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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 1533 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of Mary E Haldane, consisting chiefly of letters written to her by members of her family, chiefly her sisters and brother, and of her husband's family, and by friends., 1833-1925, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20005-20019
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is largely concerned with family events and personal matters, many of which are connected with evangelical religion, in which both the Haldane and Burdon-Sanderson families were influential.
Dates:
1833-1925, undated.
Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents
There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.
Dates:
1833-1925, undated.
Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.
Dates:
1759-[circa 1947.]
Correspondence and papers of Robert Graham concerning his membership of several organisations., 1809-1822.
File
Identifier: MS.16037
Dates:
1809-1822.
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 Robert Graham, of Balgowan and Redgorton.
Correspondence and papers of Robert Graham, of Balgowan and Redgorton., 1795-1858, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16020-16039
Dates:
1795-1858, undated.
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.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Elliot, and letters of Lady Clara Elliot., 1853-1874, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21209
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Private correspondence and papers, 1853-1874, undated, of Sir Charles Elliot, including a letter of Sir James Matheson, concerning various subjects, including his governorship of Trinidad, and the education of his grandsons, Hugh and Ernest Elliot (folio 1);
(ii) Official correspondence, 1856-1870, of Sir Charles Elliot chiefly concerning his resignation as Governor of Trinidad and his application for a pension (folio 30);
(iii) Letters, 1867-1872, undated,...
Dates:
1853-1874, 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 and papers of Sir James Randall Philip., 1952, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20488 (2)
Dates:
1952, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Sir James Randall Philip, procurator of the Church of Scotland, as convener of the Church’s Subcommittee on National Occasions; together with some correspondence of his predecessor, James F Strachan.
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Correspondence of James F Strachan, and correspondence and papers of Sir James Randall Philip.
Correspondence and papers of Sir James Randall Philip, procurator of the Church of Scotland, as convener of the Church’s Subcommittee on National Occasions; together with some correspondence of his predecessor, James F Strachan.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20488-20490
Dates:
1947-1955, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir John Burdon-Sanderson., 1828, 1855-1876, 1886-1895.
File
Identifier: MS.20501
Scope and Contents
A letter, 1828, of William Scott, Baron Stowell, to Richard, his father is placed at folio 1.
Dates:
1828, 1855-1876, 1886-1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife Ghetal, née Herschell.
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Correspondence and papers of John Burdon-Sanderson.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir John Burdon-Sanderson and financial papers concerning his trust.
Correspondence and papers of Sir John Burdon-Sanderson and financial papers concerning his trust., 1828, 1855-1931, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20501-20502
Scope and Contents
The correspondence consists for the most part of letters addressed to John Burdon-Sanderson by colleagues. There are also a few drafts of replies and a few letters from members of his family. There are no letters written between 1876 and 1886 or between 1895 and 1898.
Dates:
1828, 1855-1931, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet., 1854-1905, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20030-20032
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.
Dates:
1854-1905, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife Ghetal, née Herschell.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20501-20509
Dates:
1828-1931, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize., 1813-1842.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13124-13133
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
General Sir Thomas Hislop's daughter Emma Eleanor Elizabeth married the 3rd Earl of Minto. Most of Sir Thomas Hislop's papers concern business and financial affairs, and his military career, in particular the Deccan Prize Case. But his general correspondence also includes a series of letters from the Venezuelan revolutionist, Francisco de Miranda, with whom Hislop had been connected in the West Indies. The papers of Lady Hislop contain much family material, including a substantial run of...
Dates:
1813-1842.
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 Sir Thomas Hislop.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively., 1797-1819.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13366-13367
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1797-1819.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, with further correspondence and papers on Admiralty and general naval affairs, 1822-1856., 1822-1856.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12048-12068
Scope and Contents
The 2nd Earl of Minto succeeded his cousin, Lord Auckland, on 19 September 1835 and held the office (with renewals of his commission in July 1837 and March 1839) until the fall of the Melbourne ministry in September 1841. He appears in the papers as a diligent administrator, though the presence in the service of a brother, son, nephew and other connexions led to later accusations of nepotism in The Times and other politically hostile journals. The correspondence reflects the great pressure...
Dates:
1822-1856.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto concerning Sicily and Naples., 1848.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12078-12079
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers are chiefly from Sir William Parker, the Duke of Serracapriola (Neapolitan Chief Minister), and the Sicilians, Mariano Stabile and Ruggiero Settimo.
Dates:
1848.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto concerning Sicily and Naples., February-April 1848.
File
Identifier: MS.12079
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence and papers are chiefly from Sir William Parker, the Duke of Serracapriola (Neapolitan Chief Minister), and the Sicilians, Mariano Stabile and Ruggiero Settimo.
Dates:
February-April 1848.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto concerning Sicily and Naples.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his Special Mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy and to his continuing interest in Italian politics and the cause of Italian unity., 1847-1859.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12069-12118
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1847-1859.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto with Charles Joseph, Comte de Bresson, and with Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon., 1832-1847.
File
Identifier: MS.12046
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Further correspondence with Charles Joseph, Comte de Bresson, 1832-1847, including a letter, 1834, of Bresson to a third party (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence with Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon, Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1832-1834 (folio 88); (iii) Memoranda and other papers, 1832-1834, chiefly relating to conversations and negotiations with Ancillon (folio 120).
Dates:
1832-1847.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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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.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning Church of Scotland affairs., 1840-1890, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12343-12346
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1840-1890, undated.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning matters of political organisation., 1852-1885.
File
Identifier: MS.12354
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers concern parliamentary reform, 1852-1884 (folio 1), the Roxburghshire Liberal Registration Society, 1867-1881 (folio 71), and the Burgh Boundaries Bill, 1852-1885 (folio 194).
Dates:
1852-1885.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning the Burgh Police and Health Act and related matters., 1857-1885.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12352-12353
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1857-1885.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning various political issues., 1858-1889.
File
Identifier: MS.12357
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers concern the resignation of Sir James Hudson as Minister to Turin and his replacement by Sir Henry George Elliot, 1863-1868 (folio 1), the Tweed Fisheries Act, 1858-1889, with press cuttings concerning poaching, etc., 1882-1885 (folio 56), the Contagious Diseases Act, 1870-1871 (folio 162), Local Government reform, 1888-1889 (folio 192), and cattle plague, 1865-1866 (folio 202).
Dates:
1858-1889.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canadian affairs., 1900-1908
File
Identifier: MS.12574
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence, memoranda, and other papers connected with the official aspects of the 4th Earl of Minto's visit to the Yukon in 1900, including material relating to the grievances submitted to him, as well as much incidental information on transport, fuel supply, land leasing, the cost of living, etc. (folio 1);
(ii) Letters of the 4th Earl Grey, 1900-1908, concerning the raising of Canadian troops for service in Rhodesia, relations with the United States...
Dates:
1900-1908
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's tenure of office as Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers of the Continental Committee of the Free Church of Scotland concerning the Women’s Jewish Missionary Association., 1893-1896.
File
Identifier: MS.21391
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence is with the Free Church of Scotland’s missionaries to Jews in various centres in Europe and the Middle East, with similar organisations, and with supporters in Scotland.
Dates:
1893-1896.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving incoming correspondence of the Colonial, Continental and Jewish Mission Committees of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Incoming correspondence of the Jewish Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Correspondence and papers of the Continental Committee of the Free Church of Scotland concerning the Women’s Jewish Missionary Association and its local branches.