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Inventories.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Detailed lists of things in one's view or possession, as of all goods and materials on hand, or detailed lists of all items in a given category. For documentation of examination conducted to achieve a comprehensive view, use ""surveys"". .

Found in 392 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of copy of the inventory, 1615-1630, of the Trésor des Chartes, the muniments of the Crown of France. Volumes 4-5., 1615-1630.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.103
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Volume 4: Gouvernements de Bourgogne, de Lyonnais, de Dauphine, et de Provence (Adv.MS.4.1.6);

Volume 5: Gouvernements de Guyenne et de Languedoc (Adv.MS.4.1.7).

Dates: 1615-1630.

Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 2., 1787-1821.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1423
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Miscellaneous prospectuses, accounts, memoranda, booklists, and business papers, 1787-1821, of and concerning John Rennie, including those relating to the winding up of Rennie's affairs at his death (MS.19930);

Inventory, 1821, of plenishing (excluding books) of John Rennie's house in Stamford Street. (MS.19931);

Letters, 1779-1821, chiefly to and of John Rennie (MS.19932).

Dates: 1787-1821.

Military administrative papers of the Madras Presidency., 1782-1783.

 File
Identifier: MS.8428
Scope and Contents

The papers have been arranged in three groups by James Stuart:

(i) Field artillery: monthly returns and inventories, September 1782, and March-May 1783 (folio 2);

(ii) 'Particular Returns' of the manpower of various regiments, provisions, etc., September-October 1782 (folio 39);

(iii) Returns of manpower, stores, provisions, etc., October, 1782 September, 1783 (folio 62).

Dates: 1782-1783.

Minute book covering general and special meetings of the Edinburgh Skating Club and latterly giving some seasonal reports., 1784-1888.

 Item
Identifier: MS.24641
Scope and Contents

A few newspaper cuttings and menus for Club Dinners have been pasted in to the minute book (folios 1-96). Additional material includes occasional verses, further menus and illustrations, and an Appendix listing the membership between 1778-1939 (folios 103-107), Directions for the Club Officer (folios 109-110), an Inventory of Club property (folios 111-112), Directions for the Watchmen, (folios 112-113), and Club Rules (folio 114).

Dates: 1784-1888.

Minutes of the trustees of General Fletcher., 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.16776
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the trustees (and also of the Saltoun Parliamentary Trustees), 1807, 1812, 1822-1840 (folio 1); and inventories of the papers, 19th century (folio 265).

Dates: 19th century.

Miscellaneous Airth household papers, chiefly financial papers and correspondence., 1729-1847.

 File
Identifier: MS.10902
Scope and Contents The papers consist of:(i) Accounts, 1817-1835, of meat for the house, (folio 1);(ii) Milk-book, 1842-1843, undated (folio 39);(iii) Miscellaneous small household account-books, 1842-1846 (folio 81);(iv) Household bills, 1808, paid by the groom (folio 136);(v) Miscellaneous household papers, 1729, 1732, 1752, 1785, 1794, 1802-1847, undated, including inventories of wine, silver, linen, clothes, china, and books (folio 156);...
Dates: 1729-1847.

Miscellaneous Dundas estate papers: inventories of household plenishing., 1687, 1760, 1793-1794.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.4.4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates: 1687, 1760, 1793-1794.

Miscellaneous family papers of David Anne Bannerman., 1839-1878, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6579/15
Scope and Contents

Including a notebook listing and describing students at New College, 1850-1857, household inventories, 1839-1841, and plans of Cargill Manse, undated.

Dates: 1839-1878, undated.

Miscellaneous financial papers, 1672-1726, relating to the Maules, and also to Beatrix Thornton of the Balbedie family, with an inventory, 1748., 1672-1726, 1748.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10125-10144
Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 1672-1726, 1748.

Miscellaneous formal documents., 1800-1858.

 File
Identifier: MS.7513
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates: 1800-1858.

Miscellaneous fragments in the autograph of Lady Nairne and others., 1769-1873, 1927, 1934.

 File
Identifier: MS.986
Scope and Contents

Includes ‘Thoughts’, 1821, of Lady Nairne, and 'Recollections of Clevedon, etc., 1847', by Margaret Harriet Steuart; correspondence, 1927, 1934, regarding the collection and inventories.

Dates: 1769-1873, 1927, 1934.

Miscellaneous inventories, mostly of stock, 1815-1943, including an inventory, 1815, of title deeds 'of the subject in Leith called the Vaults'; and stock sheets, 1944., 1815-1944.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9416/35
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.

Dates: 1815-1944.

Miscellaneous legal papers of the Halkett and Wedderburn families, including inventories of writs., 1582-1837, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.6481
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers derive from four main sources: material relating to the Halketts of Pitfirrane, to the Wedderburns of Gosford, to Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, and to John McFarlane, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1709). The last male heir in the direct line of the Halkett family, Sir James (succeeded 1697), died in 1705, ending the baronetcy created in 1671. On his death his eldest sister, Janet, succeeded to Pitfirrane. She had married Sir Peter Wedderburn, 1st Baronet of Gosford, who now...
Dates: 1582-1837, undated.

Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to families of the north-east of Scotland, collected by William Rose., 1644-early 19th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.13
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Biography and pedigree of Gavin Douglas, 18th century. (Inv. XXX, Mac. 65.) (Folio 1.)(ii) Account of the Caldees of Loch Leven, `taken from the Cartulary of St. Andrews, Folios 50, 51 and 52.` (Inv. XXXI. Mac. 65.) (Folio 17.)(iii) `Abstract of the History of the Parish of Aberchirder alias Marnach` from 1057 to 1795, circa 1800. (Inv. XLVI, Mac. 67.) (Folio 19.)(iv) Papers concerning the death...
Dates: 1644-early 19th century.

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

 File
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.