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Dispatches.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Messages, intended usually for special or expeditious transmittal or delivery, such as important official messages, or news items sent with promptness by correspondents to newspapers or news agencies.

Found in 317 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commission, 1859, of George Brand as Consul at Lagos; photocopies of dispatches, 1859-1860, of and concerning Brand; and biographical notes, undated, on him., 1859-1860, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 73-90
Dates: 1859-1860, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.

Copies and drafts of letters and dispatches of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Chairman and Court of Directors., 1807-1811.

 File
Identifier: MS.11339
Dates: 1807-1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.

Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., 1832-1834.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12017-12019
Dates: 1832-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.

Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., September-December 1832.

 File
Identifier: MS.12017
Dates: September-December 1832.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin. / Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures.

Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., January-March 1833.

 File
Identifier: MS.12018
Dates: January-March 1833.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin. / Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures.

Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures., April 1833-October 1834.

 File
Identifier: MS.12019
Dates: April 1833-October 1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin. / Copies and drafts of the 2nd Earl of Minto's 'private' out-letters from Berlin, chiefly to Lord Palmerston, but including letters to some other diplomatic colleagues and a few copies of dispatches and other enclosures.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Copies of dispatches and enclosures from the Bengal Government to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors., 1806-1807.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11278-11279
Dates: 1806-1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control.

Copies of dispatches and enclosures from the Bengal Government to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors during the period of Sir George Hilaro Barlow's Governor-Generalship., 1806-1807.

 File
Identifier: MS.11278
Dates: 1806-1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control. / Copies of dispatches and enclosures from the Bengal Government to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors.

Copies of dispatches and enclosures of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, and of the Bengal Government to the Madras Government., 1809-1810.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11662-11664
Dates: 1809-1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army.

Copies of dispatches and enclosures of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, concerning disaffection in the Madras Army., 1810.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11347-11349
Dates: 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company. / Copies of the correspondence of the Bengal Government with the Court of Directors, and papers printed by order of the Court Directors.

Copies of dispatches and enclosures of the 1st Earl to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors., 12 October-27 December 1809.

 File
Identifier: MS.11662
Dates: 12 October-27 December 1809.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army. / Copies of dispatches and enclosures of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, and of the Bengal Government to the Madras Government.

Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811., 1811-1812.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11681-11682
Dates: 1811-1812.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.

Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811., 1811.

 File
Identifier: MS.11681
Dates: 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others. / Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811.

Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811., 1810-1811.

 File
Identifier: MS.11682
Dates: 1810-1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others. / Copies of dispatches and papers from Robert Townsend Farquhar to the Governor-General in Council sent to Thomas Stamford Raffles, secretary to the 1st Earl of Minto in Java, by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Bengal, in June 1811.

Copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth (later Earl Whitworth), Envoy at St Petersburg, received by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1799-1801.

 File
Identifier: MS.11242
Dates: 1799-1801.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl. / Letters, dispatches and enclosures, including some copies from the Foreign Secretary and Under-Secretaries to the 1st Earl of Minto, and copies of dispatches from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Charles Whitworth received by the 1st Earl.

Copies of dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna to the Foreign Secretary., July-September 1801.

 File
Identifier: MS.11257
Dates: July-September 1801.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna.

Copies of dispatches to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors from the Bengal Government, May-June, 1806, and the Bombay Government, 11 July, 1806., 1806.

 File
Identifier: MS.11279
Dates: 1806.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control. / Copies of dispatches and enclosures from the Bengal Government to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors.

Copies of enclosures in dispatch of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors., 15 April 1810.

 File
Identifier: MS.11663
Dates: 15 April 1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government with and concerning the Madras Government and Army. / Copies of dispatches and enclosures of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, and of the Bengal Government to the Madras Government.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., 1799-1801.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11253-11258
Dates: 1799-1801.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., 1799-1800.

 File
Identifier: MS.11253
Dates: 1799-1800.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., March-August 1800.

 File
Identifier: MS.11254
Dates: March-August 1800.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., August-December 1800.

 File
Identifier: MS.11255
Dates: August-December 1800.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna.

Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna., January-July 1801.

 File
Identifier: MS.11256
Dates: January-July 1801.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna. / Copies of letters and dispatches sent by the 1st Earl of Minto from Vienna.

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