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Financial statements.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reports summarizing the financial condition of an organization on any date or for any period.

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

Estate memoranda, including inventories of plenishing, inventories of writs, statements of financial affairs, recommendations for improvements, etc., 1684-1910, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13235-13236
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1684-1910, undated.

Estate memoranda, including inventories of plenishing, inventories of writs, statements of financial affairs, recommendations for improvements, etc., 1684-1847.

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Identifier: MS.13235
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1684-1847.

Estate memoranda, including inventories of plenishing, inventories of writs, statements of financial affairs, recommendations for improvements, etc., 1851-1910, undated.

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Identifier: MS.13236
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1851-1910, undated.

Files of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', containing monthly balance sheets and statements of revenue and expenditure., 1953-1964.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/22-29
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1953-1964.

Financial papers and accounts concerning the affairs of Janet, Countess of Wemyss., 1731-1744.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.64-80.2.66
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1731-1744.

Financial papers of the Saltire Society, including correspondence, accounts, statements, cashbooks, and related material., 1946-1988, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9393/700-758
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.

Dates: 1946-1988, undated.

Financial position forecasts complied by James Johnston. , 1979-1981

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Identifier: Acc.13818/138
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates: 1979-1981

Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his treatises on telegraphic communication systems, but also others of his publications, and with some financial and legal papers., 1791-1825.

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Identifier: MS.50699
Scope and Contents Letters of correspondents at the Admiralty.Barrow, JohnLetter, 1 September 1814, of John Barrow, Southampton, to John Macdonald praising his telegraphic system. Folios 1-2.Letter, 13 May 1817, of John Barrow, Admiralty, London, to John Macdonald stating that his work on telegraphic communication has been laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Folios 3-4.Letter, 22 August 1818, of John Barrow, Admiralty, London, to John Macdonald...
Dates: 1791-1825.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Franks to Freeland., 1784-1927.

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Identifier: MS.40422
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Franks, Mr.Letter, 1827, of Mr Franks to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Franks, Augustus Wollaston.Letters, 1856-1857, 1874-1875, 1879, 1884, 1893 and 1895-1896, of Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 3-28.Folio 22. Letter, 1895, of William Griggs, of W Griggs and Sons, to John Murray IV.Franks,...
Dates: 1784-1927.

Literary and financial correspondence of Patrick Leigh Fermor., 1959-2011, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13338/116-128
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The term 'letter' is applied loosely in the descriptions and could include other forms of correspondence also, for example, telegrams, post cards, etc.

Dates: 1959-2011, undated.

Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).

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Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso). (ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates: 1804-1817.

Minute-book of the trustees of the Gray Library, Haddington, containing a copy of the will, 1717, of John Gray, and minutes, 1729-1885, of meetings of the trustees (including statements of accounts); at the back are a few book-purchase and book binding accounts, compiled at various times between 1768 and 1809., 1717-1885.

 Item
Identifier: MS.16479
Scope and Contents From the Series: The volumes consist of manuscripts compiled by John Gray, minister of Aberlady (who bequeathed his library and a sum of money to the town of Haddington) (MSS 16446-16467), other manuscript volumes written by Gray and by others, which were certainly or possibly in his possession (MSS 16468-16478), and volumes containing records of the Gray Library 1732-1885 (MSS.16479-16482).Printed labels identifying the volumes as manuscripts were pasted to the spines of most of them apparently...
Dates: 1717-1885.

Miscellaneous accounts., 1861-1905.

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Identifier: MS.14707
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Abstracts of accounts, 1861-1878, of Peter Burns Swinton, factor (folio 1);(ii) Abstracts of accounts, 1861-1870, with Gibson Craig, Dalziel and Brodies, Writer to the Signet (folio 74);(iii) Accounts, 1861-1895, of improvement expenditure (folio 90);(iv) Farm accounts, 1868-1876 for Yester Mains, Broadwoodside, Danskine, Newhall and Bankrugg (folio 118);(v) Extracts from accounts, 1876-1877, for...
Dates: 1861-1905.

Miscellaneous financial papers, and papers of and concerning the Commercial Department., 1807-1813.

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Identifier: MS.11613
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letter of George Tytler, Calcutta, to the Chief Secretary to Government, 1807, concerning the former's contracts in 1786-1787 (folio 1);(ii) Memorandum by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone concerning a contractor, 1808 (folio 7);(iii) 'Comparison of the Estimated and actual Revenues and charges in India 1808-1809 and 1809-1810. Estimate for 1810-1811 and observations thereon' (folio 10);(iv) Statement of bills drawn upon the Court...
Dates: 1807-1813.

Miscellaneous financial papers concerning the estate of Dundas, mostly financial statements, lists of debts, and systematic accounts (as opposed to vouchers), some probably representing fragments of drafts preparatory to the estate accounts., 1743-1809.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.54
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1743-1809.

Miscellaneous papers concerning railway companies other than Aberdeen, and Arbroath and Forfar., 1839-1865.

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Identifier: MS.15485
Scope and Contents The railway companies include: the Llanelly Railway and Dock Co., 1839-1856 (folio 1); the Scottish North Eastern Railway Company, 1861-1865 (folio 17); the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, 1836-1845 (folio 21); Forfar and Dundee Railways, 1843 (folio 32); The Great Northern Railway, 1854-1864 (folio 34); the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, 1852 (folio 38); the Montrose and Brechin Railway, 1837 (folio 40); the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 1843 (folio 44); the...
Dates: 1839-1865.

Miscellaneous papers concerning Sir Walter Scott's partnership with John and James Ballantyne., 1807-[circa 1834].

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Identifier: MS.864
Scope and Contents The contents include: letters of John and James Ballantyne to Sir Walter Scott; statement of the accounts of James Ballantyne & Company 1809 (folio 7); a bond of that firm to Scott, 1809 (folio 21); statements of the concerns of John Ballantyne & Company 1810 (folio 23), of their stock, with the advances made by Scott and James Ballantyne, 1809-1810 (folio 25), and of their balance, 1811 (folio 31); Scott's missive letter to James Ballantyne and the latter's acceptance of its terms,...
Dates: 1807-[circa 1834].

Miscellaneous papers concerning the affairs of Janet, Countess of Wemyss: financial statements, priced inventories, lists of debts, etc., 1731-1744.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.64
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1731-1744.

Miscellaneous papers of John Hill Burton., 1674-1880, undated.

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Identifier: MS.9445
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Statements, 1879-1880, concerning the sales of John Hill Burton's books, ‘History of Scotland’ and ‘Queen Anne’. (Folio 1.)(ii) A list of the obituary dates of various friends of Burton. (Folio 6.)(iii) 'The history of Peter Anderson', an anonymous short story in the form of an autobiography. (Folio 11.)(iv) Notes on accounts of building works, 1674-1679, carried out by Sir William Bruce. (Folio 41.)...
Dates: 1674-1880, undated.

Miscellaneous personal and financial papers belonging to James Johnston., 1956-2001.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/549-558
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates: 1956-2001.