Estimates. Financial records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Rough or approximate calculations of cost or value, such as statements of price for which certain work will be done by one who is willing to undertake it.
Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts and related correspondence for alterations to the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.345/12
Dates:
1870.
Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.27
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of materials for a projected history of Dumbartonshire (Adv.MS.19.2.16-19.2.24), materials towards a projected work on the Scottish religious houses on the Continent (Adv.MS.19.2.25), and notes and extracts of Scottish interest from manuscripts in continental libraries (Adv.MS.19.2.26), together with a record of the bequest of Dennistoun`s manuscripts and a calendar of them (Adv.MS.19.2.27). The papers were arranged and bound by Mark Napier, executor of James...
Dates:
?1825-1856.
Contemporary copy of specifications by John Rennie and others for the Crinan Canal.
Item
Identifier: MS.9499
Scope and Contents
Also included are John Rennie's estimate for the work (folio 33 verso) and notes on the cost of the Forth and Clyde Canal in 1789 (folio 47).
Dates:
1793.
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
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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 with various Governors and others.
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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 papers concerning the Exchequer and King’s rents.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.17
Scope and Contents
On the first leaf is the inscription “Concerning the Chekker and the Kingis rent 1591”.The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: w.3.11.The contents are as follows:
(i) Act of Suretie for Angus McConell of Dunecraig, 1591 (folio 3);
(ii) The King’s command to the Seals anent the revocation, 1591 (folio 4);
(iii) Act of Suretie for McClane of Dowart, 1591 (folio 11);
(iv) Copies of papers by the King, Checker,...
Dates:
1546-Late 16th century.
Copy of 'Estimates, plans, and specifications for work proposed to be undertaken at West Point', Hong Kong, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service at the East India Station., 1845.
File
Identifier: MS.2414A
Dates:
1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.
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'Admiralty Enclosures' from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station.
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'Admiralty Enclosures' from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station, including correspondence regarding the Malay Archipelago, Hong Kong, and the attack on the stockade of a chief in New Zealand, 1845-1846.
Correspondence, 1803-1810, 1817, and reports, estimates, and other papers, 1794-1810 of John Rennie concerning canal and navigations in Kennet and Avon., 1794-1817.
File
Identifier: MS.19781
Correspondence and miscellaneous documents concerning the Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise of Patrick Geddes., 1895-1906.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10610-10611
Scope and Contents
The Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise was one of Patrick Geddes' schemes for the purchase and rebuilding of property in Edinburgh.
Dates:
1895-1906.
Correspondence and papers, 1931-1938, of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, relating to the Building Sub-Committee of the National Library trustees, and letters, 1939, relating to the presentation of the Haldane Papers to the Library., 1931-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.24723
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers relating to the Building Sub-Committee of the National Library trustees, begin on folio 1: correspondents include Sir Alexander Grant; Sir Patrick Duff of the Office of Works; and Dr Henry Meikle, Librarian of the National Library. The letters relating to the presentation of the Haldane Papers to the Library begin on folio 184.
Dates:
1931-1939.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1895-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.13324
Dates:
1895-1905.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Papers on churches and schools in Minto, Ashkirk and parishes in Fife and Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of John Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour., 1805-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19798-19802
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1781-1786, 1793, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11198
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Penitentiary Act, 1781-1786, 1793, undated (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers concerning experiments on the growing of tobacco in Scotland and the duty on home-grown tobacco, 1781-1785 (folio 86).
Dates:
1781-1786, 1793, 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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the voyageurs., 1884-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12549
Dates:
1884-1886.
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 service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers relating to Akros Publications and 'Akros' magazine., 1965-1978, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9615/41-47
Correspondence, bonds, receipts and other papers of the 1st Earl of Minto concerning his sister Isabella Elliot., 1777-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.11168
Dates:
1777-1807.
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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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the mental illness and financial affairs of Isabella Elliot, elder sister of the 1st Earl.
Correspondence of the Faculty of Advocates chiefly concerning alteration specifications to the Advocates Library and accounts for the installation of heating apparatus.
File
Identifier: F.R.344/13
Dates:
1853-1864.
Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., 1769-1825.
File
Identifier: MS.3258
Dates:
1769-1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of the Brown family, Linkwood, with some of the family of William Leslie, Minister of Lhanbryde.
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Correspondence, chiefly of George Brown, Provost of Elgin, Major-General John Brown, Regional Support Command, General Sir George Brown, and Peter Brown, Linkwood.
Correspondence, papers, and diagrams of John Rennie concerning mills, chiefly for sugar, for Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and Demerara (Guyana)., 1814-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19819
Dates:
1814-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
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Papers of John Rennie concerning overseas operations.
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Correspondence, papers, and diagrams of John Rennie concerning mills, chiefly for sugar, for Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and Demerara (Guyana).
Correspondence, reports, and estimates of John Rennie concerning Ardrossan harbour, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal., 1815-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19788 (part 2)
Dates:
1815-1821.
Correspondence, reports and estimates of John Rennie concerning overseas operations in India., 1795-1821, 1935.
File
Identifier: MS.19821 [1 of 2]
Correspondence, reports, plans and other papers of John Rennie concerning Bridlington Harbour., 1806, 1810-1816.
File
Identifier: MS.19790 (part 1)
Estate accounts., 1788-1799, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14693
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Estimates, bills and receipts from Edinburgh tradesmen concerning building and structural repairs of Yester House: William Donaldson, wright, 1788-1799 (folio 1); John Hay, builder, 1788-1793 (folio 31); various Edinburgh builders, 1788-1795 (folio 64); plasterer, 1795 (folio 80); painters, 1791-1795 (folio 83); receipt by Robert Adam of payment 'for a new elevation for the front of Yester house', 1789 (folio 93); and various estimates, bills and...
Dates:
1788-1799, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts chiefly of, to or concerning the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale or Hannah, Marchioness of Tweeddale.
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Particular and classified accounts.
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Estate accounts.
'Estimate volume' of T and A Constable, containing carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals., 1943-1945.
Item
Identifier: MS.23533
Dates:
1943-1945.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh.
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'Estimate volumes' of T and A Constable, containing wet-press and carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals.
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'Estimate volumes' of T and A Constable, containing carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals.
'Estimate volume' of T and A Constable, containing carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals., 1931-1932.
Item
Identifier: MS.23524
Dates:
1931-1932.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh.
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'Estimate volumes' of T and A Constable, containing wet-press and carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals.
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'Estimate volumes' of T and A Constable, containing carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals.
'Estimate volume' of T and A Constable, containing carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals., 1932-1933.
Item
Identifier: MS.23525
Dates:
1932-1933.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh.
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'Estimate volumes' of T and A Constable, containing wet-press and carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals.
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'Estimate volumes' of T and A Constable, containing carbon copies of letters and estimates to various firms and individuals.