Burns to Patrick Miller of Dalswinton on the lease of Ellisland, 1788, printed in the ‘Kilmarnock Standard’, 14 August 1943 (folio 3); 'The Hag in the Red Cloak', verses ridiculing Matthew Gregory Lewis, in the hand of John Leyden (folio 5); letters of Humboldt, undated (folio 6), and Disraeli, 1865...
Dates:
1788-1840, undated.
Correspondence, 1803-1810, 1817, and reports, estimates, and other papers, 1794-1810 of John Rennie concerning canal and navigations in Kennet and Avon., 1794-1817.
File
Identifier: MS.19781
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1794-1817.
Correspondence, 1803, between John Murray II and Archibald Constable, publisher: and, correspondence, 1804-1805, between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and Co., publishers., 1803-1805.
File
Identifier: MS.40238
Scope and Contents
The correspondence concerns the business relations between John Murray II and Archibald Constable and his partners, and includes receipts, invoices and other business papers. The papers are arranged chronologically. 1803. Correspondence between John Murray II and Archibald Constable. Folios 1-14.1804. Letter, 19 October 1804, of Alexander Gibson Hunter to John Murray II. Folios 15-16. Fragment of a letter, 29 December 1804, of A. Constable and Co. to John...
Dates:
1803-1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.
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Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.
Correspondence, 1807-1808, between John Riddell and George Chalmers with related notes and fragments of drafts of letters concerning members of the family of Stewart, Earls of Lennox, and other topics mentioned in Chalmers’s ‘Caledonia’., 1807-1808.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Dates:
1807-1808.
Correspondence, 1807-1853, mostly of James Everson, Beverley, on the Scotch Baptist Church.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11076
Scope and Contents
Includes transcripts, 1944, by James Idwal Jones, together with notes, essays and pamphlets on the history of the Church.
Dates:
1807-1853, 1944.
Correspondence, 1816-1847, 1887, 1889, and miscellaneous papers, 1729-1890, undated, relating to church affairs in the parishes of Airth, Bothkennar, and Campsie., 1729-1890, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10893
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1729-1890, undated.
Correspondence, 1818-1820, reports, plans, and other papers, 1813-1818, 1821, of John Rennie concerning Dunleary harbour., 1815-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19792
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1815-1821.
Correspondence, 1833-1859, of Samuel Brown, the chemist, and his family., 1810, 1833-1859.
File
Identifier: MS.1889
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is preceded by a borrowing-slip of the Advocate's Library signed by Sir Walter Scott, 1810 (folio 1). A letter of Samuel Brown on his theory of atomic transmutation, committed under seal to Dr Christison in 1841 and opened by him in 1858, is placed under this latter date (folio 200).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1810, 1833-1859.
Correspondence, 1834-1846, of Thomas De Quincey with William Tait, about the publication of articles and other works, principally his autobiography.
File
Identifier: MS.1670
Scope and Contents
At the beginning are placed relevant letters from J R Findlay and James T Black, 1882.
Dates:
1834-1846, 1882.
Correspondence, 1838-1846, concerning the subscriptions for and building of the Scott Monument., 1838-1918, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15974
Scope and Contents
The letters are addressed to Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, John Castle and John Dick. There are also a few miscellaneous letters and papers, 1853-1918, undated.
Dates:
1838-1918, undated.
Correspondence, 1841-1895, undated, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1824-1895, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3221
Scope and Contents
The correspondence begins on folio 1. It is followed by a statement of grass fields of Ashiesteel, 1824, and records of planting of trees there, 1835-1850, by Sir James Russell (folio 143).
Dates:
1824-1895, undated.
Correspondence, 1851-1892, undated, and papers and press cuttings, 1849-1892, undated, of James Taylor., 1849-1892, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15908
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence, 1851-1892, undated, consisting chiefly of James Taylor's letters to his family in Scotland, with a few addressed to him. The series begins with Taylor's departure from London and describes life on the estates of Naranghera and Loolecondera from the early stages of clearing land in order to plant coffee, to the running of an established estate. There are descriptions of scenery, reactions to news of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, views on how to...
Dates:
1849-1892, undated.
Correspondence, 1856-1888, undated, of John Ouseley concerning family and personal matters and miscellaneous family correspondence, 1851-1890, undated, of the Ouseley and Elliot families., 1851-1890, undated.
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Identifier: MS.21212
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters to John Ouseley, 1856-1877, undated, chiefly of his aunt, Emily Ouseley, but including one of his sister Emily, and one of his cousin Edgar Ouseley Richard de Valmency, all concerning family and personal matters (folio 1);
(ii) General correspondence, 1861-1888, undated, of John Ouseley concerning family and personal matters, and including letters of his uncle Sir William Gore Ouseley (folio 53);
(iii) Miscellaneous Ouseley and Elliot family...
Dates:
1851-1890, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot Murray Kynynmounds, Earls of Minto, of related families, and of Sir John Coxe Hippisley, whose career was associated with that of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot and Ouseley families, being chiefly of Sir Charles and Lady Clara Elliot, their son and daughter-in- law, Frederick Eden and Marcia Cordelia Elliot, and Marcia's brother, John Ouseley.
Correspondence, 1858-1898, and papers, 1748-1914, relating to game and horses., 1748-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.13328
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates:
1748-1914.
Correspondence, 1871-1891, undated, and papers, 1872-1889, undated, concerning James Augustus Grant's genealogical researches., 1871-1891, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17942
Scope and Contents
The correspondence begins on folio 1, and the papers on folio 74. Included are notes and histories by James Augustus Grant amd others, and the results of searches in various records, and copies of documents.
Dates:
1871-1891, undated.
Correspondence, 1930-1931, of Edward Albert, chiefly with the editors of periodicals, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, publishers of Albert's fiction, and his patron Sir James Marchant., 1922-1933.
File
Identifier: MS.9145
Scope and Contents
At the end (folio 220) are letters of application by Edward Albert, 1922, 1933, with testimonials.
Dates:
1922-1933.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Correspondence of Edward Albert.
Correspondence, 1930-1935, of James Glen, Writer, Glasgow, chiefly with Professor Sir Herbert Grierson about questions connected with the latter's edition of Sir Walter Scott's letters and life of Scott.
File
Identifier: MS.2566
Scope and Contents
Included are extracts from the diary of John Ballantyne, 1814-1818 (folio 176).
Dates:
1814-1818, 1930-1935.
Correspondence, 1931-1948, undated, of Arthur Geddes chiefly concerning the proposed publication of his father's works; with two letters, 1931, undated, of Sir Patrick Geddes., 1931-1948, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21199
Correspondence, 1934-1939, of Edward Albert chiefly with George G Harrap and Co.; and general correspondence, 1923-1931, of Albert and correspondents from A to DA., 1923-1931, 1934-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.9146 (1)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.
Dates:
1923-1931, 1934-1939.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Correspondence of Edward Albert.
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Correspondence, 1934-1939, of Edward Albert chiefly with George G Harrap and Co., publishers; and general correspondence, 1919-1931, arranged in alphabetical order of correspondents.
Correspondence, 1934-1939, of Edward Albert chiefly with George G Harrap and Co., publishers; and general correspondence, 1919-1931, arranged in alphabetical order of correspondents., 1919-1931, 1934-1939.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.9146 (1)-(2)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.
Dates:
1919-1931, 1934-1939.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Correspondence of Edward Albert.
Correspondence, 1961-2017, and literary papers, circa 1970s, of David Macleod Black.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13836
Dates:
1961-2017.