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:
Contracts and other work-related papers of Jan Struther., 1933-1995, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13220/36-38
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From the Collection:
Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...
Dates:
1933-1995, undated.
Copies and drafts of correspondence concerning the duel fought between James Stuart and Lord Macartney., 1786.
File
Identifier: MS.8439
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:
1786.
Copies by Archibald Constable, titled 'Private', of correspondence, notes and accounts, relating chiefly to Sir Walter Scott and some of his works., 1821-1822.
File
Identifier: MS.23232
Copies of correspondence, 1771-1799, of Thomas Graham, with some linking narrative, [circa 1945.], 1771-1799, [circa 1945.]
File
Identifier: MS.16043
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1771-1799, [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, accounts, formal documents and other papers of Edward Ellice concerning the estate of Alexander Ellice in America., 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.15135
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates:
1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
Copies of correspondence and journals of John Malcolm at Masulipatam, sent to the 1st Earl of Minto., 1 September 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.11656
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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:
1 September 1809.
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 and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
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Letters and papers sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam, and papers communicated by Lieutenant-Colonel (later General) Thomas Gage Montresor to Neil Benjamin Edmondstone.
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Letters and papers sent by John Malcolm to the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the army mutiny at Masulipatam.
Copies of correspondence and minutes, September 1782-April 1783, of the Select Committee, Madras., 1782-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8407
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.
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Copies and excerpts of correspondence of James Stuart, and copies of correspondence and minutes of the Select Committee, Madras.
Copies of correspondence and other documents of James Stuart., 1782-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8410
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters in this volume are duplicates of those in MSS.8408-8409.The papers consist of:(i) 'Index and List of the Packet Dated Negapatam, 23rd October, 1783', being the same index as in MS.8408 (folio 1);(ii) 'Copies of Letters from Mr. Cochrane to Lord Macartney, 9 February-8 August, 1783' (folio 13);(iii) 'Mr Cochrane to The Government at Madras from the 8th Septʳ. to 25th D[o]., 1783' (folio 58);(iv) 'Mr Cochrane to...
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 correspondence and other documents of James Stuart., 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8411
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters in this volume are duplicates of those in MSS.8408-8409.The papers consist of:(i) 'Journal or Extracts of Letters', 24 February-28 July 1783 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of administrative correspondence, 31 January-9 July 1783 (folio 58);(iii) Copies of administrative correspondence, July-October 1783 (folio 92);(iv) Copies of administrative correspondence, July-September 1783 (folio 118);(v) Copies of...
Dates:
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 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.
File
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 the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and James Ballantyne., 1802-1836, undated.
File
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.)
(iv)...
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.
File
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.
File
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.
File
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.
File
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.
File
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.
File
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.
File
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 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.