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:
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.
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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, 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.
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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, 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.
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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, 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.
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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, 1969, regarding the Victor Gollancz Award, 1968., 1968-1969.
File
Identifier: Acc.10318/17
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes press cuttings and correspondence.
Dates:
1968-1969.
Correspondence, 1987, relating to 'Broadsheet' edition 8A prose, July 1970., 1970, 1987.
File
Identifier: Acc.8845/22
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970, 1987.
Correspondence about the family of Christie, chiefly between the Reverend Dr Charles Rogers and Captain J E Christie, Governor of the Calton Jail,, 1876-1878, 1900.
File
Identifier: MS.167
Scope and Contents
Also included are pedigrees of the Christie family and newspaper-cuttings relating to Captain Christie, to whom the correspondence belonged.
Dates:
1876-1878, 1900.
Correspondence, accounts and documents of the family of Borthwick of Crookston., 1684-1904, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10371-10376
Dates:
1684-1904, undated.
Correspondence, accounts and legal papers of the Grahams of Airth concerning Jamaica and the estate of Ardoch Penn., 1775-1834, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10924-10925
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:
1775-1834, undated.
Correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous papers of Alexander Turnbull Christie., 1825-1838, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9497
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1827-1832, to Alexander Turnbull Christie, with a few copies of his own letters (folio 1);
(ii) Financial papers, 1825-1831, undated (folio 59);
(iii) Design for a house, circa 1830 (folio 69);
(iv) 'De membranae mucosae pathologia', circa 1828 (folio 71);
(v) Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1831, 1838, undated, of Christie and John Turnbull of Abbey St Bathans (folio 99).
Dates:
1825-1838, undated.
Correspondence, accounts and other papers chiefly of the Scotts of Raeburn., 1698-1853, undated.
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Identifier: MS.2890
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1823-1853, undated, of William Scott, the sixth laird. Many of the letters are written by or relate to Sir Walter Scott, and they include several of John Gibson Lockhart. (Folio i.) (ii) Accounts, 1698-1747. (Folio 202.)(iii) Miscellaneous material, apparently collected by the sixth laird, including a song, '"Eh", quo the tod, "It's a braw light night"', being a version of 'The fox jumped up on a moonlight...
Dates:
1698-1853, undated.
Correspondence, accounts and petitions of and concerning Hugh Elliot., 1803-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13052
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and accounts of Hugh Elliot with Vallin, Routh and Company, bankers in Naples, 1804-1806, concerning British subsidies to the Neapolitan government (folio 1); (ii) Petitions addressed to Elliot, 1803-1804, chiefly from French and Corsican emigrés (folio 115).
Dates:
1803-1806.
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.
Correspondence, accounts and plans originally found with MS.15559: Daybook of David Wallace., 1840-1906.
File
Identifier: MS.15559A
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The daybook is incomplete.
Dates:
1840-1906.
Correspondence, accounts and plans with Edinburgh Bookshop., 1980-1988.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/102
Dates:
1980-1988.
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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Associated business of James Thin, bookseller, with publishers, bookshops and others.