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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".

Found in 1291 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1834-1932, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.13181-13186
Scope and Contents This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates: 1834-1932, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1836-1932, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.13185
Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates: 1836-1932, undated.

Correspondence and papers of William Nassau Elliot of Wells as Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany., 1761-1764.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12886-12898
Scope and Contents From the Series: William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates: 1761-1764.

Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s tenure of office of chief of staff of the allied armies of occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna., 1815-1818.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.6.7-46.8.5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1815-1818.

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., 1832-1835.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12017-12047
Scope and Contents Lord Minto arrived in Berlin on 25 September 1832 and presented his credentials on the following day. Exclusive of periods of leave (July-August 1833 and June-July 1834), the 2nd Earl of Minto was resident in Prussia until presentation of his recall on 2 October 1834. In consultation with the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, he worked to counteract Austro-Russian influence at the Prussian Court. On the Belgian-Dutch question he urged Prussia to use her own influence on the Dutch king to...
Dates: 1832-1835.