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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Portions of a larger work, such as a literary work or motion picture, reproduced or excised without further change from their original context.
Found in 540 Collections and/or Records:
Copies and extracts, written in an unidentified hand, probably in the late nineteenth century, of letters, 1852, of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson to her family, written from Paris., 1852, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20183-20184
Dates:
1852, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Diaries, a few notebooks and some miscellaneous papers chiefly of Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson, with some of her parents, brother and sisters, her husband and daughter.
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Diaries and notebooks of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, sister of Mary E Haldane.
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Notebooks of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson consisting chiefly of journals of tours abroad.
Copies of and excerpts from letters to Bishop William Skinner on the affairs of the Episcopal Church in Scotland., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3560
Copies of answers to canvasses for General Graham, extracts from freeholder’s minutes, and related printed papers., 1811-1812.
File
Identifier: MS.16152
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The general elections of 1812, 1831 and 1832, and the by-election of 1834, are particularly well documented in this series.
Dates:
1811-1812.
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, papers, legal and financial documents, canvass records and printed ephemera concerning elections and politics in the County of Perth parliamentary constituency involving Thomas Graham (M.P. from 1794 to 1807) and Robert Graham (Whig/Liberal campaign manager, 1831-1832, and parliamentary candidate, 1834).
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Canvass books and related papers.
Copies of correspondence and other documents of James Stuart., 1782-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8410
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters in this volume are duplicates of those in MSS.8408-8409.The papers consist of:(i) 'Index and List of the Packet Dated Negapatam, 23rd October, 1783', being the same index as in MS.8408 (folio 1);(ii) 'Copies of Letters from Mr. Cochrane to Lord Macartney, 9 February-8 August, 1783' (folio 13);(iii) 'Mr Cochrane to The Government at Madras from the 8th Septʳ. to 25th D[o]., 1783' (folio 58);(iv) 'Mr Cochrane to...
Dates:
1782-1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
Copies of correspondence and papers chiefly concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and the Ballantynes., 1802-1839, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21059-21060
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Dates:
1802-1839, undated.
Copies of correspondence and papers concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and James Ballantyne., 1802-1836, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21059
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1807-1816, of John and James Ballantyne to Walter Scott and extracts from Scott's letters to John Ballantyne, 1817-1819. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Minute of agreement between Scott and James Ballantyne, and correspondence between Scott and the Ballantynes, 1805-1816. Some of this material was used by J G Lockhart in ‘The Ballantyne-humbug handled’. (Folio 61.)
(iii) Letters, 1802-1829, undated, of Scott to James Ballantyne on literary matters. (Folio 95.)
(iv)...
Dates:
1802-1836, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
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Legal and business papers of Robert Cadell.
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Copies of correspondence and papers chiefly concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and the Ballantynes.
Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency., 1767-1783.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8403-8412
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1767-1783.
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., 1810-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11682
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:
1810-1811.
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 excerpts of letters from John P MacLeod, Tain, to A K Cameron., 1916-1919.
File
Identifier: MS.9620
Copies of excerpts of letters from Simon Fraser to Alexander K Cameron and Dr J D Ross Watt., 1908-1929.
File
Identifier: MS.9619
Copies of excerpts of letters to Dr J D Ross Watt, and miscellaneous articles on subjects relating to the bagpipes., 1880-1913, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9621
Scope and Contents
The contents are arranged as follows:
Copies of excerpts of letters, 1911-1913, undated, from various correspondents, including Dr Charles Bannatyne, John Grant, and Dr K N MacDonald, to Dr J D Ross Watt, 1911-1913, undated (folio 1);
An article, undated, on canntaireachd possibly by Alexander K Cameron (folio 90);
Miscellaneous copies of printed articles, 1880, undated, on subjects relating to the bagpipes (folio 111).
Dates:
1880-1913, undated.
Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces., 1810-1811, 1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11626
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Reports and assessments, 1810-1811, concerning the revenue settlements of Kampur (folio 1), Gorakpur (folio 49), Allahabad (folio 116), Bundelkhand (folio 190) and Farruckhabad (folio 234); (ii) Excerpt from a general letter to the Court of Directors, 19 June 1813 (folio 268).
Dates:
1810-1811, 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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Copies of papers concerning the Commissioner for the Revenue Settlement of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces.
Copy, 18th century of Latin poem, 1595, on Charlemagne by Matthew Brobon Caesar, Professor of Greek at Leipzig; with excerpt, 1399, from 14th century manuscript describing an 'idol of the Teutons'., 14th century, 1595.
File
Identifier: Acc.3591/11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.
Dates:
14th century, 1595.
'Copy of original writings containing the rights and priveldges belonging to the Incorporation of the Tailors of Canongate', 1438-1796; with related material., 1438-1796.
File
Identifier: MS.1958
Scope and Contents
The copy was made in the 18th century. It is followed by copies of a contract of union, 1709, between the trades and incorporations of Canongate, and other deeds (folio 27), and an extract from William Maitland's 'History of Edinburgh' (Edinburgh, 1753), regarding the Canongate (folio 37).
Dates:
1438-1796.
Correspondence and administrative papers of James Stuart including drafts, copies and extracts., 1782-1783.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8335-8350
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is between James Stuart, as Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's forces based on Fort St George (Madras), officials of the Company, and officers of the army. It concerns the day-to-day administration of the forces under Stuart's command, general administration of the Madras Presidency, and local politics.
Dates:
1782-1783.
Correspondence and papers, 1821-1896, undated, of the Honourable George Henry Douglas, Admiral, nephew of Lord Strathnairn., 18th century, 1821-1896, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3800
Scope and Contents
A few papers, eighteenth century, whose connection with the Rose family is not apparent, have been placed at the end of this volume (folio 91).
Dates:
18th century, 1821-1896, undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning Alexander Carlyle., 1806-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.23927
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of correspondence of Carlyle Bell, Writer to the Signet (folio 1), some later correspondence (folio 32) and papers (folio 38) relating to Alexander Carlyle's books and papers.
Dates:
1806-1850.
Correspondence and papers, concerning the administration of the College at Fort William., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11637-11638
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:
1808-1813.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Papers on coinage concerning the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Cadet College, Barasat, and the College at Fort William.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto, including letters from Henry Brougham and Sir John Sinclair, on the Farmers' Property Tax and on the current agricultural and industrial depression., 1807-1823.
File
Identifier: MS.12121
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:
1807-1823.
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 addressed to the 2nd Earl of Minto on particular topics of political interest.
Correspondence of Alexander Carlyle with his more frequent correspondents, including some copies and excerpts of letters., 1758-1803, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23763
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) copies, made on paper watermarked 1839, of letters 1795-1799, 1803 of Cuthbert (later 1st Baron) Collingwood, with some other related correspondence and papers (folio 1). Printed from the originals in Edward Hughes, editor, ‘The private correspondence of Admiral Lord Collingwood’, ‘Navy Records Society Publications’, volume xcviii, 1957. Other copies of the letters, made about 1840, are in MS.1811.
(ii) Letters written between 1773 and 1805 with some...
Dates:
1758-1803, undated.
Correspondence of Aylmer Haldane, with some other papers., 1897-1941.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20255-20257
Dates:
1897-1941.
Correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe., 1826, 1831-1845, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2511
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is principally with James Maidment, on literary and historical matters, some scandalous, and with John Stevenson, his publisher. There are also copies of letters of Sir Walter Scott to Sharpe, in the latter's hand, 1826, undated; extracts, etc., in Sharpe's hand; a biographical note on Sharpe (folio 235); and newspaper-cuttings relating to him.
Dates:
1826, 1831-1845, undated.
Correspondence of John A Fairley relating to Thomas Murray., 1910.
File
Identifier: MS.188
Scope and Contents
Contains extracts from Presbytery Records relating to Thomas Murray.
Dates:
1910.
Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives., 1789-1930, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20368-20369
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the letters concern family and personal affairs, but there is much talk of their business interests whether in trading across the Atlantic and in India, or in the Gardiner paper mills on the Kennebec River.
Dates:
1789-1930, undated.
Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives., 1789-1872.
File
Identifier: MS.20368
Scope and Contents
Included are extracts from letters of George Cadogan Morgan written to his wife while travelling in France in July 1789, and published with some exclusions in ‘A Welsh family from the beginning of the eighteenth century’ by C E William. Morgan was present at the storming of the Bastille, and his letters provide a dramatic eye witness account of the early days of the Revolution (folio 1). Among other writers are Luke and Sarah Ashburner resident in India 1805-1817, and George Ashburner who...
Dates:
1789-1872.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.
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Correspondence of the Richards, Gardiner, and Ashburner families.
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Correspondence of the Ashburner family and their relatives.