Documents.
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 1533 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning the Post Office, 1748, 1755-1764, undated, mostly concerned with improvements to the postal service to and within Scotland and with the salaries of postal officials; and papers concerning the Commissioners of Police, 1728-1762, undated., 1728-1764, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17546
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers grouped here are Lord Milton's political papers, reflecting his manifold interests and involvements. There are however some of earlier and later date, generated or collected by other members of the Fletcher family.
Dates:
1728-1764, undated.
Papers concerning the purchase of the lands of Ardittie and the sale of Williamston and Sunnyside., 1810-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16254-16255
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1810-1815.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry.
Papers concerning the purchase of the lands of Ardittie and the sale of Williamston and Sunnyside., 1810.
File
Identifier: MS.16254
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry.
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Papers concerning the purchase of the lands of Ardittie and the sale of Williamston and Sunnyside.
Papers concerning the purchase of the lands of Ardittie and the sale of Williamston and Sunnyside., 1811-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.16255
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1811-1815.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry.
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Papers concerning the purchase of the lands of Ardittie and the sale of Williamston and Sunnyside.
Papers concerning the sale of the barony and lands of Blairgowrie., 1787-1789.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16248-16249
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1787-1789.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry.
Papers concerning the sale of the barony and lands of Blairgowrie., 1787.
File
Identifier: MS.16248
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1787.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry.
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Papers concerning the sale of the barony and lands of Blairgowrie.
Papers concerning the sale of the barony and lands of Blairgowrie., 1788-1789.
File
Identifier: MS.16249
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1788-1789.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry.
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Papers concerning the sale of the barony and lands of Blairgowrie.
Papers concerning the sale of the lands of Cloag for redemption of land tax on the un-entailed portion of Balgowan., 1805-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.16253
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1805-1806.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and some related correspondence concerning private acts of parliament relating to exchanges of entail on the lands of Balgowan, to consequent sales of land, and to the Annadale executry.
Papers concerning the seigneury of Beauharnois., 1795-1866.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15113-15114
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The seigneury of Anfield, or Beauharnois as it was usually called, was purchased by Edward Ellice (died 1863) from the Marquis de Lotbinière. Most of the papers consist of reports of various agents who administered the estate. Negotiations for the sale of Beauharnois were started in 1839, when the North American Colonial Association of Ireland agreed to purchase, but the huge amounts of money involved protracted the affair, and it was not finally disposed of until 1866.There are...
Dates:
1795-1866.
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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Correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada.
Papers concerning the seigneury of Beauharnois., 1795-1833.
File
Identifier: MS.15113
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The seigneury of Anfield, or Beauharnois as it was usually called, was purchased by Edward Ellice (died 1863) from the Marquis de Lotbinière. Most of the papers consist of reports of various agents who administered the estate. Negotiations for the sale of Beauharnois were started in 1839, when the North American Colonial Association of Ireland agreed to purchase, but the huge amounts of money involved protracted the affair, and it was not finally disposed of until 1866.There are...
Dates:
1795-1833.
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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Correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada.
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Papers concerning the seigneury of Beauharnois.
Papers concerning the seigneury of Beauharnois., 1833-1866.
File
Identifier: MS.15114
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The seigneury of Anfield, or Beauharnois as it was usually called, was purchased by Edward Ellice (died 1863) from the Marquis de Lotbinière. Most of the papers consist of reports of various agents who administered the estate. Negotiations for the sale of Beauharnois were started in 1839, when the North American Colonial Association of Ireland agreed to purchase, but the huge amounts of money involved protracted the affair, and it was not finally disposed of until 1866.There are...
Dates:
1833-1866.
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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Correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada.
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Papers concerning the seigneury of Beauharnois.
Papers concerning the trust estate of Robert Cadell., 1846-1880.
File
Identifier: MS.21054
Scope and Contents
The papers include material on the disposal of the manuscripts of Walter Scott’s Waverley novels.
Dates:
1846-1880.
Papers concerning various lands of the Fleming family, similar to those in MS.20790: Papers of the Fleming family concerning various lands in Biggar, Thankerton, Glenholm and Kilbucho., 1513-1763, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20791
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...
Dates:
1513-1763, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the family of Fleming of Cumbernauld and Biggar, Lords Fleming, and Earls of Wigtown.
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Papers of the Fleming family concerning various lands in Biggar, Thankerton, Glenholm, Kilbucho and Drumelzier.
Papers concerning war and foreign affairs, 1794-1810, undated, with minutes of the proceedings of HMS 'Monmouth' and the Fleet commanded by Sir Edward Hawke in 1759-1760., 1794-1810, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1043
Scope and Contents
The papers concern naval and military operations, chiefly in Europe; negotiations with France, including arrangements for a Royalist rising in Vendée, undated (folio 133); intelligence; treatment of neutral ships; and other matters.
Dates:
1794-1810, undated.
Papers concerning William Alston's factory for Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton when he was no longer capable of conducting his affairs (1765-1766) and for his executors (1766-1773)., 1765-1773.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17055-17060
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1765-1773.
Papers, correspondence and accounts of Auldbar estate., 1755-1920.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15418-15430
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1755-1920.
Papers formerly in the possession of the Earl of Morton., 1466-1730.
Series
Identifier: MSS.73-84
Dates:
1466-1730.
Papers from the Bombay Government to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government., 1811-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11643
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:
1811-1813.
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 the Bombay Government.
Papers of and concerning Patrick MacLeod, the 3rd son of Donald, 3rd of Geanies., 1793-1807.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19302-19304
Scope and Contents
Patrick MacLeod joined the army in 1790 as an Ensign in the 42nd Regiment. After attending the Brunswick Military Academy he became a captain in the newly formed 78th Highlanders in which he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before his death at El Hamet near Alexandria in 1807.
Dates:
1793-1807.
Papers of, and letters of, and to, Sir Charles Elliot., 1844-1873, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21229
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Extracts from the logbook, 1844, of H.M.S. Spartan (folio 1);
(ii) Letter, 1845, of Admiral Sir Francis W Austen ordering Sir Charles Elliot to return to England (folio 7);
(iii) Letters, 1864-1866, to Elliot concerning his command on the South American station and the war between Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (folio 9);
(iv) Copy letters, 1864-1866, undated, of Elliot, extracted from a letter book, concerning his command on the South American station (folio...
Dates:
1844-1873, 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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Papers and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot, Admiral of the Fleet.
Papers of and to the 1st Earl of Minto., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.11661
Scope and Contents
The papers being drafts of the 1st Earl of Minto's dispatches to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, 1809-1810 (see MSS.11343 and 11347-11349) (folio 1), and letters and enclosures of Sir George Hilaro Barlow to the 1st Earl, January 1810 (folio 120).
Dates:
1809-1810.
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 of and concerning the Madras Government and Army.
Papers of Andrew, 1st Lord Rutherford and Earl of Teviot, as Governor of Dunkirk, 1661-1662, undated, and Governor of Tangier, 1663-1664, together with memoranda, undated, in French on the means available to restore Charles II and on mining in military operations, and an obligation, 1684, concerning Robert, 4th Lord Rutherford., 1661-1684, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20767, folios 95-117
Dates:
1661-1684, undated.
Papers of Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet, as deputy to the 3rd Duke of Argyll in his offices of Keeper of the Privy Seal and Keeper of the Great Seal., 1727-1761, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17547
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly relate to the fees of the offices, which were paid through Lord Milton.
Dates:
1727-1761, undated.
Papers of General Sir George Murray relating to his service in Ireland, 1804-1807 and 1808, where he was appointed deputy quartermaster-general in 1804., 1779-1807.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.5-46.1.11
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:
1779-1807.
Papers of General Sir George Murray relating to the British army in Ireland., 1779-1807, and undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.5-46.1.6
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:
1779-1807, and undated.