Inventories.
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Found in 496 Collections and/or Records:
Legal documents and inventories of writs of the Earls of Callendar and Linlithgow., 1614-1696.
File
Identifier: MS.9638
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Inventories of writs of Haining and Ballenbreich, circa 1648, of Dunipace and Seabegs, circa 1648, 1654, and of various other properties, 1642-1696 (folio 1);
(ii) Miscellaneous papers and information, 1651-1683, in the lawsuit between the 2nd Earl of Dunfermline and the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar (folio 29);
(iii) Informations and legal memoranda, 1614-1696, undated (folio 73).
Dates:
1614-1696.
Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1631-1829, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5330
Scope and Contents
Legal and miscellaneous documents comprising the following:
(i) Bills, etc., 1683-1812 (number 1);
(ii) Certificates, 1761-1815 (number 38);
(iii) Measurements of land, etc., 1766-1821 (number 50);
(iv) Assessments, 1808-1819 (number 83);
(v) Articles of roup, 1768-1811 (number 93);
(vi) Inventories of books, writs, etc., circa 1695-1824 (number 98);
(vii) Miscellaneous memoranda, 1631-1829, undated (number 117);
(viii) Miscellaneous legal documents, 1641-1828 (number 242);
(ix)...
Dates:
1631-1829, undated.
Legal documents, containing dispositions, sasines, bonds and inventories., 1690-1832.
File
Identifier: Acc.7617/1
Legal, family and miscellaneous papers of the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1777-1806, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14527
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1787-1802, including accounts, of the trustees of the 6th Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 1);(ii) Family papers, being copies of the marriage contract, 1785, between the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Tweeddale; a printed ‘Information', 1788, for Frances, daughter of Major William and Lady Catherine Hay, against Robert Hay of Drumelzier; and an inventory, 1789, of the jewels belonging to Frances, Marchioness of Tweeddale (folio...
Dates:
1777-1806, undated.
Legal, financial and miscellaneous papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale., 1669-1712.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14495-14496
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1669-1712.
Legal, financial and miscellaneous papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale., 1669-1712, undated.
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Identifier: MS.14496
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Financial papers, 1669-1712, being chiefly bonds and discharges of and to the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1700-1712, of financial transactions between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and his children (folio 56);(iii) Papers, 1705-1707, of the executry of Andrew Hay, son of Sir John Hay, Lord Clerk Register (folio 74);(iv) Cypher tables, 1707-1711 (folio 105);(v) Miscellaneous...
Dates:
1669-1712, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Legal, financial and miscellaneous papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale.
Legal notebook of George Combe, containing chiefly inventories of papers., 1836-1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.7514
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:
1836-1855.
Legal papers concerning Aberlady estate., 1612-1710.
File
Identifier: MS.17450
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The estate of Aberlady (including Butterdean in Oldhamstocks) in East Lothian belonged to Douglas of Kilspindie and to Hay of Aberlady. It was purchased in 1668 by Sir Andrew Fletcher, younger brother of Sir Robert of Saltoun. He died in 1675 and was succeeded by his sons Archibald (died 1685) and John (died 1687) and the latter's son Andrew; among their tutors and curators were Andrew and Henry Fletcher of Saltoun. Andrew died in 1710 and the estate came, in terms of a mutual entail, to...
Dates:
1612-1710.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning the estate of Aberlady.
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Legal papers concerning Aberlady estate.
Legal papers concerning Aberlady estate., 1701-1764, undated.
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Identifier: MS.17451
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The estate of Aberlady (including Butterdean in Oldhamstocks) in East Lothian belonged to Douglas of Kilspindie and to Hay of Aberlady. It was purchased in 1668 by Sir Andrew Fletcher, younger brother of Sir Robert of Saltoun. He died in 1675 and was succeeded by his sons Archibald (died 1685) and John (died 1687) and the latter's son Andrew; among their tutors and curators were Andrew and Henry Fletcher of Saltoun. Andrew died in 1710 and the estate came, in terms of a mutual entail, to...
Dates:
1701-1764, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning the estate of Aberlady.
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Legal papers concerning Aberlady estate.
Legal papers concerning the Lords Saltoun and others, with inventories of writs concerning Saltoun., 1594-1642, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.16760
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: legal papers concerning the Lords Saltoun, 1594-1640, undated (folio 1); Lord Ochiltree, 1622, undated (folio 19); Forbes of Craigievar, 1625-1642, undated (folio 32); Mr William Livingston, 1622-1636, undated (folio 96); and inventories of writs concerning Saltoun, 1636, undated (folio 76).
Dates:
1594-1642, undated.
Legal papers from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1582-1837, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.6481-6485
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.
Legal papers of the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates against T G Repp, a library assistant who brought an action against the Faculty of Advocates in 1834.
File
Identifier: F.R.342
Dates:
1819-1838.
Letters and other papers relating to the Campbell family., 1795-1820, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.6294, folios 1-61
Scope and Contents
The letters, 1803-1820, undated, are chiefly addressed to the Honourable Mrs Anne Seymour Damer, a niece of Lord Frederick Campbell (folio 1). There is also an inventory of furniture in Lady Ailesbury's cottage, 1795, and household accounts, etc., 1814 (folio 53).
Dates:
1795-1820, undated.
Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Ken-Kyn., 1710-1762.
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Identifier: MS.1298
Scope and Contents
Contains papers of the following: Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis, 1762; Keir, gardener at Gilmerton, 1749-1752; Kinloch: of Kilrie, 1726-1741; of Kinloch, 1710-1719; Murray-Kynnynmound, Hugh, Advocate, and family, 1740-1744, undated, including house-inventories and receipts signed by Thomas Ruddiman.
Dates:
1710-1762.
Letters and papers of the family of Campbell of Inverawe.
File
Identifier: MS.1672
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters and papers are of the 17th century, and deal with the garrisoning of Lochaber and district, the payment of the garrisons, the patrolling of unruly neighbourhoods, and similar measures for the establishment and maintenance of law and order. There are several instructions signed by the Marquess of Argyll, and letters from him, one of which contains the command to fire Lord Ogilvy's Castle of Forther, if necessary, with further orders as to the disposition of his goods and...
Dates:
1639-1837, undated.
Letters concerning the funeral and will of Lord Byron; including letters relating to Greek and Italian property of Lord Byron., 1824-1853.
File
Identifier: MS.43532
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname.Letter of William John Bankes to John Cam Hobhouse, 1824: folios 1-2;Inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron signed by Samuel Barff, 1824: folio 3;Letter of Henry Drury to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 4-5;Letter of John Ireland to John Murray [II], 1824: folios 6-7;Letter of E Jones to Douglas Kinnaird, 1824: folios 8-9;Letter with...
Dates:
1824-1853.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence relating to the death of Lord Byron, his funeral, will and estate, and the burning of his memoirs.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames Davenport-Davies; including miscellaneous material concerning the life, letters and works of Scrope Berdmore Davies., 1810-2003.
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Identifier: MS.43423
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically, with miscellaneous material ordered at the end of the sequence..Letter of Richard Alfred Davenport to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;Letters of Margaret Davidson to Lord Byron, 1812-1816: folios 3-6;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to Lord Byron, 1809-1818 and undated: folios 7-32;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Murray II, 1836: folios...
Dates:
1810-2003.
Letters of George Borrow to John Murray III and to Robert Cooke; with letters of Mary Borrow to John Murray III. Included are several miscellaneous items concerning George Borrow., 1840-1865, 1951.
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Identifier: MS.42042
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-24. Letters, 1842-1865, of George Borrow to John Murray III, with letters of Borrow to Robert Cooke. 25-48. Letters, 1848-1857, of Mary Borrow to John Murray III, with a letter to “Mr. Woodfall”. 49-50. Letter, "Sept. 23d" of William Knapp to John Murray III. 51-52. Letter, 1840, of John ?Stouring to John Murray ?II. 53-54. Manuscript inventory of the “Letters of Geo. Borrow to John Murray, Esq.” 55. Manuscript copy of...
Dates:
1840-1865, 1951.
Letters of Henry Cockburn to Lord Rutherfurd, Major James Rutherfurd, and their wives., 1841-1854, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9688
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1841-1854, undated, to Lord Rutherfurd and his wife Sophia, with some of Lord Rutherfurd's replies (folio 1); (ii) Letters to Major James Hunter Rutherfurd, Royal Engineers, brother of Lord Rutherfurd, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Young of Harburn, Writer to the Signet (folio 204); (iii) 'Inventory of letters from Henry Cockburn to Andrew Rutherfurd', undated (folio 236).
Dates:
1841-1854, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, Senator of the College of Justice, and other members of the Rutherfurd family.
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Correspondence of Lord Rutherfurd and other members of the Rutherfurd family with individuals or on particular subjects.
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Letters of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, to Lord Rutherfurd and various other members of the Rutherfurd family, with some of Lord Rutherfurd's replies.
Letters of Robert Ward to Sara and to Benjamin Austen; with a catalogue of the letters compiled by Sara Austen., 1824-1846.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42008-42012
Scope and Contents
Robert Plumer Ward, a politician and novelist, was a long-time friend of Benjamin and Sara Austen. Sara Austen was influential in the publication of his first novel, 'Tremaine' in 1825. This novel is credited as being one of the first of the 'silver fork' genre and had a great impact on the production of 'Vivien Grey' by Benjamin Disraeli, another good friend and protégé of Sara Austen. The letters of Ward cover many topics of interest, including information relating to his...
Dates:
1824-1846.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Sara and Benjamin Austen.
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Letters of and to Sara and Benjamin Austen.
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Letters of various correspondents to Sarah and to Benjamin Austen.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., 1803-1826, 1907-1928.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.40238-40259
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The incoming correspondence consists of letters of individuals and companies sent to John Murray, publishers, mostly relating to the business, but also including private letters. The correspondence largely covers the period from the 1760s to the 1920s. Where enclosures exist, they have been kept with their original letters. This series contains most of the extant letters received by the publishing house up to the 1920s, but others are to be found throughout the archive. One...
Dates:
1803-1826, 1907-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Grove, H. to Gruner, S., 1824-1916.
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Identifier: MS.40493
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Grove, H.Letter, 1847, of H Grove to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Grover, Henry Montague.Letter, 1824, of Henry Montague Grover to John Murray II. Folios 3-4.
Grueber, Herbert Appold.Letters, 1890-1891, 1893, 1899 and 1901, of Herbert Appold Grueber to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 5-13.Folio 8. Inventory, 1891, for...
Dates:
1824-1916.
Letters to Sir Walter Scott, with other documents, chiefly concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte., 1827-1828
File
Identifier: MS.885
Scope and Contents
Some of the papers are not connected with Napoleon; one points out errors in 'Quentin Durward', 1827 (folio 24).
Dates:
1827-1828
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Material for the 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott.
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Letters to Sir Walter Scott, with other documents, chiefly concerning the life of Napoleon Buonaparte.
Lists of plenishings, with appraised values, at Hazlehead and Auldbar in the 18th century; and miscellaneous similar lists and valuations, 19th century-20th century., 18th century-Mid 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.15451
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
18th century-Mid 20th century.
Lists of the collection of military maps and plans of the Board of Ordnance (MSS.1645-1651)., Early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.1652
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
List corresponding to present arrangement (folio 1);
War Office inventory (folio 18), with corrections (folio 30) and additions (folio 31);
Table of drawings in the possession of the War Office and the British Museum and H.M. Office of Works (folio 32).
Dates:
Early 20th century.