Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3637 Collections and/or Records:
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
/
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.
/
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).
/
Canvass books and related papers.
Copies of articles by and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto from various magazines and newspapers., 1880-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.12802
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1880-1914.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
/
Miscellaneous papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to his time in India.
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25373-25374
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
/
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
/
Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
/
Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25373
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
/
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
/
Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
/
Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
/
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1209-1214, late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25374
Scope and Contents
Includes a list of events in Perth, 1209-1214, and a table of tides there in 1210.
Dates:
1209-1214, late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
/
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
/
Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
/
Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
/
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Copies of correspondence, 1771-1799, of Thomas Graham, with some linking narrative, [circa 1945.], 1771-1799, [circa 1945.]
File
Identifier: MS.16043
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1771-1799, [circa 1945.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
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.
/
Family and general correspondence and papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, with some papers of their heirs in the unentailed estate, the Maxtone Graham, formerly Maxtone, of Cultoquhey family.
/
Correspondence and papers of the Maxtone Graham family.
/
Typescript drafts of Mrs. Maxtone Graham for a study of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
/
Copies of correspondence of Thomas Graham, with some linking narrative.
Copies of correspondence, accounts, formal documents and other papers of Edward Ellice concerning the estate of Alexander Ellice in America., 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.15135
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates:
1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
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.
/
Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
Copies of correspondence and minutes, September 1782-April 1783, of the Select Committee, Madras., 1782-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8407
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:
1782-1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
/
Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
/
Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
/
Copies and excerpts of correspondence of James Stuart, and copies of correspondence and minutes of the Select Committee, Madras.
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
/
Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
/
Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
/
Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
Copies of correspondence and other documents of James Stuart., 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8411
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters in this volume are duplicates of those in MSS.8408-8409.The papers consist of:(i) 'Journal or Extracts of Letters', 24 February-28 July 1783 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of administrative correspondence, 31 January-9 July 1783 (folio 58);(iii) Copies of administrative correspondence, July-October 1783 (folio 92);(iv) Copies of administrative correspondence, July-September 1783 (folio 118);(v) Copies of...
Dates:
1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
/
Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
/
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 a dispute between Colonel (later Major-General) Charles Ross and Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.1
Scope and Contents
Both officers belonged to the 39th Foot which was then stationed in Gibraltar. The papers, which are not in chronological order, include letters to and from George Elliot, the Governor, extracts from regimental orders, and Ross`s own comments on the affair.
Dates:
1778-1780.
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
/
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
/
Legal and business papers of Robert Cadell.
/
Copies of correspondence and papers chiefly concerning the financial affairs of Sir Walter Scott and the Ballantynes.
Copies of correspondence, and papers of and concerning Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, chiefly on military subjects., 1775-1809, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.25164
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of correspondence, 1775-1786, between Charles Grant and the Comte de Langeron concerning Grant's military career (folio 1); (ii) Papers, chiefly printed, concerning the Écoles Royales Militaires, 1777-1786, undated (folio 11); (iii) Miscellaneous papers on military and maritime subjects, 1779-1809, undated (folio 22).
Dates:
1775-1809, undated.
Copies of correspondence and papers of and concerning Hugh Elliot relating to British Naval operations in the Mediterranean., 1803-1804.
File
Identifier: MS.13049
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of correspondence between Lord Nelson and Sir John Acton, 1803-1804 (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of letters of Hugh Elliot to Lord Nelson, 1803 (folio 15);
(iii) Papers concerning John Badge, merchant in Naples, and John Park, master of the ‘Columba , arrested on a charge of barratry, 1803 (folio 91);
(iv) Papers connected with the capture of the French privateer ‘Tigre’, 1803 (folio 129);
(v) Papers relating to an alleged attack (in search of naval...
Dates:
1803-1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
/
Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission.
/
Correspondence of Hugh Elliot concerning all aspects of British military operations in Calabria and Sicily.
/
Correspondence and papers of Hugh Elliot relating to British naval operations in the Mediterranean.
Copies of correspondence between Sir Thomas John Cochrane and Chief Justice R A Tucker., 1829-1833.
File
Identifier: MS.2362
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1829-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
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.
/
Letters and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as Governor of Newfoundland.
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 correspondence chiefly of Major Alexander Gilbert Barry, Chief Secretary to Government, Mauritius, and Captain Henry Lyme, senior naval officer at Mauritius, to the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto' at Port Louis, with copies of depositions and other related papers., 1812.
File
Identifier: MS.11686
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:
1812.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
/
Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.
/
Copies of correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto', and letters, enclosures, and correspondence with the Governor and Acting Governor of Penang.
Copies of correspondence, chiefly of or to the Duchess of Kent., 1835-1839, 1846.
File
Identifier: MS.24769
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of or to King William IV, Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Melbourne, and Baroness Lehzen; with notes, 1846, of the 1st Baron Dunfermline on his relations with Baron Stockmar and the Royal Household.
Dates:
1835-1839, 1846.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Family, political and personal correspondence and papers of the Abercromby family, chiefly of James Abercromby (1776-1858), 1st Baron Dunfermline, with some correspondence and papers of his wife Marianne (died 1874), and of their son Ralph, 2nd Baron and diplomatist (1803-1868), and his family.
/
Correspondence from individuals to James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, with some letters to his family.
Copies of correspondence dated 1808-1824 between Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse; with a letter and copies of letters dated 1824-1829 of other correspondents with John Cam Hobhouse regarding letters of Lord Byron., 1829, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43446
Scope and Contents
The copies in this folder are mostly of letters between Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse, dated between 1808 and 1824. There are some manuscript copies and some typescript. The manuscript copies have been placed before the typescript copies, with additional material at the end of the sequence. The copies are all undated, so have been arranged chronologically in each section by date of the original letter. The original letters for many of these copies can be located earlier in...
Dates:
1829, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Archive of John Murray, publishers.
/
Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
/
Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
/
Letters and copies of letters of and to John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton.
/
Copies of letters between Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse, with some copies of letters of Hobhouse to other correspondents.
Copies of correspondence, drafts and other documents concerning the rice magazine at Pulicat., 1782-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8426
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:
1782-1783.
Copies of correspondence, July-August 1809, chiefly official, concerning the Madras mutiny., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.13699
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1809.
Copies of correspondence of Alexander Christie and other papers, volume I: 'Private correspondence relative to the conduct of the Kirk Session of Montrose on the 27 and 30 April, 1789', in taking action against Alexander Christie for attending Unitarian and other places of worship; bound with Alexander Christie's printed work on the same subject, ‘The Holy Scriptures the only rule of faith’ (Montrose, 1790)., 1789, 1792.
File
Identifier: MS.3701
Scope and Contents
The contents comprise copies of correspondence, 1789, with Christie's commentary, 1792.
Dates:
1789, 1792.
Copies of correspondence of Alexander Christie and other papers, volume II: copies of letters, verse, etc., on Montrose politics; bound with Christie’s printed work on the same subject, ‘An address to the public’ (Montrose, 1790)., 1781, 1789-1791.
File
Identifier: MS.3702
Scope and Contents
The papers particularly concern the building of a bridge, 1789-1791. There is also an address of Alexander Christie, 1781, and his commentary on the whole.
The caricatures on the plate facing page 56 of the printed book are identified by manuscript notes as (from left to right) David Scott of Dunninald, Provost Adam Glegg, and Alexander Christie himself.
Dates:
1781, 1789-1791.
Copies of correspondence of Alexander Christie and other papers, volume III: 'Letters, religious and political, relative to certain public events, that took place in Montrose, 1789', with commentary., 1789-1793.
File
Identifier: MS.3703
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondents are mainly notables of Angus, divines, political thinkers, and merchants, and include Alexander Christie's brother William, the Unitarian writer, his son Thomas, the political writer, Sir David Carnegie, Baronet, George Dempster of Dunnichen, David Scott of Dunninald, the Reverend William Dalrymple (subject of "The Kirk's Alarm"), T F Palmer, the reformer, Robertson, the historian, and Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.
Dates:
1789-1793.