Scope and Contents From the Series: The collections is supplemented by a large number of finished drawings (some in colour), a few maps, and some architectural plans and elevations, professionally drawn for Hutton by others, or done as favours by some of his correspondents, together with a number of separately acquired prints, and engraved views cut out from contemporary printed booksThe collection, which was previously bound in two large volumes, was subsequently dismounted and the items individually attached to...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Aberdeen (1a) Drawing, undated, probably a prospect of Aberdeen. (1b) Engraving, 1812, ‘Plan of the city and harbour of Aberdeen. and improvements.’, from a copy of the ‘History of Aberdeen’, by Walter Thom, volume 1, preceding the title page. (2a) Drawing, 1815, annotated “Aberdeen [St Machar’s] Cath[edra]l. S. E. view, from a sketch by Mr G. Smith”. (2b) Drawing, 1815, annotated “Aberdeen [St Machar’s] Cathedral – West View – From a sketch by Mr. G....

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Aberdeenshire (8a) Drawing, undated, in ink with areas of wash, of Undy Chapel, ‘by Mr Grimm’ (?1794 if by S H Grimm). (8b) Drawings, 1809, ‘Cape stones on the garden wall of, Inverugie, Castle. The letters GB and date 1670 appear to have been done at a much later period than the sculptured coach, which is probably three or four hundred years older. 9th Novr. 1809.’ (8c) Drawing, undated, ‘Fyvie [Castle] by Mr Cordiner [probably James Cordiner]’. (9a) Sketch,...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Angus (17a) Drawing, ‘Restennet [i.e Restenneth] Priory, south view, 1785’. Reproduced in ‘The antiquities of Scotland’ by Francis Grose, volume 2, facing page 263. For a rough sketch of this view see (17e verso). (17b) Sketch ‘Restennet [i.e Restenneth] Priory, south west view, Oct. 12 1820.’ (17c) Sketch, ‘[Interior of] Restennet, Priory looking east, 18 Sept. 1814.’ (17d) Sketch, ‘Restennet [i.e Restenneth] Priory – S.W. view, 17th Septr. 1814.’ (17e recto)...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous architectural drawings of Minto House, with a number of sketches for internal architectural details and finishing’s, circa 1797, circa 1875. Further drawings are in MSS.13456-13457, 13462-13464, 13468-13469 (folio 1); (ii) Measures of rooms at Minto, circa 1770, undated (folio 56); (iii) Drawings for the stables at Minto, late 18th century. See also MS.13469 (iv) Miscellaneous drawings, including several for a bridge and waterfall at...

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,...

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Sizes cited are chiefly approximate to the nearest centimetre.

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The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

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Folios 9-35 are blank, and leaves have been cut out after folios 5 and 35.

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A leaf has been cut out after folio 20.

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A leaf has been cut out after folio 29.

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Several leaves have been cut out after folio 32.

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The notes and extracts appear to have been made between about 1784 and about 1820, but most are undated.