Pocket books.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Small books adapted so as to be conveniently carried in a person's pocket. Use of the term to denote a printed book does not seem to have been common before the 20th century.
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and papers of the geologist, Leonard Horner, and of his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2213-2222
Dates:
1782-1880.
Loose-leaf pocket-book of Arthur Murray containing memoranda relating to his duties as Assistant Military Attaché in Washington., 1917-1918.
Item
Identifier: MS.8816
Dates:
1917-1918.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
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Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951.
"Marshall's Gentleman's Pocket Book, 1825", containing a diary possibly of James Laing of Streatham., 1825.
Item
Identifier: MS.19237
Dates:
1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, estate, financial, and personal papers of a cadet branch of the Setons of Cariston, Fife, being the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reel 14., 1782-1912.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1326
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Typescripts of letters, 1782-1801, 1912, undated, of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, to his brother Robert, Lord President of the Court of Session, and others (MS.10225);Diaries, 1825-1852, of Lady Hislop (MS.13141-13144); Pocket-book, 1846-1847, of Lady Hislop containing notes of correspondence (MS.13145);Commonplace book, 1826-1827, of Lady Hislop (MS.13146);Personal account book, 1836-1848, of Lady Hislop...
Dates:
1782-1912.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Miscellaneous manuscript volumes, received bound., 1685-mid 20th century, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14797-14809
Dates:
1685-mid 20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot., Late 17th century-19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19237-19238
Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester., 1509-mid 20th century, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14778-14827
Dates:
1509-mid 20th century, undated.
Notebooks, account books and pocket books of Charles Herries containing personal accounts and some memoranda., 1798-1819.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15354-15364
Scope and Contents
In several of the volumes, some or most of the accounts have been cancelled by lines drawn through them.
Dates:
1798-1819.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and personal account-books of Charles Herries, a merchant in London who was Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, and correspondence and papers of his younger son, Lieutenant-General Sir William Lewis Herries and of, and concerning, other members of the family.
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Correspondence, papers and personal account books of Charles Herries.
Passports of John Blythe Kinross, 1938, 1957. Also containing miscellaneous small pocket diaries, 1916, 1918-1921, 1923, relating to the boyhood and early working years of John Blythe Kinross, containing considerable annotations by him, particularly relating to the people he mentions., 1916, 1918-1921, 1923, 1938, 1957.
File
Identifier: Acc.8699/30
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1916, 1918-1921, 1923, 1938, 1957.
Pocket book 1 of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing bibliographical references and notes from reading., [Circa 1785.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24547
Scope and Contents
The pocketbook also includes notes of Lord Monboddo's engagements in London (page 59) and a copy of Monboddo number 291, a medical recipe (page 96).
Dates:
[Circa 1785.]
Pocket book 2 of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing notes from reading., ?1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.24548
Scope and Contents
The pocketbook includes a philosophical article on how every idea is a system (folio 42 verso), and notes from A M Ricci, ‘Dissertationes Homericae' (folio 35). Monboddo number 214.
Dates:
?1787.
Pocket book 3, undated, of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing notes on hypnotism and freemasonry., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.24549
Scope and Contents
The notes on hypnotism and freemasonry are followed (page 8) by an article concerning Lord Monboddo's belief in God, the difficulties of studying philosophy, and a discussion of the merits of painting and poetry.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Pocket book 32, undated, of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing ‘To be added after finishing the history of the invention of arts and sciences'., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.24575
Scope and Contents
The pocketbook also contains a long chapter on the development of man, with discussions of philosophy and theology.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Pocket book belonging to Dr Bruce Allan Bremner including two passports., 1850, 1852.
File
Identifier: MS.19233
Dates:
1850, 1852.
Pocket book, containing accounts, of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1736.
Item
Identifier: MS.16939
Dates:
1736.
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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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Quarto account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Pocket book containing accounts of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1729-1730.
Item
Identifier: MS.16958
Dates:
1729-1730.
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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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Pocket-book of Augustus Charles Minchin, a graduate of Dublin University, containing accounts of walking tours in Scotland.
Item
Identifier: MS.6335
Scope and Contents
The material is somewhat confused, but appears to fall into four parts.(i) Trips from Glasgow to Paisley, Ayr and Mauchline, 16-19 August 1818, mostly concerned with information about Robert Burns (folios 1-3, 102-105).(ii) 'My Pocketbook'; possibly plans for a walking tour starting at Rothesay and ending at Edinburgh. A circuitous route involving places in the Lothians, Fife, Perthshire, Angus, Stirlingshire and Berwickshire is indicated; factual comments on these...
Dates:
1818.
Pocket-book of Lady Hislop containing notes of correspondence., 1846-1847.
Item
Identifier: MS.13145
Dates:
1846-1847.
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 General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Lady Hislop.
Pocket book of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Arthur Hay, later the 9th Marquess of Tweeddale, in which is pasted a passport visa made out to Hay by the authority of Stratford Canning, and in which are recorded travel authorisation stamps of several European countries., 1856.
File
Identifier: MS.14805
Scope and Contents
The passport visa served to allow Hay to travel from Constantinople to France.
Dates:
1856.
Pocket book of Lord Lynedoch containing a few notes, undated, but probably 1811, on the strength of French forces in Spain and Portugal., [?1811.]
Item
Identifier: MS.16193
Dates:
[?1811.]
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Pocket book of Lord Lynedoch containing miscellaneous military notes concerning Spain., 1812.
Item
Identifier: MS.16194
Dates:
1812.
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
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Pocket books of Lord Lynedoch containing miscellaneous military notes concerning Spain.
Pocket book of Lord Lynedoch containing miscellaneous military notes concerning Spain., [?1812]-1813.
Item
Identifier: MS.16195
Dates:
[?1812]-1813.
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
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Pocket books of Lord Lynedoch containing miscellaneous military notes concerning Spain.
Pocket book of Lord Lynedoch with some note and sketches concerning Cadiz, Spain., 1810.
Item
Identifier: MS.16196
Dates:
1810.
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Pocket-book of signals., [?19th century.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2442
Dates:
[?19th century.]
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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Naval signals, and related material.