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 of Robert Cadell and the Stevenson family, additional to MSS.21001-21069: Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell and his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21070-21071
Dates:
1801-1941, undated.
Papers of Robert Graham concerning his family trusts, 1827-1855; and the Tay Salmon Fisheries Bills, 1821-1825., 1821-1855.
File
Identifier: MS.16268
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:
1821-1855.
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 correspondence chiefly concerning civil litigation involving the estate, and family trusts.
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Papers concerning the litigation between Robert Graham and the Lynedoch trustees and the subsequent appeal to the House of Lords.
Papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning Demerara and slavery., ?1830-?1833.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21219-21220
Dates:
?1830-?1833.
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 Sir Charles Elliot, Admiral and Colonial Governor, and his family.
Papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning slavery., ?1831-?1833.
File
Identifier: MS.21220
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Paper, ?1831-2, reviewing the slavery question and recommending a somewhat circumscribed freedom for slaves (folio 1); (ii) Parliamentary Paper, ?1833, annotated by Sir Charles Elliot, inquiring into the slavery question (folio 54).
Dates:
?1831-?1833.
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 Sir Charles Elliot, Admiral and Colonial Governor, and his family.
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Papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning Demerara and slavery.
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, as Lord of the Treasury and Treasurer of the Chamber., 1686-1769.
File
Identifier: MS.11040
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of Household, Secret Service, and Treasury accounts and papers, 1752-1768 (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of papers on the conduct of Treasury business in the period 1686-1759, [?1761] (folio 21);
(iii) Notes on the vote of credit for 1762 (folio 37);
(iv) Miscellaneous papers concerning Treasury business, 1763-1765 (folio 50);
(v) Letters of Andrew Douglas as Deputy Treasurer of the Chamber, 1766-1767, with a receipt of Sir Gilbert Elliot to Douglas, 1769...
Dates:
1686-1769.
Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas relating to public affairs., 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.7.1
Scope and Contents
The papers mainly concern Parliamentary elections in Linlithgowshire, but include papers on the management of Scottish affairs in 1724-1725 (folio 22), and on Scots tenures and jurisdictions (folio 124).
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Papers of the family of Fleming on public affairs., 1530-1747, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20774
Scope and Contents
From the 16th century these include papers on the sheriffship of Peebles, the West Marches, and the office of royal usher; from the 17th century, papers on the Civil War and the diplomatic activity of Sir William Fleming; and from the 18th century, translations of letters concerning the Old and Young Pretenders.
Dates:
1530-1747, undated.
Papers of the family of Fleming on public affairs., 1524-1770, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20774-20775
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:
1524-1770, undated.
Papers of the family of Fleming on public affairs., 1524-1770, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20775
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) A series of papers, 1524-1770, numbered A.1-53, chiefly documents with royal signatures, but including others, on a variety of subjects. This is XVI A in the 'Inventory' (MS.20770). {Folio 1.) (ii) A series of papers, 1631-1654, undated, numbered D.1-50, chiefly on the disputes between Charles I and Scotland and on the Civil War, but with some on local affairs. This is V (ii) in the 'inventory' (MS.20770). (Folio 97.)
Dates:
1524-1770, undated.
Papers of the Fleming family concerning the parishes of Stobo, Glenholm and Tweedsmuir and their teinds., 1591-1742.
File
Identifier: MS.20789
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:
1591-1742.
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 of the Fleming family concerning various lands in Biggar, Thankerton, Glenholm and Kilbucho (with a few stray papers from Lenzie and Cumbernauld)., 1440-1677, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20790
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:
1440-1677, 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 of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland., 1849-1900, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19103-19141
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.
Dates:
1849-1900, undated.
Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 15th century-1927, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21174-21191
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates:
15th century-1927, undated.
Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, concerning Perth or Perthshire, and other papers., 1608-1819, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1499-1504
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1608-1819, undated.
Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine too large for binding in MSS.1101-1525., 1608-1797.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1526-1530
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1608-1797.
Papers of the Royal Perthshire Local Militia, Central Battalion., 1809-1818.
File
Identifier: MS.1501
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1809-1818.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, relating to various subjects.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, concerning Perth or Perthshire, and other papers.
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Papers of the Royal Perthshire Local Militia, Central Battalion, Perthshire.
Papers of the Royal Perthshire Local Militia, Central Battalion, Perthshire., 1809-1818, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1501-1503
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1809-1818, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, relating to various subjects.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, concerning Perth or Perthshire, and other papers.
Papers of William Elliot of Wells, being chiefly parliamentary papers and drafts for parliamentary speeches, concerning the Catholic question., 1813-1817, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12903
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:
1813-1817, 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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells.
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Family, general and political correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells.
Papers of William Molleson concerning the Post Office and Stationery Office., 1732-1789.
File
Identifier: MS.5508
Scope and Contents
The papers concern: (i) The finances of the Post Office, 1778-1789 (folio 1);(ii) The provision of stationery for public use, and the establishment of a Stationery Office, 1732-1787.
Dates:
1732-1789.
Papers on a Balgowan exchange of entail act., 1786-1787.
File
Identifier: MS.16247
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:
1786-1787.
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.
Papers on Parliamentary elections and politics in Roxburghshire., 1879-1892.
File
Identifier: MS.19537
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto. He was educated privately, at Edinburgh University, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. After a brief period of practice on the Northern Circuit, he was elected Liberal M P for Roxburghshire in 1880; in 1886 he opposed Gladstone's Home Rule policy but held his seat as a Liberal Unionist until 1892. After being defeated by a single vote in 1895, Elliot was returned for Durham at a by-election in 1898. He was appointed...
Dates:
1879-1892.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
Papers on the administration of Roxburghshire., [Circa 1713]-1912, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13399-13403
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:
[Circa 1713]-1912, undated.
Papers on the Dunfermline Town-Planning Report., 1903-1904.
File
Identifier: MS.10612
Scope and Contents
Andrew Carnegie had offered a large sum of money to be used for a town-planning scheme to enhance Dunfermline and in 1903 Patrick Geddes and Thomas Mawson were chosen to draw up reports in competition on the redevelopment. The papers cover the period before and after the publication of the report, and include letters from Geddes to various educationists, economists, sociologists, and academics.
Dates:
1903-1904.
Papers on the valuation for sale of the lands and moveable property of Balgowan and Lynedoch., 1844.
File
Identifier: MS.16243
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Included are papers of Robert Graham “which were in my private box relative to Lord Lynedoch's matters at the time of his death 18 Decr. 1843”.
Dates:
1844.
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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Correspondence and papers concerning the Lynedoch executry and sale of the estate.
Papers received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville relating to the Islands of the Malay Archipelago and Pacific (Sumatra, Pelew, New Guinea, Sulu, Moluccas, Celebes, Penang)., 1762-1811, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1068
Scope and Contents
The papers concern geography, affairs, etc., with a memorandum by Henry Dundas on a treaty with Holland, 1787, and correspondence regarding Portugese possessions.
Dates:
1762-1811, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
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Papers relating to India and the East received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.